Office of School Improvement Differentiated Webinar Series Instructional Delivery #2 January 18, 2012 Presenters: Judy Johnston Vonnie Kunkel 1

The ultimate goal in school improvement is for the people attached to the school to drive its continuous improvement for the sake of their own children and students. - Dr. Sam Redding 2

Continuous Improvement How long have you been principal? How many years has the school been in improvement? What academic areas brought the school into improvement? What are the targeted sub-groups? 3

Today’s Agenda Welcome Team Expectations Purpose Team Reporting A Teacher’s To-do List for Effective Instructional Delivery A Framework for Instructional Delivery Activity/Discussion: Instructional Delivery in Your School Reflections/Assignment 4

Team Expectations Call in/Log in 10 minutes prior to meeting time Participate in discussion and complete assignments Hold side conversations until an appropriate time Keep an open mind Remember to mute (*6) and unmute (#6)

Purpose To identify the components of effective instructional delivery To examine the impact of effective instructional delivery on student achievement To assess instructional delivery in your school To effect change in the instructional delivery in your school 6

Today’s Focus To gain a better understanding of the needs of the participating schools To review research from the first webinar To examine a framework for effective instructional delivery To determine use of the framework for instructional delivery in the school 7

Research Highlights Teacher is strongest predictor of student achievement Developing close relationships with students Brain is social Importance of classroom discussion 8

Team Reporting Select a member of your team to share one example of your findings regarding:  teacher-student relationships  relevant student discussions  ritual and routines  use of movement and emotion 9

“Highly effective teachers do not merely facilitate learning. They design, direct and orchestrate it.” - Elaine McEwan, Ten Traits of Effective Teachers,

“Effective teachers are clear about what they intend to accomplish through instruction, and they keep these goals in mind in designing the instruction and in communicating its purpose to the students.” -Porter and Brophy,

During Instructional Delivery… The Teacher Must: Keep goals in mind Identify key concepts Model strategies Develop examples and analogies Help students relate new to familiar Correct misconceptions Create lessons that are clear, meaningful, planned, sequential, and varied. - McEwan,

A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies 1.Set the Learning Stage/Motivation 2.Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching 3.Gradual Release of Responsibility 4.Formative Assessment - Center on Innovation & Improvement: Redding, Walberg 13

A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies 1.Set the Learning Stage/Motivation tell students why this is important to them stimulate interest: cues, questioning tap prior knowledge: advanced organizers 14

A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies 2. Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching present key facts, concepts, and skills explain, model, and demonstrate use graphic organizers, cues, questions 15

A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies 3. Gradual Release of Responsibility guided practice with teacher practice with a partner independent practice ( Teacher will circulate to assess, respond, encourage, prompt, observe, listen, question, give feedback, focus on goals, etc.) 16

A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies 4. Formative Assessment integrated/ ongoing relevant feedback corrective instruction adjusting instruction 17

Activity/Discussion Instructional Delivery Framework Based on your observations… In what area are your teachers the strongest? (1) In what area do your teachers need support? (4) ___Set the learning stage/motivation ___Explicit teaching/direct teaching ___Gradual release of responsibility ___Formative assessment 18

Activity/Discussion Framework  Set the Learning Stage/Motivation  Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching  Gradual Release of Responsibility  Formative Assessment 19 Consider the instructional focus in your school for Which of these areas do you think will most greatly impact instructional delivery to meet the needs of your at-risk sub-groups? Please explain why.

What was one idea I learned during today’s webinar that I plan to share with teachers at my school? 20

Team Assignments for Webinar Session #3 Before the next session…  Examine instructional delivery in your school  Complete the “Next Steps” form on Instructional Delivery  Be prepared to discuss the changes made as a result of your reflections 21

Next Steps Framework for Instructional Delivery What do we do now?How can it be improved?What is our first step? Set the Learning Stage/Motivation. tell students why this is important to them. stimulate interest: cues, questioning. tap prior knowledge: advanced organizers Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching. present key facts, concepts, and skills. explain, model, and demonstrate. use graphic organizers Gradual Release of Responsibility. guided practice with teacher. practice with a partner. independent practice Formative Assessment. relevant feedback. corrective instruction. adjusting instruction 22

“Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.” Alberta Flanders 23

Questions? Next Webinar Session: February 15,