Green Hills Academy March 2019 AdvancED Visit Green Hills Academy March 2019

Format of visit May 21, 22 and 23 they will be on campus 6 person team Eleots Interviews: students, parents, teachers, leadership, board Data walk and curriculum alignment protocol

Classroom environment Quality student work displayed Classroom rules IB learner profile Visual aids Neat and tidy If you need maintenance please tell us!

Eleots Please do not re-teach something or cover something the students have mastered. This is obvious to them. They want to see students engaged, challenged and taking risks! Also, please do not give any tests or long quizzes this day.

GHA Instructional Strategies Setting clear objectives at the beginning of each lesson in student-friendly language Inquiry based learning Differentiation Scaffolding Providing clear and effective feedback to students Higher order questioning and thinking Regular formative assessment Regular peer assessment Project based learning Peer teaching and collaboration Learning centres Cooperative learning

Checking for understanding If you want to rely on teacher questioning try this: Equity sticks Think-pair-share Table discussion 5 fingers (each finger corresponds to an answer) Incorporate wait time to give all a chance to respond

continued If you want to use technology try: Kahoot Quizlet Google form

continued If you want to check for misconceptions ask a yes/no question and do thumbs up/down If it is the end of the lesson try an exit ticket Question tied to the learning objective What stuck with you? 1 thing I learned, 1 thing I knew, 1 think I don’t understand

Benefits for the teacher Who is and is not understanding the lesson? What are this student’s strengths and needs/challenges? What misconceptions do I need to address? What feedback should I give students? What adjustments should I make to instruction? How should I group students? What differentiation do I need to prepare? Slide 24 (Activity #6) This list comes from Chapter 1 of the book Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning, page 9. You can use it to debrief the discussion of teacher information needs, comparing what they said to this list and noting similarities. © 2010 Pearson Assessment Training Institute, Portland, OR www.assessmentinst.com