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Recommendations from Breaking Ranks…25-28

Presented by Dave, Dean, Jessica and Michelle. Recommendations from Breaking Ranks…25-28. #25-Why rigorous curriculum and differentiated instruction?. Teachers need to design challenging work that will result in students gaining knowledge, critical thinking and problem solving skills.

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Recommendations from Breaking Ranks…25-28

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  1. Presented by Dave, Dean, Jessica and Michelle Recommendations from Breaking Ranks…25-28

  2. #25-Why rigorous curriculum and differentiated instruction? • Teachers need to design challenging work that will result in students gaining knowledge, critical thinking and problem solving skills.

  3. Strategies currently used… • AVID • Bloom’s Taxonomy • Costa’s Levels of Questioning

  4. #26-Why do we need to change? What is best for kids? • Teachers need to be able to use a variety of strategies to accommodate individual learning styles and engage students in their classrooms.

  5. Teacher training… • 4 MAT training • Differentiated Instruction • Gardner’s Multiple Levels of Intelligences • Backward Design

  6. Benefits… • Test scores have improved • Attendance rates increased • Levels of student engagement have increased… • Cooperative learning • Debates/Socratic seminar

  7. Ongoing training… • 2009-2010 Staff Development • PATH Training-content area specific • October-Discuss strategies • December-Decide on a strategy • January-walk thru-gather data • February-share successes

  8. #27-Create an environment of continuous development and improvement for our teaching staff in their subject area. • Benefits: • Improved grasp of current trends in content area • Increased ability to connect student learning to real-life applications

  9. Implementation Strategies: Professional Development • Department Chairs – National Conference rotation • Teaching Staff – State Conference rotation • Utilize area Service Cooperative for department development. • Increase staff collaboration time.

  10. #28- How can students be more actively involved in learning?What does it look like to be a teacher coach? • Learning is more meaningful if students construct knowledge as higher levels of thinking are involved. • Teachers act as facilitators rather than lecturers. Teachers ask thoughtful questions instead of telling.

  11. Strategies and training… • Online Daily Planner • 1 hour of professional development training • Lap top initiative • Train the trainer during PLC time

  12. Benefits • Students are responsible for make-up work • All class notes/websites used in class can be accessed by the students • Multiple learning styles are met • Students collaborate with one another • Discovery learning is emphasized

  13. Teachers knowing about & using a variety of strategies is best for kids!

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