Old Questions, New Answers

1. Old Questions, New Answers Teacher Work Sample Seminar Friday, September 17, 2010 More information at: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/dept/edlead/tess/samples.htm

3. TWS is a Process, Rather than an Product • It’s about the process of your learning and your students’ learning.

4. TWS = you + students + learning • You are demonstrating that you have the knowledge, skills, and disposition required to be an effective teacher. • We are demonstrating that we are preparing caring, reflective, professional educators. • Everyone – kids, schools, communities, society – benefits from better teaching and more learning.

5. Element 1

6. Key Points for Element 1 • How does the context (community, school, class) impact teaching, learning, and assessment.

7. Good Lesson Plan Words to Choose FromTHE LEVELS OF BLOOMS TAXONOMY • Knowledge: arrange, define, duplicate, label, list, memorize, name, order, recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce, and state. • Comprehension: classify, describe, discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, locate, recognize, report, restate, review, select, translate, • Application: apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write. • Analysis: analyze, appraise, calculate, categorize, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, and test. • Synthesis: arrange, assemble, collect, compose, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, manage, organize, plan, prepare, propose, set up, and write. • Evaluation: appraise, argue, assess, attach, choose compare, defend estimate, judge, predict, rate, core, select, support, value, evaluate.

8. Element 2

9. Key Points for Element 2 • How many? At least 3, no more than 7. • Behavioral, measureable, specific, age and ability appropriate. • Audience, behavior, condition, degree. • Aligned with GLEs, standards, curriculum guide, pacing chart, etc. • The student will know and be able to…

10. Element 3

11. Key Points for Element 3 • Feel free to landscape the page to make your matrix fit the page better. • Think about opportunities for self and peer assessment. • Include copies of formal assessments.

12. Element 4

13. Key Points for Element 4 • Your TWS should be a reflection of your work, not the work of a developed/canned curriculum program. • Accommodations and modifications – specific children in specific time/location in the lesson. • Five daily plans, written before you teach them! • Your lesson plans are working documents, they are not necessarily perfect. • Include copies of formal assessments used.

14. Element 5

15. Key Points for Element 5 • Why the decision to change/adapt, etc… was made – what is the background? • How does this relate to your pre-planned “check for understanding”? • Planning for potential issues. • Dealing with unplanned issues. • Related to your unit! • Thorough explanation. • How is this different than reflection – this is a live, during lesson decision. Reflection is AFTER the lesson.

16. Element 6

17. Key Points for Element 6 • Analysis should reflect learning objectives. • Tie Element 6 to pre-test in Element 3. • Whole class analysis. • Subgroup analysis. • AT LEAST 2 of the learning objectives. • Label your tables appropriately – label the axes. • Put the table first, then talk about it, refer to the correct table, table stand on its own.

18. Element 7

19. Key Points for Element 7 • Reflection is NOT just a summary or mentioning. • What, so what, now what? • I learned, I can apply, I have changed… • Use/reflect on your classroom management plan.

20. Element 8

21. Key Points for Element 8 • Use headings to guide the reader. • Use the rubric to develop your headings. • Spelling, grammar, tense, etc.

22. Common Questions • Page limitations – commonly, TWS range from approximately 20 pages to a maximum of about 50 pages. • Your TWS should be double-spaced. • Student work samples – not all examples of student work need to be included. Including a low, middle, and high sample from each of the pre- and post-assessments will be sufficient. • Your are required to submit one copy electronically and bring two paper copies to campus on TWS day. • Do not use the “copy and paste” from templates – the templates may not fit your particular situation.

23. Resubmissions • You are only required to resubmit those individual elements you do not pass. • Resubmissions are due 10 days from TWS day.

24. Questions About… • …Your Teacher Work Sample? Your first point of contact should be your University Supervisor. • …Your University Supervisor? Your first point of contact should be Dr. Jan Glenn or Ms. Joyce Jewett. 660-562-1231 edlead@nwmissouri.edu