As I shared last week, for positive change to occur you must be consistent. In your PLCs, last week each of you shared your resolve for the remainder of the school year. Remember the 5 Steps To Being Consistent shared last week:
Explicit instruction
- Keep Your Eyes On Your Why
- Pick Your Battle
- Schedule It
- Ignore Your Feelings
- Catch That Wagon
Now on to the second part of strengthening the core...instruction.
“The quality of teachers is the single most
important factor in the educational system.”
This statement does not mean that teachers are the only quality people in a building nor should they be. This statement does point to your importance and the huge impact you make on a daily basis. The core instruction in a school will only be as robust as the experts providing the instruction.
The following information was complied by Ms. Grunden, Mrs. Pond and Mrs. Russ after attending a MTSS Workshop focused on Strengthening the Core.Thank you ladies for your work with this!
Instruction
The following information was complied by Ms. Grunden, Mrs. Pond and Mrs. Russ after attending a MTSS Workshop focused on Strengthening the Core.Thank you ladies for your work with this!
Instruction
Explicit instruction
¡A systematic
instructional approach that includes a set of delivery and design procedures
derived from effective schools research…
¡Unambiguous and
direct approach to teaching that incorporates instruction design and delivery.
žExplicit vs. Discovery
žExplicit vs. Discovery
¡Context of the
teaching situation determines which is appropriate
¡Explicit- students
have little or no background knowledge
¡Discovery- students
have a good deal of knowledge
žProvides
systematic instruction on critical content
1) Lessons are
organized and focused
2) Begin with
a statement of goals (learning intentions)
3) Provide
interactive review with retrieval practice
4) Provide
step-by-step demonstrations (I do)
5) Provide
guided and supported practice (We do, You do)
6) Use clear and concise language
6) Use clear and concise language
Instruction delivery
Elicit frequent students responses
Elicit frequent students responses
Verbal- Written-
Action
Benefits
Benefits
Positive learning
environment
Increases accountability
Increases accountability
Promotes desired
behaviors
Contributes to an ideal pacing
Allows for monitoring of understanding
Provide feedback to students
Contributes to an ideal pacing
Allows for monitoring of understanding
Provide feedback to students
Retrieve * Respond *
Retain
Please look over these ideas and use them to reflect on your current instructional practices. We will be discussing in coming weeks in PLCs and Teacher Workdays.
Week of 1/16/17-1/20/17
Monday, January 16, 2017
No School- MLK Day
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
PLCs (SST Focus)
PLCs (SST Focus)
- 5th, 6th, 7th: 8:30-9:30
- K: 10-11
- 1st & 2nd: 12-1
- 3rd & 4th: 1-2
- Support Staff: 2-2:45
* i-Ready Assessment: Majka (Reading) and make ups for students who missed the original
testing date
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
*Hill Out Until 9AM
* Admin Mtg 9-10:15
* i-Ready Assessments: Muhammad (Reading) and Jones ( Reading)
* Beginning Teacher Mtg at 3:30 Location TBD (Who wants to host us?)
Thursday, January 19, 2017
* Hill at Leaders Building Leaders Consortium in Raleigh
*i-Ready Assessments: Grunden (Math) and Lamb (Math)
*6-7:30 Middle School Elective Showcase
Friday, January 20, 2017
* i-Ready Assessments: Grunden(Reading) and Lamb (Reading)
*Deadline for selecting workshops for 1/27 (PD Survey will be emailed Tuesday)
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