STAFF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: UNDERSTANDING THE INSTRUCTIONAL CORE BERRY SCHOOL OCTOBER 7, 2013

Instructional Core Richard Elmore

Instructional Core What is the instructional core? Read pages As you read highlight one or two lines from the text that resonate with you Partner talk: Share what you highlighted and why this piece of the text stood out to you Task

Seven Principles (Instructional Core) Rearrange into groups of 7 Each person reads one of the seven principles Summarize the principle for the team and share at least one example of what this principle might look like in practice.

Key Principles If you change a single element of the instructional core, you have to change the other two Task predicts performance We learn to do the work by doing the work, not by telling other people to do the work, not by having done the work at some time in the past, and not by having experts who can act as proxies for our knowledge about how to do the work

Goal: 100% of all ELA lessons will be aligned to the standards outlined in the CCSS Units of Study Table talk: What does it mean to be 100% aligned? – create poster representation of alignment Share out with group Advanced Literacy and Numeracy Aligned to the Common Core State Standards

What does it mean to be 100% Aligned? Task