Delivery of Instruction for Effective Teaching and
LearningDay 1: Knowing and Engaging the Learner
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Participants will deepen knowledge and explore strategies for
knowing their learnersengaging their learnersleading the learning in their classroom
assessing the learning of their students.
Outcomes:
Course set up
Moodle Orientation
Self-Assessment
Knowing the Learner
A definition…
"What we share in common makes us human. How we differ makes us individuals. In a classroom with little or no differentiated instruction, only student similarities seem to take center stage.
A definition…
In a differentiated classroom, commonalities are acknowledged and built upon, and student differences become important elements in teaching and learning as well ....
A definition…
Students have multiple options for
• taking in information• making sense of ideas• expressing what they learn.
A definition…
In other words, a differentiated classroom provides different avenues to
• acquiring content• processing or making sense of ideas• and developing products."
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Differentiation Concepts
Student characteristics Readiness Interest Learning Profile
How well do I know my students?
Think of a particular student.
Create a web of information you know about that student.
How well do I know my students?
Highlight and label the learner characteristic for each item
Learning profile = LPInterest = I
Readiness = R
How well do I know my students?
What don’t you know that would be helpful?Reflect on how you might get to know that student better.
Tools for Knowing the Learner:
How might you respond to this data for a class?
Differentiation Concepts
Student characteristics Readiness Interest Learning Profile
Inspiration rapid fire web
Collecting formative data on readiness
Exploring formative assessment strategies
Responding to formative data: Analysis of Student Work tool
Responding to formative data
Break
Engaging the Learner
Do students feel engaged in school?
2009 High School Survey on Student Engagement
66% bored every day81% material not interesting42% material lacks relevance33% work is not challenging
http://ceep.indiana.edu/hssse/index.htm
I like attending school. I work hard in my classes. But I would like them to be a little more interesting, interactive.
Many teachers don't understand that people learn in different ways.
I like hands on things and group projects… because they help me focus and really feel excited and I interact more. It makes me want to learn and (makes) the material that I'm learning interesting.
Quotes from the 2009 HSSSE
Is it about entertainment? Attention? What does an engaged student look like? How do I write it into my lesson plans? What does an engaged classroom look and
sound like?
So, what is engagement anyway?
Think.Ink.
Share.
Student Motivation & Engagement(Schlechty)
1. Engagement2. Strategic Compliance3. Ritual Compliance4. Retreatism5. Rebellion
Clock WatchersThe Six C’s: Creating Context That Motivates Students and Nurtures Engagement
•Caring Class Community
•Checking In and Checking Out
•Choice
•Collaboration
•Challenge
•Celebration
Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning
31
The Highly Engaged ClassroomMarzano and Pickering (2011)
31
How do I feel?
Am I interested?
Is this important?
Can I do this?
Student Engagement Observation Forms
www.education.ky.gov
• Global citizen
• Creative
• Active
• Mission-driven
• Civically-engaged
• Knowledge-hungry
• Innovator
• Independent thinker
• Problem solver
• Collaborative
• Visionary
• Relate learning to real life• Give students control over learning• Assign challenging but achievable tasks• Arouse students’ curiosity• Design projects that allow students to
share/work with others
Motivating students to engage in class activities
The Engage-O-Meter
Think about the most engaging activity you have ever experienced in a classroom setting.
How many of the qualities did that activity have?
Engaging students with technology
DIFFERENTIATION:What is it?
A different kind of crossword
Carol Ann TomlinsonProfessor of Educational
LeadershipUniversity of Virginia
Differentiation based on research and writings of:
“In a differentiated classroom, the teacher proactively plans and carries out varied approaches to content, process, and product in anticipation of and response to student differences in readiness, interest, and learning needs.”
What is differentiated instruction?
How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms (Tomlinson, ASCD, 2001)
Supportive learning environment Continuous assessment High-quality curriculum Respectful tasks Flexible grouping
Differentiation Non-Negotiables
The Cogs of Differentiation
Tomlinson, 2003
Differentiationis a teacher’s response to learners’ needsguided by general principles, such as
Respectful Tasks Flexible GroupingContinuous Assessment
Teachers can differentiate
Content Process Product
according to students’
Interests Learning Profile Readiness
through a range of strategies
Classroom elements
Content Process Products Learning Environment/ Affect Assessment
Differentiation concepts
With the knowledge you just gained, how would you change a clue on your puzzle?
Look back at your puzzle
Learning Centers Tiered Assignments R.A.F.T.s Choice Boards Flexible Grouping
Differentiation Strategies
Let’s Dive into Some DI-nalysis
At each station, you will
1. Choose an artifact and analyze it using your organizer.
2. Process the strategy with the group using the prompt provided.
daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com
Preview of work time
Lunch
Lesson/unit plan◦ Student data collection tools◦ Formative assessment strategies◦ Engaging activities◦ Differentiated activities
Work Time
Presentations and Feedback
Delivery of Instruction for Effective Teaching and
LearningDay 2: Leading and Assessing the Learning
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Participants will deepen knowledge and explore strategies foroknowing their learnersoengaging their learnersoleading the learning in their classroomoassessing the learning of their students.
Outcomes:
Preview of work time
Lunch
Work Time
Presentations and Feedback
Your assignment
Revisit Self-Assessment