Learning Coach MeetingJanuary 11, 2013

PSD’s Commitments to Inclusion

• The idea of fixing students to improving environments

• Dependence on staff (teachers and EA’s) to a focus on independence

• “Special Ed” to ALL students being special

• A deficit model of thinking to a strength based model of thinking

• Having high expectations for some to having high expectations for ALL

Move from:

Today’s Agenda Share an experience Identify obstacles to learning Identify habits of mind Critique a lesson

Share an ExperienceCriteria for a meaningful experience. The experience: Is beneficial to others (others might learn an

effective strategy, or a “what not to do”) Helps explore your understanding of the role

of a learning coach

Tell which of the “commitment to inclusion” statements are championed through this experience, and articulate the alignment between the experience and the commitment statement.

Strengthening Inclusive and Instructional Practices

Infusing a new role into the system is a complex endeavor and an enormous opportunity Finding the “essence” is of primary importance

Coaches plant seeds in the system

Learning takes root in professional conversations and sprouts everywhere-

Learning is cultivated and nurtured

Coaches are like gardeners

Learn To Learn The number one

characteristic of people who will be successful in the 21st century are those who know how to learn

What is the business of education? To cultivate deep-

seated and effective habits of beliefs;

To develop open minded preference for grounded conclusions

To ingrain appropriate methods of inquiry and reasoning

Without habits of this sort, one is not intellectually educated. John Dewey, 1909, How We Think

Metacognition

Self-awareness Self-reflection Self-monitoring Self-management Self-evaluation

Identify your obstacles

o Share 2 obstacles with a partner.

Obstacles to Learning

How do we create a learning culture in which people become public and reflective learners?

Habits of Mind

Identify two of your own strengths and share these with an elbow partner

Today’s Invitation Put your own learning first Be willing to admit what you don’t know Contribute your thinking, ideas, and partial

understanding Consider perspectives that differ from your

own

Guided Reading During guided reading we want the children to

use and practice strategies they already know to tackle text they do not know and are in the zone of proximal development.

Setting the ContextFinding the Main Idea Using text features to help anticipate what you

will be learning about Pulling out important ideas from the text Noticing “repeaters,” emphasized ideas

Critique the Lesson View part of the guided reading lesson. Look for:

What is powerful about the lesson? What could be improved?

o Share with elbow partner.

Principles of Learning Summary

All read “Entity” and “Incremental” Theories

Read ONE of:1. Socializing Intelligence2. Academic Rigor AND Clear Expectations3. Accountable Talk4. Self-Management

Evidence-Based Lens

Observing the same clip through the lens of the principles of learning.

Be prepared to share: What elements of the principle did you

notice? How might the principle have been

further embedded into the lesson?

Jigsaw Sharing Explain your learning principle Share:

What elements of the principle did you notice?

How might the principle have been further embedded into the lesson?

What are some ways you could share your new learning with teachers at your school(s)?

Paying it Forward

Go to:Reachingallstudents.ning.com – Learning Coach – Pay It Forward

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