Cluster Meeting 1: Steps for Effective Learning

1. Cluster Cycle Goal 1: By the end of the cycle, teachers will effectively implement indicators from the TAP Instructional Rubric as measured by leadership team observations of classroom instruction. All teachers will receive their first announced evaluation and will score proficient or above in six out of the eight rubric indicators reviewed during the rubric cluster cycle. Cluster Meeting 1: Steps for Effective Learning

2. Today’s Meeting: Objectives: Teachers will prepare to implement the Steps for Effective Learning in classroom lessons for all subjects. We will: Discuss IGP reflections. Create cluster meeting norms. Define the Steps for Effective Learning. Model identifying these steps in lesson plans. Develop lesson plans with the Steps for Effective Learning.

3. Kindergarten Team Norms

4. First Grade Team Norms

5. Second Grade Team Norms

6. Third Grade Team Norms

7. Fourth Grade Team Norms

8. Fifth Grade Team Norms

9. Specials Team Norms

10. Evaluate: IGP Reflections Take out your IGP Reflection. How is it going so far? Have you started working on your personal goal?

12. Why do we need to consider the steps for effective learning when planning lessons? CFA career teacher averages for presenting instructional content is 3.33. CFA average for lesson structure and pacing is 3.23. Both will be positively impacted by conscious use of the steps for effective learning. We’ll also look at how several other rubric indicators are impacted by the steps for effective learning.

14. How do these Steps for Effective Learning connect to the TAP Rubric? Identify Identify: Instructional Plans: Motivating Students/Standards and Objectives:

15. How do these Steps for Effective Learning connect to the TAP Rubric? Obtain Obtain: Presenting instructional content: Teacher knowledge of students: Teacher content knowledge:

16. How do these Steps for Effective Learning connect to the TAP Rubric? Develop Develop: Activities and Materials: Teacher Knowledge of Students: Academic Feedback: Lesson Structure and Pacing:

17. How do these Steps for Effective Learning connect to the TAP Rubric? Apply Apply: Lesson Structure and Pacing: Activities and Materials: Student Work: Assessment:

18. How do these Steps for Effective Learning connect to the TAP Rubric? Evaluate Evaluate: Assessment: Standards and Objectives:

19. Learn: Model I will show you how the steps for learning are applicable to lesson plans your team uses.

20. Fifth Grade Week at a glance

21. Fifth Grade detailed plan

22. Fourth Grade

23. Third Grade

24. Develop: You’re going to identify or add the Steps for Effective learning for the lessons you already have planned for this week.

25. Apply: Use the Steps for Effective Learning this in your lessons. When I come into your classroom to follow up this week, I will track the Steps for Effective Learning that I see in your lesson using a sheet like the one you used during develop. Please sign up for a time for your follow up. Follow up can be in the form of a conference, co- teaching or co-planning, model, or observation. -You may request a specific type of follow up. -Otherwise I will email you and let you know which type of follow-up you will receive.

26. Evaluate: Reflect in your IGP: Think about how applying the Steps for Effective Learning impacts the students in your classroom. How does it affect the way you plan? How does it impact the delivery of lessons? IGP