working together so that all students succeed march 16, 2012 robert sox eliz colbert

Working Together So That ALL Students Succeed

March 16, 2012

Robert SoxEliz Colbert

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Are you from the SOUTH?

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Robert & Eliz must be experts who have come to Wiley to tell us what to do.

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Educators need experts to tell them what to do.

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What is an EXPERT?

Pronounced: “ex-spurt”Ex: FormerSpurt: A drip under pressure

We’re Here Today to:

• Start a conversation• Promote collaboration• Encourage the continuous improvement of

your teams as you focus on learning and teaching that will lead to success for each student here

Our Assumptions:

• You are working HARD to do what’s best for kids• You work in Professional Learning Teams• Student learning is your highest priority • You share your expertise within and outside of your team• This is a safe space to be candid & honest• Things aren’t always perfect

Our level of depth today is:

• Water Skiing • Deep Diving

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I belong to a high functioning PLC

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Factors that Influence Student Achievement

Individually: SILENTLY •Consider the factors you believe most strongly influence student achievement.•Write one idea per sticky note

Whole Table: QUIETLY•Combine all sticky notes on the table•Organize similar ideas in categories.•Label the categories.•Stack/combine like ideas.•Identify three major ideas that emerged.

• Factors that Influence Student Achievement– Observe– Influence– Control

What is your impact?

Importance of Alignment

Alignment is an even stronger predictor of student achievement on standardized tests than are socioeconomic status, gender, race, and teacher effect. (Elmore & Rothman, 1999: Mitchell, 1998; Wishnick,1989)

Alignment

•How do you know if it is missing?

•When is the best time to plan for it?

Alignment

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The Professional Education Association

Identifies three unique dimensions of curriculum alignment.

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Content

Cognitive

Context

Dimensions of Alignment

Does the teacher teach and test the topics listed in the

curriculum?

Content

• Canine • Bread • Spoon • Tree • House• Flower • Death • Cloud • Basket • Magazine

InstructionCard

Instruction

Card

InstructionCard

10Words

Follow Your Instructions

Please work independently

Let’s Take a Test

Please work independently

How many words did

you list?

Canine

Bread

Spoon

Tree

House

Flower

Death

Cloud

Basket

Magazine

How Many Words Did You Remember?

A. 7-10B. 5-6C. 3-4D. 1-2E. 0

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Why were some participants more

successful on the test than others?

Different Kinds of Thinking

Count the

vowels in

these

words.Memorize

these words.

Rate each word

on its

pleasantness

1 = low

3 = high

Do the students get to work and think at the level the curriculum

prescribes?

Cognitive Type

The Knowledge Dimension

The Cognitive Process Dimension

1.Remember

2.Understand

3.Apply

4.Analyze

5.Evaluate

6.Create

A.Factual

B.Conceptual

C.Procedural

D.Meta- Cognitive

The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

A1

B2

C3

D4

Are the parameters of the assessment reasonably similar

to the parameters of the instruction?

Context

How confident are you that your brownies will be good?

1. Extremely Unconfident

2. Somewhat Unconfident

3. Somewhat Confident4. Extremely Confident

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How confident are you that your brownies will be good?

1. Extremely Unconfident

2. Somewhat Unconfident

3. Somewhat Confident4. Extremely Confident

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What Are You Thinking Now?

Activity Review

• Content Standards• Curriculum Expectations• Instructional Objectives• Assessment Tasks

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