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Technology Helps for Instructional Leaders. Presented by: Charlotte Davis Lufkin Middle School Associate Principal. Overview of Presentation . Instructional Model Lesson planning Electronic templates “Inspect what you expect!” Using Drop box with the Walk Thru Process
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Technology Helps for Instructional Leaders Presented by: Charlotte Davis Lufkin Middle School Associate Principal
Overview of Presentation • Instructional Model • Lesson planning • Electronic templates • “Inspect what you expect!” • Using Drop box with the Walk Thru Process • Electronic copies of resources will be posted on the LMS Web page for your use
Quality Instruction Model • All instruction is student centered • Teachers are held accountable for student achievement • Instructional leaders provide assistance and monitor the instructional program • District support through a district wide scope and sequence, ongoing PD, and a quality instructional management system • Written: TEKS and scope & sequence • Taught: delivery of written curriculum • Tested: assessments by national, state, and local
Backward Design • Backward Design • Wiggins and McTighe state that you can’t start planning how you’re gong to teach until you know exactly what you want your students to learn • Identify desired results • Determine acceptable evidence • Plan learning experiences & instruction
Lesson Plans • Research based lesson plans: • Lesson objective • Content to covered within lesson • Multiple activities • Resources & materials needed • Time allotment • Work to be completed outside of class • Method of assessment
Lesson Plans at LMS • Weekly Lesson plans for the coming week should be sent via email no later than 8:00 a.m. each Monday morning • Saved with a specific file name including: • Lastnamefirstinitialmonth_Monday’sdate • Example: Davisc9_30 • Next, office personnel save as a PDF file in a shared drop box • All administrative team members have access • Moved to a network drive at the end of each month because of storage constraints
Questions… • Why not just have teachers add to the drop box? • Set a deadline! • What if they don’t meet your expectations?
Other Technology Helps… • Mentoring Minds apps • List of standards is free • Lead4ward app • TEKS snapshots • For non tested areas • STAAR standards snapshot • Videos
Bloom’s Taxonomy with Apps • The Padagogy Wheel V2.0 • An adaptation of the Taxonomy Wheel • Developed by Designing Outcomes
I am a leader of learning andlearning takes placein classrooms!
Resources • Marzano, R.J., Waters, T, McNulty, B.A. (2005) School leadership that works from research to results, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum • Center for Teaching http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/understanding-by-design/ • Gagne, R. M., & Briggs, L. J. (I 974). Principles of instructional design. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston