The Mega System adi

1. The Mega Systemwww.adi.org Continuous Improvement Within a Community Of the School

2. Systems and Communities The school is a system with many parts to be continuously engineered to precision by the community of people who have every reason to provide the best possible education for the children in their midst.

3. School Reform • A Nation at Risk – 1983 • Effective Schools • Standards and Assessments • TQM and Data-Based Decision-Making • Best Practices and Comprehensive Models • Scientifically-Based Research • Incentives, Innovations, and Options

4. Models vs. Professional Development • Beginning with the automobile • Beginning with the parts • Combination—show the whole while teaching the parts • The Mega system and the sub-systems

5. Three Major Parts

6. The Lodestar Student success is the lodestar of school improvement. Step 1: Decision-making structures to monitor progress and alter practices Step 2: Data processes to monitor student learning and systemic operations

7. Deciding: The Executive Function

8. Learning:It’s A Big World Out There

9. Connecting: The School as Community

10. Learning Making instructional decisions about a child’s learning requires the teacher to know the curriculum, know the child’s mind, and know the child’s progress in mastering the curriculum. The teacher must also know a variety of ways to bring the child and the curriculum together, and which ways are most likely to be effective with which children.

11. Curriculum:What Students Must Know & Do

13. Learning Standards • STATE GOAL 1: Read with understanding and fluency. • LEARNING STANDARD A. Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections. • LATE ELEMENTARY BENCHMARK 1.A.2a Read and comprehend unfamiliar words using root words, synonyms, antonyms, word origins and derivations. • GRADE LEVEL OBJECTIVE (4th GRADE): Use synonyms and antonyms to define words.

14. The Unit Plan • Collaborative Development of Unit Plans • Alignment of Standards/Benchmarks to Unit Objectives • Leveled and Differentiated Learning Activities

16. Leveled Objectives • Target Objectives • Criteria for Mastery: Conditions & Level of Accuracy • Pre-Test and Post-Test • Prerequisite Objectives • Enhanced Objectives

17. Assessment:What Each Student Knows and Can Do

18. Instruction:Teacher and Student

19. Teacher’s Choice

20. Teacher-Student Interaction • Academic and Social Interaction • Praise and Reinforcement • Questioning and Discussion

21. Teacher as Conductor

22. Co-Teacher Center Student Desk Student Desk Student Desk Teacher’s Resources Student Desk Student Desk Student Desk Student Desk Teacher Center L I B R A R Y Area for Students’ Independent Work Arranged to Face Teacher During Whole-Class Instruction S C H E D U L E Exploratory Center Cooperative Center Activity Center

23. Whole Class Instruction • Behavior Check • Review and Homework Check • Think – 20% • Know – 60% • Show – 20%

24. Work Time • Independent Work • Teacher Center • Co-Teacher Center • Activity Center • Cooperative Center • Exploratory Center

26. Targeted Learning • Student Learning Plan • Student Motivation to Learn • Metacognition • Attribution • Student Self-Direction

27. Targeted Learning in the Classroom Units of Standards/ Target Objective Leveled/Differentiated Instruction Benchmarks Objectives Levels Learning Activities Unit 1 A T 1 E Whole-Class Instruction Behavior Check Review Think Know Show Work Time Student Learning Plan Classroom Management Work Time Schedule Teacher Calls Student Folder Wait Time Activities Independent (E, T, P) T 2 B T Unit 2 Teacher Center (E, T, P) T 3 C P Unit 3 T 4 Activity Center (E, T, P) D Unit 4 Homework (E,T, P) Unit 5 Monitoring Student Progress Class Progress Chart Student Monitoring SLP Student Learning Report Unit 6 Cooperative Center (Target Only) Unit 7 Exploratory Center (Options) Unit 8

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