1. Transition to Teaching DC New Teacher Orientation July 30, 2008 Kevin Simpson KDSL - Know.Do.Serve.Learn KDSL07@hotmail.com kdsl.wordpress.com

2. Goal Engage in strategies to use in your classroom

3. Agenda Warm Up What are instructional strategies? Research Let’s Do Some Strategies! Table Talk

4. Warm Up Complete the analogy. “A teacher is to a student as a ___________ is to a ____________.” Solo-Partner-Whole Group Explain your reason.

5. What are instructional strategies? Instructional strategies are methods that are used in the lesson to ensure that the sequence or delivery of instruction helps students learn.

6. Factor Influencing Student Achievement “….the most important factor affecting student learning is the teacher….Effective teachers appear to be effective with students of all achievement levels….” (Wright, et al., 1997, p.63) “…. successful teaching requires that teachers be adept at using a variety of research-based instructional strategies.” National Staff Development Council http://www.nsdc.org/standards/strategies.cfm

7. Effective Pedagogy Instructional Strategies Management Techniques Curriculum Design (Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock, 2001, p.10)

8. Two Powerful Books by Dr. Robert J. Marzano

9. Give One – Get One Write down one new thing you have learned about instructional strategies Share your learning with a colleague Get a learning/idea from that person

10. Let’s Do Some Strategies!!! The answer is_________. What is the question? Fly Swatter Using Photos

11. The answer is … The answer is 25. What is the question? The answer is Asia. What is the question? Make up one of your own to share.

12. Fly Swatter transportationfact weather biologyseasons subtract

13. Using Photos Bettmann/Corbis

14. Table Talk At your table discuss the information presented. Use the starters below…. I’ll try.... I think.... I wonder.... In my classroom....

15. Instructional Strategies Online http://www.middleweb.com/MWLresources/marzchat1. html http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/act/strategies/ http://www.bedfordk12tn.com/instst.html

16. Good Instruction “Good instruction is good instruction, regardless of students’ racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds. To a large extent, good teaching – teaching that is engaging, relevant, multicultural, and that appeals to a variety of modalities and learning styles – works well with ALL children.” Educating Everybody’s Children, ASCD, 1995