collectively. . .changing our paradigm

Collectively. . .Changing our

ParadigmChanging our Perspective

Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D.

Targets for this morning:I can consider why/how “the world of education is changing in ways that are more dramatic and more far-reaching than anything any of us could have imagined” (Caulkins, 2012). I can consider my educational paradigm and consider if any adjustments are necessary. I can connect the dots of several of today’s educational “buzz words”.


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Driving Forces• PISA (International Benchmarking)• Common Core State Standards• Reading Well by 3rd Grade Legislation• Response to Intervention/Instruction (RtI2) or

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support• MMR• Coming Soon (2014) Teacher Evaluation Systems• Assessment-Teaching-Learning Loop Evidence• Changing Brains of our Youth


The “Traditional” Equation of Education

Targeted Instruction + Time= Learning


A “New” Equation of Education

Change the variable

Targeted Instruction + Time= Learning

Targeted Instruction + Time = Learning

If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.

~Ignacio Estrada


Buffum, Mattos, and Weber, 2011

PRIORITIZE Standards

Learning Targets

BEST FIRST INSTRUCTION

PLC TIME! COMMON

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

ANALYZE, REFLECT, RE-

TEACH

GIVE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

GIVE END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT

Repeat for additional learning targets as needed

What do we expect kids to learn?

How do we know they are learning it?

How will we respond when they have learned it? How will we respond when they haven’t?


Adapted from Buffum, 2012

Where do we start?


Intervention•Focus on learning•Collaborate•Focus on results

What do we believe? Where is our focus?


Where are you on this change curve?
