Science Lesson Study SPREE Institute California State University, Sacramento

What is “Lesson Study”?

Lesson Study is a collaborative process to produce excellent standards-based science lessons Team Formulates Goals & sketches out a Unit Plan &Teach a “Research Lesson” Feedback from Team Members Feedback from Student Work Revise & Teach in another class

How the process works …  Today:  “Lesson Study” overview/getting started  Form Teams  Identify Facilitator  Tuesday & Wednesday:  Navigate through process with your team  Thursday & Friday:  Finish LS Plans  Present/teach/demo “study” lesson  Participate in pre/teach/post conferencing  Fall Term:  Go through 2 Lesson Study Cycles at your school  Participate in year-end “debrief”

Student Learning Goals Learning Experiences Acceptable Evidence Lesson Study Template A tool for organizing the LS Plan Effectively Prompts guide you through the 5-step process Prompts

Lesson Study Cycle Plan Design Try Out Lesson(s) Try Out Lesson(s) Team Observations Student feedback Analysis of Student Work Review & Improve Review & Improve Peer Review Design a “research” lesson Identify Goals Rough out a Unit Feedback Revise Design 6

How it all plays out: You will leave this week with a completed plan, ready to teach your first lesson One team member teaches the lesson Other members observe & gather evidence of student learning & development The lesson (or an alternate lesson) is taught in another classroom Team members again gather evidence & meet to debrief and improve Science Unit is continually enhanced

What makes the difference? Monthly “debriefing” meetings Close communications with facilitator Pre-conference to clarify objectives & evidence Post-conference to discuss evidence gathered & use it to improve the lesson (and instruction more generally) Continual fleshing out your science unit(s) Planning the next lesson

What You Get Out of It Valuable collaboration time with your colleagues Sub release time to participate Science materials to enhance your lessons Training on Lesson Study as a way to improve lesson designing The CA Science Frameworks & other resources

10 What You Get Out of It (con’t) In the end, a unit of lessons that can be used and/or adjusted for your students’ needs A binder and interactive CD to guide your through the Lesson Study phases (with links to online resources, sample lessons, etc.) $tipend for participants who fulfill the requirements

11 Logistics: A Walk through the Planning Template Who are your team members? Who is your facilitator? Lesson Study Web Site: Q & A