Characteristics of Effective Instruction Overview

1. Characteristics of Effective Instruction Overview

2. Instruction and Assessment • Identify & define Characteristics of Effective Instruction • Build a common language • Protocols and tools to analyze content and instruction • Professional development that will improve instruction and assessment practices • Connections among existing initiatives

3. Instruction & Assessment Purposes • Develop an understanding of each of the Characteristics of Effective Instruction. • Differentiate between teacher actions and student actions when engaged in the Characteristics of Effective Instruction. • Connect CEI to current statewide initiatives.

4. The Big Question • What type of instruction do teachers need to provide so that each and every student develops Deep Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge around the Essential Concepts and Skills Sets identified in the Iowa Core Curriculum?

5. Deep Conceptual & Procedural Knowledge Teaching For Understanding Assessment for Learning Teaching for Learner Differences Student Centered Classrooms Rigor & Relevance

6. Teaching for Understanding

7. Assessment for Learning

8. Rigor and Relevance

9. Student-centered Classrooms

10. Teaching for Learner Differences

11. Characteristics of Effective Instruction • Review the bullet points—attributes—of the characteristics • Watch the video clip • Identify both teacher actions and student actions • Table talk about your observations

12. Characteristics of Effective Instruction Migration From Latin America Mavis Weir 10th–grade history in Petaluma, California Explore the various reasons people emigrate from their homeland.

13. Characteristics of Effective Instruction • Complete the “T-chart” based on bulleted definitions of the Characteristics of Effective Instruction • Discuss with your table group attributes of both students and teachers that you observed

14. Characteristics of Effective Instruction The Research Base • Teaching For Understanding • Assessment for Learning • Teaching for Learner Differences • Student Centered Classrooms • Rigor & Relevance

15. Characteristics of Effective Instruction

16. Characteristics of Effective Instruction Number off individually at the tables 1-5. 2. Go to assigned number table. 3. Read the research article on the Characteristic of Effective Instruction found on the table tent. 4. Complete only the Definition and Characteristics boxes. **Make note of the author, affiliated organization, and publication date of each article.

17. A closer look at… the characteristics of effective instructional practices as defined by the Iowa Core Curriculum. Characteristics of Effective Instruction

18. Characteristics of Effective Instruction Migration From Latin America Mavis Weir 10th–grade history in Petaluma, California Explore the various reasons people emigrate from their homeland.

19. Processing the Video • As a table, share your responses to the video. • Discuss your observations and recommendations. • Complete the Examples and non Examples portion of your Frayer model chart. • Appoint a spokesperson to share out two key responses or observations with the whole group.

20. Things to consider… Characteristics of Effective Instruction • Students? • Leadership? • Teachers? • Data? • Professional Development?

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22. Characteristics of Effective Instruction “…it is necessary to go deeper and address the most important condition for successful school reform, namely, the quality of classroom instruction.” Breakthrough Fullan, Hill, and Crevola , 2006

23. Please stack chairs and clean up tables- thanks!