Leadership for Learning

1. Leadership for Learning Springdale Public Schools August 13, 2009

2. Purpose2009-2010 • Complete analysis of GRR model • Guided practice • Collaborative practice (productive group work) • Independent practice • Focus on the teaching cycle • Plan • Teach • Assess • Reflect

3. Today’s Purpose • Reflect on the learning from last year • Analyze guided instruction phase • Create lessons for the 1st week of school that will begin to establish a collaborative environment for learning

4. Interactive Bingo • Find someone in the room who can answer the question. • You write their response and their name. • Find a different person for each question.

5. Parameters for Bingo Linguistic Frames • Have you ever _(past tense verb)__________? • Can you name _________________? • What is/was _________________? Use at least 3 of these vocabulary terms: • Gradual release of responsibility • Interaction (or other form) • Linguistic frames • Metacognitive • Collaborative

6. Strategy Analysis:Interactive Bingo How does this strategy: • Scaffold construction of understanding? • Develop academic language? How can you use it in your classroom?

7. TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY “I do it” Focus Lesson Guided Instruction “We do it” “You do it together” Collaborative “You do it alone” Independent STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY A Structure for Instruction that Works

8. Leadership for Learning Focus2007-08 & 2008-09 • The Focus Lesson • Collaborative/Productive group work • English language proficiency standards • Assessing oral language • Academic language • Developing vocabulary • Culture

9. Gradual Release of ResponsibilityThe Focus Lesson • Establish purpose • Activate background knowledge • Explain the skill, strategy or task • Model thinking • Teach for metacognition • Demonstrate self-assessment

10. Activating prior knowledge and/or building background knowledge… • Builds schema • Makes personal connections • Motivates • Focuses students and teacher on the purpose

11. Establishing purpose… • Informs what and why • Focuses students attention • Keeps lesson on track • Facilitates reflection on learning

12. Think Aloud • Establish purpose • Make thinking transparent • Explain decision-making process • Name the strategies • Make connections • Develop understanding of content • Highlight errors to avoid • Self-assessment

13. If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. --Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby)

14. What does it mean to guide? To assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area. To show points of interest and to explain their meaning or significance. Dictionary.com

15. What is guided instruction? • The time when the cognitive load begins to shift from teacher to student. • A dialogue between teacher and student. • Saying the right thing to get the student to do the cognitive work.

16. What it is not… • Ability grouping • Scripted • Same for every group • Every day, every student

17. Collaborative Practice aka: Productive Group Work Opportunity for students to work together to apply what they’ve learned in focus lessons and guided instruction

18. What it is not… • Time to introduce new information • Ability grouping • Group project with single product

19. Independent Practice • Based on meaningful learning activities • Enables individual learners to take responsibility for their own learning • Essential for lifelong motivation and growth • Prepares students for their role as responsible citizens in a changing society. Fisher & Frey, 2008, Better learning through structured teaching

20. What it is not… • Series of worksheets • Rote memorization • Necessarily silent

21. Creating the Environment for Talk All read p 71-72, then • 72 – 76: Creating Physical Environment for Talk • 76 – 81: Creating Social Environment for Talk • 81 – 83: Creating Expectations for Talk and 90 – 92: Creating Metacognitive Environment for Talk D. 83 – 89: Creating Routines for Talk

22. Three-Step Interview • Partner A interviews Partner B Partner C interviews Partner D • Partner B interviews Partner A Partner D interviews Partner C • Each partner tells the other pair key points of what their partner said in response to the questions.

23. Table Talk What can you do during the 1st week of school to create an environment that encourages interaction?

24. Strategy Analysis:Three-Step Interview How does this strategy: • Scaffold construction of understanding? • Develop academic language? How can you use it in your classroom?

25. Appointment Clock • Make 3 appointments with 3 different people: • 12:00 • 3:00 • 6:00 (We won’t need a 9:00 appointment today) • Write each person’s name at the appointed time. These will be your partners for specific partner tasks.

26. Preparing for climate for talk What needs to be in place in order to create a climate for talk? Discuss with your 12 o’clock appointment.

27. Creating the Environment Find your 3 o’clock appointment Physical • How does your room facilitate collaboration and interaction? • How does it inhibit it? • What can you do with the physical environment of your classroom to facilitate more collaboration and interaction? Social • How will you build a sense of community?

28. Creating the Environment Find your 6 o’clock appointment Expectations • What are 3 things you can do to make sure students know the expectations for using academic language in your classroom? Metacognitive • What are 3 things you can do to teach students to be reflective?

29. Strategy Analysis:Appointment Clock How does this strategy: • Scaffold construction of understanding? • Develop academic language? How can you use it in your classroom?

30. Reflect What are 3 things discussed this morning that you will talk about again with a colleague? With which colleague will you talk?

31. Exit Slip What will you do between now and the next staff development day to: • Implement the Gradual Release Model? • Increase student-to-student interaction? • Create an environment to promote conversations? • With which colleague will you share your experiences and your reflection on those experiences?

32. For the afternoon • Please report to your schools by 12:30 p.m. today.

33. Leadership for Learning Springdale Public Schools August 13, 2009 As soon as you are seated, find your strategy analysis sheets, and analyze the “Appointment Clock” and “Give one, Get one” from this morning.

34. Self-Assessment Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons Score yourself using the rubric - p. 68, Figure 3.7

35. Planning Plan 1 task or activity designed to create an environment for talk, for each day of the 1st week of school. Include: • Lesson objective • Activate prior knowledge/Build background knowledge • Logical sequence of activities • Gradual release of responsibility model • Student reflection on learning

36. Critical Friend Process • DESCRIBE Person 1 • REFLECT Group • CLARIFY Group and Person 1 • REFLECT Person 1 • COMMENT/ACTION Person 1

37. Academic Language Support • What are some linguistic frames you might ask students to use as they engage in the activities you planned to create an environment for talk? • What is some of the vocabulary you will expect to hear them using?

38. Planning Create a model of a poster that the class might create to help them remember key behaviors during the time for productive group work (collaborative practice)? Include: • Social • Student responsibilities • Language • Metacognitive practice • Other?

39. Gallery Walk Make notes of any ideas you would like to use from the posters of other groups.

40. Self-Assessment Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons Score yourself using the rubric - p. 68, Figure 3.7

41. Exit Slip What will you do between now and the next staff development day to: • Implement the Gradual Release Model? • Increase student-to-student interaction? • Create an environment to promote conversations? • With which colleague will you share your experiences and your reflection on those experiences?