I nstructional L earning C ycle:

1. Instructional Learning Cycle: Overview

2. Course Objectives Upon completion of this course you will: Be familiar with the phases of the Instructional Learning Cycle. Be able to successfully implement the phases of the Instructional Learning Cycle in your classroom.

3. Outline Overview Benefits Meet the needs of all students

4. Effective Instruction Homework practice matched the lesson Teacher is prepared Students understand and participate Students perform well on tests Teachers use examples and good explanations Students are proficient in standards

5. Effective Instruction • Assessment • Instructional Strategies • Learning Targets

6. Effective Instruction English/Language Arts • Assessment • Instructional Strategies • Learning Targets Science

7. Alignment of Instructional Components I taught all of the concepts Why did they do so poorly? Learning Targets Assessment

8. Alignment of Instructional Components ? ? ?

9. Effective Instruction and the Instructional Learning Cycle How do you align the components? How do you know when what you’ve planned is working and when you should make changes? Is there a repeatable process that you can use to help plan instruction?

10. Effective Instruction and the Instructional Learning Cycle

11. Effective Instruction and the Instructional Learning Cycle ILC is NOT . . . ILC is . . . Ongoing, iterative process A one time event A document or report Based on theory of regular dialogue around implementation and impact Ensuring the perfect lesson or unit

12. ILC Process

13. ILC Activities

14. Teacher Teams or Individual Teachers Individual Teachers Teacher Teams

15. Why the ILC? • Provides a structure for using data to inform instruction • Systematizes monitoring of impact of instruction • Identifies which students are on track and which aren’t • Provides ongoing teacher team discussions • Makes instructional practices visible and transparent

16. The ILC in MI Excel Schools Use of an instructional planning process that promotes the continuous use of student data to inform and differentiate instruction to meet the academic needs of individual students.

17. The ILC in MI Excel Schools • Collaborative tasks and reflective dialogues • Identification and alignment of learning targets, state standards and assessment • Creation of an intentional instructional plan that addresses the needs of all students • Implementation of instructional plan • Collection and analysis of student data • Collection and analysis of implementation data on the instructional plan • Reflection and next steps Gold Standard for Implementation

18. Review You must answer each question in the review before you can continue to the last slide of the presentation

19. Question 1 What are the three components of effective instruction? Learning Targets, Instructional Strategies, Assessments Homework, Instructional Strategies, Assessments Learning Targets, Homework, Assessments Learning Targets, Instructional Strategies, Student Participation

20. Question 2 In how many phases of the Instructional Learning Cycle are there collaborative tasks? 1 2 3 4

21. Question 3 A(n) _________________ is a statement of “what” the student will be learning. Learning Target Instructional Strategy Assessment Instructional plan

22. Conclusion Overview Benefits Meet the needs of all students