WELCOME JUNE 20, 2005

1. WELCOMEJUNE 20, 2005 LEARNING FOCUSED SCHOOLS PRESENTS SUMMARIZING STRATEGIES

2. LET’S REVIEW WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR

3. Organization -- Professional Learning Communities -- Distributive Leadership -- Vertical and grade level articulation -- Learning focused Schools GOAL: Exemplary Practices High Achievement,High Accountabilityat SCHS Assessment -- Focus = Assessment for Learning -- Continuous Formative Assessment / “STAR” -- Benchmark Assessments That Direct Instruction -- Development and Use of Rubrics Instruction -- Encore / STRIDE -- Teacher and department goal setting -- CRISS -- Dimensions of Learning / Advanced Organizers -- Power Standards DSTP / Standards / NCLB -- Data & Results Driven -- Department & Individual Planning -- Staff Development Curriculum -- Prioritized Curriculum -- K-12 Benchmarks/Maps -- Unit Content Maps With Focus Vocabulary

4. FISH Philosophy Choose your attitude Play Make Their Day Be Present It’s About the Students Lets make FISH STICK BE IT, COACH IT, COMMIT

5. WHAT A TEACHER… * SEINFELD – “ Come on people – THINK” * MR. MIAGI – “Sand the floor” * YODA – “Use the Force”

6. Result Maximize student learning through Learning Focused School Critical Factor Implementation Sussex Central High School Learning Focused School Building a Learning Community BE IT COMMIT Coach It Planning Learning Unit Extending & Refining Activation & Acceleration • Dimension of Learning • CRISS Strategies • ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • Activating Prior Knowledge • Acquiring Knowledge • Teaching Strategies • Summarizing • Students Keep Learning • FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION • Connecting to Standards Based Curriculum • Curriculum Mapping

7. Let’s refresh… * EQ – How do we become a LFS school? * EQ – How can a concept grow legs? * EQ – How does a concept stand strong? * EQ – How do we teach a concept to run?

8. ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do you know if the concept won the race?

9. FOLDABLE ACTIVITY LET’S GO “EATS”

10. Why have students summarize what they are learning? • Summarizing is perhaps they key thinking skill for learning. • Summarizing is a Learning Strategy not a teaching strategy. Learners must summarize themselves for the learning to construct meaning. • When summarizing, students create a “schema” for the information and remember it better and longer. • Teachers facilitate summarizing when they have students answer the essential questions at the end of a lesson. This will also help the teacher gather evidence of learning. • When students summarize, their confusions, misconceptions, or misunderstandings surface and teachers can then adapt future teaching accordingly. It is key to knowing when and on what to re-teach. • Student summarizing should be distributed throughout a lesson, not just at the end.

11. NOW SHOWING…

12. Summarizing Activity • E ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • A ACTIVATION • T TEACHING • S SUMMARIZING

13. WHAT IS THE KEY? “COLLABORATION” IN A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY Coming together is a beginning, Staying together is progress, And working together is success. -Henry Ford

14. WRAP-UP &FEEDBACK EQ HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE CONCEPT WON THE RACE? TICKET OUT

15. Unit Planning Guide Decision One: Content Map of Unit (See examples in Acceleration Section) Teacher / Team:_____________________ Subject / Grade:_____________________ Examples / Steps (Optional) Unit Topic / Name Unit Essential Question Key Components / Issues / Concepts / Skills