Shifting our focus

Shifting our focusCSDElementary MathAcademy

Common Core Practice Standards

10 Instructional Shifts

Accessible Mathematics

Increasing UNDERSTANDING

+Sheri1Professional DevelopmentLets revisit the goals you set for yourself yesterday morning:What do you plan to learn from the next two days?Identify 2-3 instructional ideas related to your own professional development in teaching math that youd like to focus on the next two days

How did you do?+2Professional DevelopmentWhat are some action items and goals you want to attend to for math this month?What are some action items goals you want to attend to for math this year?Record your thoughts in your math journal.Partner share.+How can we improve outcomes related to professional development?+Pay it Forward

+Who will you be responsible for sharing this information with?Who will you be sharing the math supplies with?

THANKS!+Training Outcomes Related to Training ComponentsTraining OutcomesTraining Components

Knowledge of ContentSkill ImplementationClassroomApplicationPresentation/ LecturePlusDemonstrationPlus PracticePlus Coaching Support andData Feedback 10% 5% 0% 30% 20% 0% 60% 60% 5% 95% 95% 95%Joyce & Showers, 20027Ask Barb Sims/Sheri for background- how did they know study? Was this done in schools or other?Peer CoachingPre-observation discussionIdentify look forsObservationFocus on instructional practices and student learningPost-observationDescribe what was observedCelebrate successesFacilitate reflection for improvement

+Lesson StudyLesson study is a process in which a group of teachers jointly designs, teaches, observes, analyzes,& revises a single class lesson, called a Research Lesson.

+Origins of Lesson StudyIn Japan, lesson study is a well developed system for improving teaching and learning at the elementary and junior high level.

+10The Lesson Study Cycle: What Teachers Actually Do in Lesson StudyChoose Topic & Develop Learning Goals Design the Lesson & the Study Teach & Gather Evidence Analyze Evidence & Revise the Lesson/Study Teach & Study the Lesson Again Document & Share the Research Lesson and the Study

More information at http://www.uwlax.edu/sotl/lsp/intro.htm+11Goal: A Knowledge Base for TeachersINDIVIDUAL LESSON STUDIESLESSON STUDY CLUSTERSfocused on similar disciplines, topics, goals, etc.PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE BASEpractical and accessible teaching & learning materials focused on student learning;;12Closing the LoopProfessionalKnowledgePractitionerKnowledge Practical, concerned with daily teaching and learning issues Detailed, concrete, specific, contextualized Integrated (content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge) Public Storable Shareable Verifiable, subject to replication and peer review Systematic, principled, informed, theoretical, scholarly13A Knowledge & Community Building SystemCREATION EXCHANGEUSEnnMoving from Practitioner to Professional Knowledgeand Back Again

+14HighlightsLesson study provides a practical, integrated, and progressive model for professional pedagogical knowledge building across the disciplines.Community building + knowledge building = Capacity buildingThe Math Support Wiki Page is intended to become a database of lesson plans/studies.+15Math PD for this school year+CACTUS credit

+Final ThoughtsThe Shift Shift Song+THANK YOU for coming

CSD teachers and studentsMATH!+