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- 1. Elementary Literacy Leadership Session 2 – December 16, 2010 GPAEA Burlington Office
- 4. Structured School ImprovementComponentsCritical Attributes of Staff Development for Student Achievement
- 5. Developing Culture As a team… Review Current Reality Review Ideal World Principals share walk-through Determine Brief to Read – write on chart Read & Discuss brief Gather resources to study Share learning in team & chart
- 6. Gallery Walk Reflection Guide Of team charts to see what was studied and learned
- 7. Models of Good Instruction What is Effective Instruction? How do we know it when we see it? What does it look like? Sound like? 30 min. - As a team, create a rubric that would reflect effective instructional practices
- 8. Classroom Example View the following clip using the rubric to determine the effectiveness of the instruction
- 10. Content Purpose: to identify components that are present in an interactive task Language Purpose: to explain the art of argumentation to a peer Social Purpose: to discuss components of an interactive task with a professional colleague
- 11. What’s the difference? Engagement vs. Interaction
- 12. Engagementto engage: to attract, hold fast, occupy attention of another or oneself en: to cause a person to be in… (a state, condition, place) Synonyms: captivate, enthrall, involve, gage: (archaic) a pledge, a challenge, deposit charm, employ, join, practice
- 13. Interactioninteract: to act one upon another, to have some effect on each other inter: among, between, mutually, reciprocally Synonyms: communicate, act: to do something, exert energy or force, produce an effect Collaborate, cooperate combine, connect
- 14. What do you see? Engaged or Interacting? Justify your answer. … they’re interacting
- 15. Why Interaction Matters Students learn more, and retain information longer, when they work in small groups. Students who work in collaborative groups also appear more satisfied with their classes, complete more assignments, and generally like school better. May 22-23, 2006 Sousa, D.A. (2000)
- 16. What does it take to make a task engaging andinteractive?
- 17. What does it take to make a task engaging andinteractive? Enough background knowledge to have something to say. Language support to know how to say it. Topic of interest. An authentic reason to interact. Expectation of interaction. Accountability for interaction. Established community of learners that encourage and support each other. Understanding of the task. Knowledge of the norms of interaction.
- 19. Use the Conversation Roundtable List 3 other ways you check for understanding Share with 3 partners List their ideas on your paper
- 20. In terms of Productive Group Work Argumentation not arguing: Student use accountable talk to persuade, provide evidence, ask questions of one another, and disagree without being disagreeable.
- 21. Learning is not a spectator sport. - D. Blocher
- 23. Thank You!
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- The teacher in the article could easily check for student understanding by listening in on the conversations students were having. We’ve been thinking about how students cement their understanding by interacting with classmates. There’s another piece to this as well. We as teachers can determine how well student understand the content or even the language and social goals by how they engage in the interactions. You are probably already using some format in your teaching practice that encourages students to interact with others. List 1 practice that you have used on your conversation roundpaper foldable, then share with 3 others.