2015 Staff Development Day

Learning Strategies

Melissa Lyford

August 19th, 2015

Lake County Schools

Vision StatementA dynamic, progressive and collaborative learning community embracing change and

diversity where every student will graduate with the skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education and the workplace.

Mission StatementThe mission of the Lake County Schools is to provide every student with individual

opportunities to excel.

We Believe:Education is the foundation for everyone’s future.

Education is a lifelong process.All students can learn.

Students should be civic-minded and embrace future roles in the community.Parents/guardians, community, and schools are partners in a student’s education.

Providing a safe, resource-filled learning environment is essential.Students will graduate prepared for work and postsecondary education.

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Learning Goal: Participants will identify the standards for the Learning Strategies course and understand how learning strategies can benefit students with disabilities in all courses.

Community BuilderLearning Strategies: Definition and Purpose

Learning Strategies CurriculumActivity: Fan-n-Pick

Winning the Study GameDocumentation in IEP

Learning About Learning StrategiesExit Ticket

Staff Development Day

Standards: Domain 1: Helping students process new informationDomain 2: Needs of students receiving special education servicesDomain 3: Evaluating the effectiveness of individual lessons and units

Objective: Participants will identify, evaluate and select learning strategies based on individual student needs.

Essential Question: How can the Learning Strategies course benefit students across content areas?

Vocabulary: learning strategy, mnemonic

Agenda

Learning Goal & Scale

Learning Goal:Participants will be able to identify and complete the essential parts of a standard based lesson plan given a standard.

Score

4.0

• The participants will be able to • Consult with general education teacher to plan for generalization and maintenance of the use of learning strategies.• After implementation of a learning strategies lesson, participant will be able to reflect on the plan based on assessment data.

3.5 In addition to score 3.0 performance, in-depth inferences and applications with partial success

Score

3.0

The participant, without major errors or omissions, will understand and/or be able to: • Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.• Align learning strategies instruction to support students in other content areas.• Incorporate needs, services and supports for learning strategies instruction in student IEPs.• Evaluate learning strategies to determine in which content areas they would be beneficial.

2.5 No major errors or omissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content

Score

2.0

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes. The participant will be able to:• Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.

1.5 Partial knowledge of the score 2.0 content, but major errors or omissions regarding score 3.0 content

Score

1.0

With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes. The participant can:• Can locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies course.• Identify resources for learning strategies instruction and planning.

0.5 With help, a partial understanding of the score 2.0 content, but not the score of 3.0 content

Score 0 Even with help, no understanding of the Learning Strategies curriculum..

Community Builder

Learning Strategy Defined

• A learning strategy is a person’s approach to learning and using information. (retrieved from http://kucrl.org/sim August 2015)• A learning strategy is an individual’s approach to complete a task.

(Freeman,2004)• A learning strategy is an individual’s way of organizing and using a

particular set of skills in order to learn content or accomplish other tasks more effectively and efficiently. (Schumaker & Deschler, 1992

Round Table-Why teach learning strategies?• Take turns generating responses to the question (one response

person). • Write each response on the Circle Map.• Continue passing the paper until time period ends.

Learning Strategies Curriculum

• Enables SWDs to acquire and generalize strategies and skills across academic and community settings to achieve annual goals.• Provides intensive individualized intervention in learning strategies.• Addresses academic skill deficits enabling students to learn strategies

to access the general curriculum.• Involves practical application of course requirements in home, school

and community settings for the purpose of practice, generalization and maintenance of skills.• Addresses a range of abilities within the population of SWDs

Fan-N-Pick

• Person #1 fans cards and says “Pick a card, any card.”• Person #2 picks a card and reads it aloud and allows 5 seconds of

think time.• Person #3 shares an idea for teaching the standard listed on the card.• Student #4 responds by praising and paraphrasing the response. • Rotate roles clock wise.

Winning the Study Game

Documentation in IEP

• Establish a need in present level• Develop a goal• List as a service• Include related accommodations

Learning about Learning Strategies

• Read each strategy.• Each team must list one content area activity where students can use

the strategy and how they will use it.• Person #1 gives idea, person #2 writes it, person #3 checks for

understanding, person #4 affirms.• Rotate clockwise to the next poster and rotate roles.

Be sure to….

• On the index card provided list two things you want to “Be sure to do” this year. • When time is called, share with your table group.

Learning Goal & Scale

Learning Goal:Participants will be able to identify and complete the essential parts of a standard based lesson plan given a standard.

Score

4.0

• The participants will be able to • Consult with general education teacher to plan for generalization and maintenance of the use of learning strategies.• After implementation of a learning strategies lesson, participant will be able to reflect on the plan based on assessment data.

3.5 In addition to score 3.0 performance, in-depth inferences and applications with partial success

Score

3.0

The participant, without major errors or omissions, will understand and/or be able to: • Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.• Align learning strategies instruction to support students in other content areas.• Incorporate needs, services and supports for learning strategies instruction in student IEPs.• Evaluate learning strategies to determine in which content areas they would be beneficial.

2.5 No major errors or omissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content

Score

2.0

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes. The participant will be able to:• Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.

1.5 Partial knowledge of the score 2.0 content, but major errors or omissions regarding score 3.0 content

Score

1.0

With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes. The participant can:• Can locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies course.• Identify resources for learning strategies instruction and planning.

0.5 With help, a partial understanding of the score 2.0 content, but not the score of 3.0 content

Score 0 Even with help, no understanding of the Learning Strategies curriculum..

Please remember to complete the evaluation in

True North Logic (TNL).