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Working SMART 45 Teaching Strategies in 60 Minutes
Shared by Donna McNear
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About Presenter Technical assistance Program improvement
Donna McNear, MA, COMS Independent Consultant Technical assistance Program improvement Instructional coach Mentor Teacher trainer Adjunct faculty UMASS Boston Activist Activist thinking, activist voice
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Objectives Identify strategies to improve effective teaching
Implement strategies to improve student results Increase collaborative strategies with parents and all team members
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About Presentation Sharing “gold nuggets” Blind/Braille Low Vision
Additional Disabilities All ages All content All environments
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Results focused Teaching effectively Systematically
Working SMART Systematically Meaningful to students & families Arranged collaboratively Results focused Teaching effectively
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Competing priorities for our time with children
Informing Our Work Competing priorities for our time with children
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Gold Nuggets Accomplished teachers focus on instruction They are able to describe what they teach, where they teach, how the teach, why they teach
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Instructional Coaching Effective Instruction
Strategy #1 Reflective Practice Instructional Coaching Collaboration Effective Instruction Be systematic with an overall approach to instruction
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Agenda Plan Instruction Manage Instruction Deliver Instruction
Evaluate Instruction
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Instructional Planning Tool
More than a “handout”
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Overall Instructional Strategies
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Strategy #2 Increase frequency
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Increase Variety Strategy #3 Variety of presentation methods
Variety of materials Variety of formats
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Strategy #4 Use “Quick Tasks”
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Physical environment: Plan with detail
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Strategy #5 Begin with furniture
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Create student access to materials
Strategy #6 Create student access to materials
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Strategy #7 Consider proximity
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Instructional Variables
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Evolve: Initial to mastery
Strategy #8 “Supportive” Instruction Evolve: Initial to mastery
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Think “Levels of Instruction”
Strategy #9 Think “Levels of Instruction”
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Provide independent practice
Strategy #10 Provide independent practice Profide
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Use procedures & routines
Strategy #11 Use procedures & routines Profide
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Strategy #12 Provide a model Profide
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Strategy #13 Use Task analysis Find the “sweet spot” Profide
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Strategy #14 Use incentives Profide
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Use explicit praise Limit question asking Use "Tell me" “show me”
Strategy #15 Use varied prompts Use explicit praise Limit question asking Use "Tell me" “show me”
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Create turn-taking opportunities
Strategy #16 Create turn-taking opportunities
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About blind/braille
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Focus on what fits under fingertips
Strategy #17 Tactile discrimination Focus on what fits under fingertips Profide
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Strategy #18 Poster prompts Profide
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Strategy #19 Teach copying Profide
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Strategy #20 Anchor materials
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About low vision
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Begin accommodations early
Strategy #21 Begin accommodations early
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Think multiple solutions
Strategy #22 Think multiple solutions
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Provide specialized instruction
Strategy #23 Provide specialized instruction
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Additional learning challenges
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Strategy #24 Highly preferred
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Individualize content
Strategy #25 Individualize content
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Provide intensive training supports
Strategy #26 Provide intensive training supports
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Results focused Teaching effectively Systematically
Working SMART: Review Systematically Meaningful to students & families Arranged collaboratively Results focused Teaching effectively
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Agenda Plan Instruction Manage Instruction Deliver Instruction
Evaluate Instruction
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Evaluate accuracy/detail
Strategy #27 Evaluate accuracy/detail
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Think formative and summative
Strategy #28 Think formative and summative
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Strategy #29 Variety of Contexts Non- academics Home
Reading & writing in… ELA Math Non- academics Home
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Collect data systematically
Strategy #30 Data Wednesday Collect data systematically
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Strategy #31 Adjust instruction
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Agenda Plan Instruction Manage Instruction Deliver Instruction
Evaluate Instruction
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Apply integrated instruction
Strategy #32 Apply integrated instruction
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Strategy #33 Use rubrics
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Use curriculum as a foundation
Strategy #34 Use curriculum as a foundation
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Strategy #35 Plan access/ accommodations
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Strategy #36 Plan participation
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Plan for collaboration
Strategy #37 Plan for collaboration
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Strategy #38 Materials “Make Two”
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Be prepared for “real-time” instruction
Strategy #39 Be prepared for “real-time” instruction
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Agenda Plan Instruction Manage Instruction Deliver Instruction
Evaluate Instruction
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Consider all environments all subjects
Strategy #40 Consider all environments all subjects
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Strategy #41 Vary schedule
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Strategy #42 “Chunk” for change
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Peer supports Multi-age
Strategy #43 Peer supports Multi-age
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Community- based “touch tours”
Strategy #44 Community- based “touch tours”
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Instructional Planning
Strategy #45 Instructional Planning Tool Make it yours
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Results focused Teaching effectively Systematically
Working SMART: Review Systematically Meaningful to students & families Arranged collaboratively Results focused Teaching effectively
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Thank You Donna McNear
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