1. Aiming for Teacher EffectivenessAM
3c Engaging students in learning
1e Designing coherent instruction PM
3d Using assessment in instruction
Team time to design literacy lessons

2. Teaching: It’s not … a Day at the Beach!

3. “The Beach Ball Scenario”
With approximately six hours of actual instructional time per school day,
what percentage of that time are students actively engaged and cognitively invested?

4. Pause and Process Replace Stand and Deliver with Chew on concepts
Jot down thoughts
Compare understandings
Articulate questions
Celebrate learning
Himmele p. 4

5. Let’s pause and process…
Visualize your ideal classroom. Consider
interactions of students,
role of the teacher,
content,
assessment,
other factors important to you.

6. Pushing teaching and learning to a student-centered,
highly engaging place where deep learning is the norm.

7. EXAMPLES TOTAL PARTICIPATION TECHNIQUES THINK – PAIR - SHARE
QUICK WRITE
QUICK DRAW
EXAMPLES
TOTAL PARTICIPATION
TECHNIQUES
RANKING
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARIES
BOARD SPLASHES
CAROUSEL
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

8. Six Circles – Let’s Circulate
Task: Brainstorm ways you use to engage all students in your lessons.

9. that will create student achievement is ????????????????????????
200 studies have shown that the only intervention
that will create student
achievement is
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10. PDE Teacher Effectiveness Project
Two decades of research have consistently told us that teachers matter more to student learning than any other in-school factor. Improving the effectiveness of teachers is critical to student success, as well as creating safe, nurturing school environments based on the premise of high expectations for all.

11. The Three R’s… Reading ‘Riting ‘Rithmetic Teachers R important
The Three R’s… Reading ‘Riting ‘Rithmetic Teachers R important! Teachers R influential! Teachers R able to make a difference!

12. Aiming for Teacher Effectiveness

13. ? POWER COMPONENTS 3c Engage students in learning
1e Design coherent instruction
3d Use assessment in instruction

14. Task Directions: Highlight powerful words. Rank Order words/phrases.
Share with your small group.
Create small group rank order.
Share with whole group.

15. The use of classroom artifacts, such as
lesson plans,
assessments,
scoring rubrics,
student work, and
teacher assignments,
will facilitate the evaluator’s understanding of―how a teacher creates learning opportunities for students on a day-to-day basis. (Little et al., 2009).

16. How is a lesson plan like a tootsie roll pop?
Hook
(wrapper)
Gets your attention, gives clues to what is inside.
Presentation
(outer layer)
Can be many colors and flavors, keeps you interested and curious to find out what is inside.
Guided Practice
(inner core)
Something to chew on, working toward mastery.
Closure
(the end)
You know you’ve come to the end, but still want more.

17. Can you match the percentages?
If you care about student learning
these findings are chilling!
(based on 1500 observations, 2005)
Can you match the percentages?
4% 3% 0% 85% 35%
__A clear learning objective was evident.
__Higher-order thinking was in practice.
__Students were either writing or using a rubric.
__Fewer than ½ students were paying attention.
__Non-instructional activities were occurring.

18. Writing the Four Part Learning Objective
Audience
Behavior
Condition
Degree

19. Can you identify the four parts of this objective
Can you identify the four parts of this objective? Audience Behavior Condition Degree
The student will be able to identify the main idea and two supporting details from the story with 90% accuracy.
The student will be able to identify the main idea and two supporting details from the story with 90% accuracy.

20. Teacher Effectiveness
Demonstrate your
Teacher Effectiveness
Collaborate to develop an artifact that
demonstrates teacher effectiveness.
Ideas:
Plan a mini-lesson for reading (RtII)
Plan a mini-lesson for writing (mentor text)
Create a rubric for formative or summative assessment
Design a graphic organizer
Create a plan for using a graphic organizer

21. Be prepared to share!