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Lesson Study Cadre. Erin Tavern, Sarah Simon, Molly Nordberg, Amy Hedges, Heather Fenz & Nick Hedman. What is lesson study?.
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Lesson Study Cadre Erin Tavern, Sarah Simon, Molly Nordberg, Amy Hedges, Heather Fenz & Nick Hedman Firgrove Elementary
What is lesson study? • Lesson study a professional development approach that originated in Japan. Its purpose is to improve teacher instruction. However it’s not solely about improving a single lesson, rather its about building pathways for ongoing improvement of instruction. Firgrove Elementary
Where did lesson study come from? • Began in Japan • Swept across US • Springing up in 250 schools in 29 different states Firgrove Elementary
How we got involved… • Began in September • Took place of responsive classroom for this year • Individual purpose or interest for being involved with Lesson Study Firgrove Elementary
How did we choose the lessons? • Math focus • Tried to choose lesson relevant to school year and curriculum Firgrove Elementary
Goals • How we made the goals • What information was key in deciding our goals • What the goals were • How they were used in developing lesson study Firgrove Elementary
What we did…teaching lessons and observations… • Who observed • What went on during observations • How we covered each class • Individual teacher lessons Firgrove Elementary
The reflection process • Personal reflection • Group reflection • Creating the observation/reflection form • What type of setting we worked in • Who reflected and how we did it Firgrove Elementary
Student work… • Observe different class work • Note the teacher reflection forms • See the class chart paper Firgrove Elementary