Using the BCPS One LMS to Support Small Group Instruction Brittany Adamczyk, Halstead Academy, 3rd Grade Teacher #BCPSSTAT BCPS One Login: bcpsone.bcps.org BCPS One Manual: onemanual.bcps.org

Think About What are some ways you are currently utilizing BCPS One to support teaching and learning? How is BCPS One currently supporting flexible group of students for small group instruction?

Outcomes Participants will develop an understanding of how to use BCPS One features to facilitate flexible and responsive small group instruction. Features to be explored include Lesson Tiles, Tests and Quizzes, Seating+, and Discussion Boards.

How does this vision statement demonstrate the BCPS One LMS’s ability to provide opportunities for responsive and flexible small group instruction? The BCPS One Learning Management System (LMS) will be a digital learning environment used by Baltimore County Public Schools’ educators, students, and parents in the teaching and learning process. It will support face-to-face, blended, and online learning using an interconnected system of digital curriculum, content, and assessments; student performance data; student grades; and communication. The LMS will operationalize customized and personalized learning through individual playlists, immediate feedback, opportunities for choice, and evidence of student learning.

How does this vision statement demonstrate the BCPS One LMS’s ability to provide opportunities for responsive and flexible small group instruction? The BCPS One Learning Management System (LMS) will be a digital learning environment used by Baltimore County Public Schools’ educators, students, and parents in the teaching and learning process. It will support face-to-face, blended, and online learning using an interconnected system of digital curriculum, content, and assessments; student performance data; student grades; and communication. The LMS will operationalize customized and personalized learning through individual playlists, immediate feedback, opportunities for choice, and evidence of student learning.

Formative Assessment Formative Assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes. AERA/APA/NCME (2014) FAST SCASS/CCSSO (2007)

Formative Assessment 1 ...is part of the teaching and learning process. 2 ...gives students insight into their progress. 3 ...provides actionable feedback. 4 ...identifies ways to support student achievement. In essence, formative assessment provides checks for learning during instruction.​

Feedback Loop: The Zone of “What Happens Next” Initial instruction Student action Teacher (and student) analysis Additional instruction and/or experience Student revision based on feedback and/or self-assessment Summative assessment/grade Chappuis, Jan. "How Can I Close the Gap? Diagnosing Needs for Focused Instruction." Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning. Second ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2009.

All students work in collaborative groups; every student does the same thing; and the teacher circulates (AKA…group work).

Every student works in an expert group; then students return to home group to teach one another; and the teacher circulates (AKA…jigsaw).

Rotations Students work in collaborative groups and every student experiences the same activities; teacher circulates (AKA…Stations)

Same Application or Assessment for Everyone Guided Group with Teacher Same Practice for Everyone Students receive small group guided instruction with the teacher while other students work independently; all independent activities are the same.

Individual or Collaborative Application Guided Group with Teacher Individual Acceleration or Remediation Students receive small group guided instruction with the teacher while other students work individually or in an individual or collaborative application.

What does this look like within the BCPS One Learning Management System?

Tests and quizzes

Lesson tiles

discussions

Seating chart

Reflection Identify at least 2 ways you can use the BCPS One LMS to support responsive and flexible small group instruction.

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