Office of School Improvement Differentiated Webinar Series Instructional Delivery #2

January 18, 2012Presenters:

Judy JohnstonVonnie Kunkel 1

The ultimate goal in school improvement is for the people

attached to the school to drive its continuous improvement for the sake of their own children and

students.- Dr. Sam Redding

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Continuous Improvement

• How long have you been principal? • How many years has the school been in

improvement?• What academic areas brought the school into

improvement?• What are the targeted sub-groups?

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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome• Team Expectations• Purpose• Team Reporting• A Teacher’s To-do List for Effective Instructional Delivery• A Framework for Instructional Delivery• Activity/Discussion: Instructional Delivery in Your School• Reflections/Assignment

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Team Expectations

• Call in/Log in 10 minutes prior to meeting time• Participate in discussion and complete

assignments• Hold side conversations until an appropriate

time• Keep an open mind• Remember to mute (*6) and unmute (#6)

Purpose

•To identify the components of effective instructional delivery

•To examine the impact of effective instructional delivery on student achievement

•To assess instructional delivery in your school

•To effect change in the instructional delivery in your school

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Today’s Focus

•To gain a better understanding of the needs of the participating schools

•To review research from the first webinar

•To examine a framework for effective instructional delivery

•To determine use of the framework for instructional delivery in the school

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Research Highlights

• Teacher is strongest predictor of student achievement

• Developing close relationships with students

• Brain is social• Importance of classroom discussion

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Team Reporting

Select a member of your team to share one example of your findings regarding:

teacher-student relationships relevant student discussions ritual and routines use of movement and emotion

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“Highly effective teachers do not merely facilitate learning. They design, direct and orchestrate it.” -Elaine McEwan, Ten Traits of Effective

Teachers, 2002

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“Effective teachers are clear about what they intend to accomplish through instruction, and they keep these goals in mind in designing the instruction and in communicating its purpose to the students.”

-Porter and Brophy, 1988

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During Instructional Delivery…

The Teacher Must:• Keep goals in mind• Identify key concepts• Model strategies• Develop examples and analogies• Help students relate new to familiar• Correct misconceptions• Create lessons that are clear, meaningful, planned, sequential, and varied.

- McEwan, 2002

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A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies

1. Set the Learning Stage/Motivation

2. Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching

3. Gradual Release of Responsibility

4. Formative Assessment

- Center on Innovation & Improvement: Redding, Walberg

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A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies

1. Set the Learning Stage/Motivation• tell students why this is important

to them• stimulate interest: cues,

questioning• tap prior knowledge: advanced

organizers

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A Framework for Instructional Delivery: Research-based Strategies

2. Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching• present key facts, concepts, and

skills• explain, model, and demonstrate• use graphic organizers, cues,

questions

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A Framework for Instructional Delivery:Research-based Strategies

3. Gradual Release of Responsibility• guided practice with teacher• practice with a partner• independent practice

(Teacher will circulate to assess, respond, encourage, prompt, observe, listen, question, give feedback, focus on goals, etc.)

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A Framework for Instructional Delivery:Research-based Strategies

4. Formative Assessment • integrated/ ongoing• relevant feedback• corrective instruction• adjusting instruction

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Activity/Discussion Instructional Delivery Framework

Based on your observations…

In what area are your teachers the strongest? (1)In what area do your teachers need support? (4)___Set the learning stage/motivation___Explicit teaching/direct teaching___Gradual release of responsibility___Formative assessment

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Activity/Discussion

Framework Set the Learning Stage/Motivation Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching Gradual Release of Responsibility Formative Assessment

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Consider the instructional focus in your school for 2011-12. Which of these areas do you think will most greatly impact instructional delivery to meet the needs of your at-risk sub-groups? Please explain why.

What was one idea I learned during today’s webinar that I

plan to share with teachers at my

school?

http://dww.ed.gov/How-to-Organize-Your-Teaching/topic/index.cfm?T_ID=19

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Team Assignments for Webinar Session #3

Before the next session… Examine instructional delivery in your

school Complete the “Next Steps” form on

Instructional Delivery Be prepared to discuss the changes

made as a result of your reflections

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Next StepsFramework for

Instructional DeliveryWhat do we do now? How can it be improved? What is our first step?

Set the Learning Stage/Motivation. tell students why this is important to them. stimulate interest: cues, questioning. tap prior knowledge: advanced organizers

Explicit Teaching/Direct Teaching. present key facts, concepts, and skills. explain, model, and demonstrate. use graphic organizers

Gradual Release of Responsibility. guided practice with teacher. practice with a partner. independent practice

Formative Assessment. relevant feedback. corrective instruction. adjusting instruction

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“Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty

into an interesting opportunity.”

Alberta Flanders

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Questions?

Next Webinar Session: • February 15, 2012

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