Instructional Practices: Training and Monitoring

November 13, 2012Debbie Panchisin & Ray Gravuer

Strategies that Most Impact Achievement

Rank of Effectivenes

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Strategy Percentile Gain in Learning with

Application

1 Extended Thinking(abstracting; comparing/contrasting; cause/effect; classifying/categorizing; analogies/metaphors; constructing support; analyzing perspectives; inductive/deductive reasoning; error analysis)

45

2 Summarizing(distributed; at end; students do the summarizing)

34

3 Vocabulary(In the context of the Standard and lesson

content)

33

4 Advance Organizers(a guide to what will be learned)

28

5 Non-Verbal Representations(graphic organizers, vocabulary strategies)

25(Marzano and ASCD, 2001 & US DOE: 2002)

Consistent and Pervasive Teaching Practices

Why?

To insure that students in the same grade level have access to valuable content taught with rigor for deeper understanding regardless of the school or classroom to which they are assigned.

How?

High Student Academic Achievem

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Research-Based best Teaching

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Acquisition Lessons

Lessons follow a standard structure:

• Essential Question • Activating Strategy• Teaching Method• Summarizing

Learning Map

Unit Essential Question

Lesson Essential Question

Samples

Vocabulary

Unit Learning Map

Graphic Organizer: Extending Thinking

Pervasive Implementation

Monitoring – District-wide Learning WalksWalkthrough Dates Teams scheduled to complete walkthroughs

September 20 D.O. & half of building admin

September 21 D.O. & half of building admin

October 15 - 19 Secondary schools leadership teams w/i your building only

October 22 - 26 Elementary schools leadership teams w/i your building only

November 29 D.O. & quarter of building admin

November 30 D.O. & quarter of building admin

January 25 D.O. & quarter of building admin

January 29 D.O. & quarter of building admin

February 19 - 22 Secondary schools leadership teams across school level buildings

February 25 – March 1 Elementary schools leadership teams across school level buildings

Monitoring Tool

Shared Direction and Powerful Outcomes

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