221+Agendas+-+Spring+2016

** Calendar **
T – Jan 12 Th – Jan 14
 * Week 1 ** (Meet on campus)
 * Curriculum, Standards, Objectives
 * Design principles for presentations
 * Curriculum, Standards, Objectives (cont)
 * Critical thinking frameworks
 * Professionalism
 * DUE: Bloom’s Taxonomy PET; wiki username

T – Jan 19 Th – Jan 21
 * Week 2 ** (Meet at Garry from this point forward unless otherwise specified)
 * Introduction to Garry
 * DUE: CCSS overview
 * Introduction to assessment tools
 * DUE: Introductory presentation

T- Jan 26 Th – Jan 28
 * Week 3 **
 * Observe Steggall’s class
 * Fundamentals of designing instruction
 * Cultivating professional observation skills
 * Observe Via’s class
 * DUE: Direct Instruction PET

T- Feb 2 Th – Feb 4 > > https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?q=questioning > https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/checking-in-with-questions > https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/inquiry-based-discussions-for-text > https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-self-correction > https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/direct-instruction-lesson-tips > https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-higher-order-thinking-skills
 * Week 4 **
 * Checking for understanding
 * DUE:
 * Watch these videos, paying special attention to how the teacher uses questioning. Be prepared to share several specific "take-aways" from the videos. (You might also want to write down specific language for questions that seems useful.)
 * Classroom management strategies

T- Feb 9 Th – Feb 11
 * Week 5 ** (PT Conferences at Garry)
 * DUE: ELPA 21 Exploration & Encouragement Cards
 * Familiarize yourself with the ELPA 21 assessment by:
 * reading this [|page] and this [|brochure]
 * exploring the sample items by clicking on the screen shots at the bottom of [|this page]
 * read this [|page] about reducing test anxiety
 * Bring 5 cards with a simple message of encouragement. These don't need to be fancy -- just something that conveys support and confidence.
 * Assessment
 * On campus - debrief and instructional conversations

T – Feb 16 Th – Feb 18
 * Week 6 **
 * Help with reading workshop in ELA classrooms
 * Due: Text-Based Instruction PET
 * Text-Based Instruction

Due Friday, 2/19 - In 1-2 pages, respond as specifically as possible to these prompts, illustrating your ideas with examples from Garry. Upload to Blackboard.
 * Since beginning your experience at Garry, what have you learned about teaching in general?
 * What have you learned about yourself as a teacher?
 * What have you learned about middle school students?
 * What specific instructional strategies and/or professional ways of communicating and interacting with students have been the most effective for you?
 * In what particular ways do you want to improve your professional capacity and skill set over the next month?

T – Feb 23 Th – Feb 25
 * Week 7 **
 * Eliciting & responding to student thinking
 * Eliciting & responding to student thinking
 * http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/VisibleThinking_html_files/03_ThinkingRoutines/03d_UnderstandingRoutines/WhatMakes/WhatMakes_Routine.html

Due Fri - Feb 26: Discussion-based Instruction PET


 * Week 8 – Midterm Quiz on Professional Knowledge **

T – Mar 1 Th – Mar 3
 * Lesson Planning
 * Student engagement and rigor
 * DUE: Finish lesson plan from the materials on 3/1/16. Bring hard copy to class.
 * Lesson Planning
 * Assessment

No classes
 * Week 9 ** (GU Spring Break)

T – Mar 15 Th – Mar 17
 * Week 10 **
 * Prepare for mini lesson
 * DUE: Cooperative Learning PET
 * DUE: Mini Lesson Plan (upload to Blackboard) [[file:mini lesson guidelines.docx]]

T – Mar 22 Th – Mar 24
 * Week 11 **
 * Mini Lessons
 * Mini Lessons

T – Mar 29 Th – Mar 31
 * Week 12 **
 * Discuss cooperative learning
 * Observe in content area classrooms

F - Apr 1
 * DUE: Inquiry PET

T – Apr 5
 * Week 13 ** (Garry Spring Break, meet on campus)
 * Video Reflection of Mini Lesson
 * DUE: Initial lesson plan for feedback and review
 * [[file:lesson plan template.docx]]

Th – Apr 7
 * Rehearse lesson plans
 * Introduction to edTPA

T – Apr 12
 * Week 14 **
 * DUE: Final Lesson Plans; any copies need to be submitted

Th – Apr 14
 * Teach entire class period (Megan and Elly; Tyler and Brian)

T – Apr 19
 * Week 15 **
 * Teach entire class period (Dom and Kacie: Hailey and Amy)

Th – Apr 21 - Debrief Bring to class notes (can be handwritten) that capture your reflections on the lesson you taught. These prompts could focus your thinking: You should have your reflective notes with you when you debrief with Vicki.
 * What worked? What didn’t? For whom?
 * Proposed changes with justification
 * Moment(s) of joy

M- Apr 25
 * Week 16 **

Video annotations on VideoAnt
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T – Apr 26 > Th – Apr 28
 * DUE: Differentiation PET
 * What we learned from students - [[file:what we learned from students.docx]]

T – May 3 – 10:30 -12:30 – Final exam session
 * Week 17 **


 * In class essay reflecting on your professional development over the course of the semester
 * Ignite Presentations – 5 minutes, 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds
 * Model - []
 * Topics
 * Direct Instruction
 * Inquiry Instruction
 * Text-Based Instruction
 * Cooperative Learning
 * Discussion-Based Instruction
 * Differentiation
 * Bloom’s Taxonomy
 * Assessment