Gradual Release of Responsibility PD: Focus Lesson: Instructional Model By: Tracey Klell

Background Information Office of Professional Practice analyzes MUSD effectiveness of GRR  Results show needs of improvement  Meetings to share data with teachers at each site.  Teachers self evaluate effectiveness of GRR Office of Professional Practice researches schools using GRR  Visits schools in California  Selects top 3 successful MUSD schools (2 Elementary Schools and 1 middle school)  Top 3 schools visit schools in California

Phase One Share Information from trip  3 schools build Instructional Leadership Teams  Members: each grade level, 2 specialist areas, principal ILT  Meets over the summer to plan progression of PD over school year  Sets weekly planning time: Every Tuesday from 7:00am-7:30am  Sets weekly PD (Friday 15): Every Friday from 1:00pm-1:15pm. (Not done on grading days, parent teacher conferences, etc.)  Sets quarterly planning days

Introduce ILT August 1, 2014: Back to School  Members  Purpose: better effectiveness of GRR  Revisit last year’s personal evaluation of GRR  Where we want to be  Friday 15: where, when, why and how often  Build ILT binders  Asked teachers to find PGW books

Workshop Plan: Focus Lesson Content Goal: Friday 15  Not unreachable like the moon, but like a flower.  If written with purpose and taught correctly, students should be able to express what they are learning and why.  Activity: Practice Delivery of Content Goal in small groups After PD  Teachers observe ILT deliver content goal  Teachers discuss observations  Teachers practice safe week  Administrative walkthroughs  Teachers discuss highs & lows, needs

Workshop Plan: Focus Lesson Establishing Purpose: Friday 15  Moodle Video: BBP- Ebola  Personal Experiences: making connections (teacher and student)  Should be driven by classroom instruction (be flexible After PD  Teachers observe ILT establish purpose  Teachers discuss observations  Teachers practice safe week  Administrative walkthroughs  Teachers discuss highs & lows, needs

Workshop Plan: Focus Lesson Model Thinking: Friday 15  Nail Balance Activity  5 Main Strategies Handout: modeling, direct explanation, demonstration, mega-cognitive awareness, public problem solving After PD  ILT video tapes model thinking  PLC’s watch videos and complete graphic organizer  Teachers practice safe week  Administrative walkthroughs  Teachers discuss highs & lows, needs

Workshop Plan: Focus Lesson Closure: Friday 15  Save time, it needs to happen after every lesson  Connects the activity and learning with their content goal  Can be short, written or verbal, group or individual  Create a closure idea flip book  Daily Dozen Closure Questions Handout After PD  Teachers observe ILT close a lesson  Teachers discuss observations  Teachers practice safe week  Administrative walkthroughs  Teachers discuss highs & lows, needs

Teacher Feedback for ILT Evaluation Form  Teachers give feedback on content goal, establish purpose and model think: take away, why is this important, how can ILT support you, what made the biggest impact  Teacher’s responses were positive  Teachers agree to ILT observing them  ILT impressed with teachers (work more on E.P) Summative Evaluations  Teachers discuss Domain 4 and growing: thank ILT and Friday 15

Phase Two Productive Group Work  ILT Planning Day December 8th: discuss progression of PGW  ILT: Visits school in California (February 5 & 6)  Process information- start planning progression of PGW  ILT: Reads PGW Book, researching and networking  ILT: Introduces the PGW book at Friday 15  ILT Planning Day April 28th: plan 2.5 PD for May 21 st and progression for next school year (First 20 days of school)

Workshop Plan: PGW Introduction: Friday 15 Resources Needed  PGW Book: How to engage students, build teamwork and Promote Understanding (Frey, Fisher, & Everlove)  PGW Handbook: Introduce 2 chapters a week: Final Quarter  Create activity from PGW handbook to introduce each chapter  Model for teachers on how to teach students to work together

PGW: First 20 days of School May 21, 2015: How to make PGW Effective Skills & Procedures Students Need to Know  Teaching accountability: group & individual, establishing noise level, creating language frames to promote academic talk, questioning & responding, conflict management, turn-taking, accepting/declining help, active listening, engagement Create Anchor Charts  For each skill needed  Combine for final product to display all year  Students help create anchor charts-ownership