Download - 2016 Summer Institute Recap
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Why Reflect?
• Makes learning more effective and long-lasting
• Gives students more confidence
• Helps students “own” their learning
“Reflection and action... If one is sacrificed -even in part - the other immediately suffers.”
Paolo Freire
Ideas for Reflection
• Share one thing you learned
• Respond in one word
• What are you going to do next?
• What was your favorite part?
“We do not learn from experience; we learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey
Session 1What's Trending: Making Your Organization a Trending Topicwith April McFadden
Integrating Social Emotional Learning into Your Curriculum with Caryn Curry
Vocabulary Integration Strategies with Dayla Simon
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The Big Idea
• Don’t be the uncool dad. Use “trending” only if not forced.
• Treat your online followers as important as your physical followers
• Keep it clean, concise and crisp
“How am I sharing things in a way that people will follow and share?”
April McFadden
Ideas for Implementation
• Use Twitter analytics to see what your audience is interested in.
• Puzzle piece posts (reveal part of the picture every day)
• Photos of children – how “shareable” do you want it to be?
• Short description of org and be consistent on all platforms
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Integrating Social
Emotional Learning into
Your Curriculum with Caryn Curry
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The Big Idea
• We continue to learn throughout the lifespan.
• We need to understand our social emotional state before we can help students.
“As adults, our own social emotional competency directly impacts our students.”
Caryn Curry
Ideas for Implementation
• Incorporate mistakes/failure into lesson
• Be an advocate for SEL with teachers, administration
• Create an environment conducive to SEL: shared agreement, invite participation, move furniture to create the space.
“No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.”
James Comer
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5 SEL Competencies
• Self-Management
• Self-Awareness
• Social Awareness
• Relationship skills
• Responsible decision making
Vocabulary Integration
Strategies with Dayla Simon
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The Big Idea
• Vocabulary needs to be useful –what will it look like in the “real world?”
• Follow Dayla on Pinterest – “CIS of Chicago Vocabulary Integration Strategies”
• Vocabulary should be interactive
“Make words flavorful.”
Dayla Simon
Ideas for Implementation
• Alpha boxes
• Give students the opportunity to create their own definitions
• Introduce no more than 5-10 new words
“Keep your vocabulary arsenal stocked.”
Dayla Simon
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Alpha Boxes
• Can be used to take notes on new ideas
• Students can insert words in letter boxes that are relevant to the topic
• Alpha relay game
“Students start to own their words.”
Dayla Simon
Session 2Putting the Test to Rest: Assessment without Pre- and Post-Tests with Brittany Elliott
Building Observation Tools to Support Your Classroom Facilitators with Brittany Merritt
Effective Presentation Skills with Paul Fagen
Putting the Test
to Rest: Assessment
without Pre- and
Post- Tests with Brittany Elliott
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The Big Idea
• Assessment can teach you about what students are learning.
“There are multiple ways to assess student learning.”
Brittany Elliott
Ideas for Implementation
• Comprehension four square (topic, evidence, quote, picture)
• KWL chart (Know, Want to know, Learned)
• Ticket to leave: what did you learning 15 words
• Create a rubric to show student growth over time.
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RACES Strategy
• R:: Reword/restate the question
• A:: Answer the question
• C:: Cite/Clarify evidence (prove it)
• E:: Explain (providing details)
• S:: Sum it up (provide a closure)
Brittany Elliott
Building Observation
Tools to Support Your
Classroom Facilitators with Brittany Merritt
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The Big Idea
• Define what a strong facilitator looks like for your organization (rubric).
• Connect staff training to your rubric
• Use experiences as teachable moments.
“One of the greatest gifts you have as a facilitator is transparency.”
Brittany Merritt
Ideas for Implementation
• Provide mock-teaching opportunities
• Give feedback immediately after observation
• WE WANT: a general rubric for facilitator observation and feedback.
• Get teaching artists to understand that it's a learning environment for them as well
“Are school staff and program facilitators speaking the same language?”
Brittany Merritt
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Effective
Presentation Skillswith Paul Fagen
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The Big Idea
• Cultural humility important
• Give information in 3’s (no more than that!)
“Who’s in the room WITH you?”*
Paul Fagen
*Meaning- what past experiences are you bringing in? what “ghosts” of your presentation past are you bringing?
Ideas for Implementation
• Read “Other People’s Children” by Lisa Delpit to learning about different communication
• Get a feedback buddy
• Playworks’ “Playguide” on Google
Session 3Creating a Differentiated Classroom with Chelsea Duffy
Meaningful Music Integrationwith Eric Heidbreder & Lindsay Fredrickson
An Introduction to Using Games for Engaging Education with Brian Van Slyke
Creating a Differentiated
Classroomwith Chelsea Duffy
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The Big Idea
• Differentiation is tailoring:
– What is taught
– How it is taught
– What products students create
• Use narratives to put things in perspective.
• Key takeaway goes here....
“Think access.”
Chelsea Duffy
Ideas for Implementation
• Let the kids choose. There is more buy-in.
• Routines/procedures to help control the classroom.
• Kids like to know what will happen next, so routines manage expectations and prevent confusion/chaos.
“Let them know that you're moving along and you're on time. Students appreciate that.”
Chelsea Duffy
Meaningful Music
Integrationwith Eric Heidbreder & Lindsay Fredrickson
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The Big Idea• Music integration :
– helps students connect curricular topics to arts through creative, engaging, student centered plans.
– encourages creativity & problem solving
– rewards individualism
– provides a break in your routine
“You don’t need an instrument to make music.”
Eric Heidbreder
Ideas for Implementation
• Implementation ranges from very simple to more in depth
some simple ways include: inspiration for student writing
transitional musicreturning theme/ritual
• Integrate music in the spaces that
you notice the most difficulty or
least amount of attention paid.
"Let's be intergenerational and intentional about staying up to date on music students are listening to."
Eric Heidbreder
An Introduction to Using
Games for Engaging
Educationwith Brian Van Slyke
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The Big Idea
• Through educational games, you can engage students in teaching SEL skills, content, and other deliverables in a fun and interesting way
• How do you think most people view the relationship between play and learning?
“Cooperative games are not about winning or losing; they are about the process itself.”
Brian Van Slyke
Ideas for Implementation
• Games can be used to either introduce or reinforce a topic.
• Example: Coopoloy: we all win or lose together, make collective decisions
“Cooperative games can build empathy.”
Brian Van Slyke