1. Components of an Effective Lesson

2. Professional Development
Presented by the RPDP Administrative Coaching Team
Sue DeFrancesco
Rick Hardy
Pam Hicks
Pam Salazar

3. Effective Schools Teachers believe their students can and will learn.
Teachers believe they can do the job.
There is frequent review of student progress.
Clear expectations are set.
There are frequent and substantive classroom visits.

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5. Components of an Effective Lesson
Introduction
What will be taught?
How is it useful?
Set the stage for learning.
Define parameters.

6. Components of an Effective Lesson
Daily Review
Review recently taught material
Address homework
Provide feedback
Hold students accountable

7. Components of an Effective Lesson
Daily Objective
Describe it verbally
Write it on the board
Record objective in notebook
Recite it

8. Components of an Effective Lesson
Concept/Skill Development
Students need to be able to reconstruct information over time.
Linkage within discipline
Linkage outside discipline
A range of Depth of Knowledge levels reflected

9. Components of an Effective Lesson
Guided Practice
Allows students time to check understanding and receive assistance
Reinforces new learning by breaking information in varying levels of difficulty

10. Components of an Effective Lesson
Group Practice
Opportunity to think and analyze work
Communicate with other students
Clarify understanding
Application of concepts

11. Components of an Effective Lesson
Independent Practice
Start class work
Begin homework
Read to determine understanding
Time to develop/apply skill or concept

12. Components of an Effective Lesson
Long-Term Memory Review
Maintaining skills
Addressing deficiencies
Preparing for high-stakes tests

13. Components of an Effective Lesson
Closure
Summarize lesson
Emphasize what students learned
Review objective
Have students explain what they have learned and how to apply it

14. Components of an Effective Lesson
Homework
Valuable
Open-ended questions
Conceptual understanding
Expectations for next class

15. Thank you for your participation
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
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