Instructional Practices: Training and Monitoring
November 13, 2012Debbie Panchisin & Ray Gravuer
Strategies that Most Impact Achievement
Rank of Effectivenes
s
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
Practices
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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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