Looking at Student Work Collaborative Teams Focus on Teaching and Learning School Leadership Team Meeting Waterfront Place Hotel October 22 – 24, 2012 Presented by: Linda Bragg, Coordinator John Ford, Coordinator Office of School Improvement

The Right Work of Teams Collaborating about Next Steps by Looking at Results Making a Commitment to the Agreed Process

Teams Increase Student Learning by Collaborating about Next Steps Based on Results Successful schools are places where teams of teachers meet regularly to focus on student work and assessment then change their instructional practice accordingly to get better results. Michael Fullan, 2000 It’s not about which teacher got better results; it’s about identifying and sharing the practice or strategy that resulted in the greatest number of students reaching proficiency in the learning targets taught !

Guiding Question How does looking at student work help our collaborative teams focus on results and address the critical questions of teaching and learning? Does looking at student work provide a common picture of what success looks like for this unit of study?

Critical Questions of Teaching and Learning 1. What do all students need to know, understand and be able to do in this lesson or unit of study? What CORE instruction will best facilitate the learning? 2. How will we know if they have learned it? 3. How will we respond if students do not learn? What TARGETED or INTENSIVE instruction will likely have the most impact, given the evidence of student learning? 4. How will we respond when they already know it? What projects or collaborative studies will likely have the most impact for enrichment or acceleration, given the evidence of student learning?

Teams Analyzing Results by Looking at Student Work Here’s What: (5 minutes) analyze what happened on the assignment –Which targets were mastered? –Any trends, observations or outcomes? So What?: (10 minutes) interpret what was discovered –What led to the results and why? Now What?: (15 minutes) promote data- driven decision making by challenging the team to apply what has been learned to instructional practice

Guiding Question How would using a protocol make a difference in the team’s becoming more efficient and more effective in analyzing student work?

Protocols What are protocols? Why use a protocol? What does a typical protocol look like? Goldie Hawn in Protocol

Tuning Protocol So named because teachers are “fine tuning” their instructional practice. Introduction Presentation Clarifying questions Examination of student work Warm/Cool feedback Reflection Debrief

Introducing the Protocol

Introduction 5 min Norms Overview of protocol Presentation Clarifying question / Probing question Examine student work Discuss student work Presenter’s response Group debrief of the process

Teachers Looking At Student Work

Looking out the Window Imagine you are watching teams in your school look at student work. Describe what you are seeing.

¿ QUESTIONS? Contact Information Linda Bragg John Ford Office of School Improvement