tia for beginning teachers (overview)
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Total Instructional Alignment Presentation for Beginning TeachersTRANSCRIPT
Becoming a 21st Century Learning Center…
Hoke County Schools
Total Instructional Alignment
Presented by
Debbie Stanley, Instructional Alignment Specialist
9 – 12 English & Social Studies
Shannon R. Register, Instructional Alignment Specialist
9 – 12 Math & Science
Acknowledgment to: Lisa Carter, Total Instructional Alignment From Standards to Student Success
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Objective…Moving Toward Total Instructional Alignment
Have Common Language Throughout the District
Implement TIA Strategies
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InstructionalPractices
AssessmentNCSCOS
System
Myth #1 (Alignment)
Instructional Alignment is “Teaching the Test.”
Instruction Curriculum
Evaluation
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Evaluation
Curriculum
Instruction
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(Teaching the Test vs. Teaching the Tested Concepts)
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Strategies Common Planning Time (Discuss how you teach objectives and have honest
conversations) Study Teachers’ Data Summary Report
Teachers’ Strengths
Rotation Utilize DPI’s website as a resource Make data-driven instructional decisions (Benchmarks, tests,
quizzes, etc…) Write objective-based tests (Indicators)
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Myth #2 (Curriculum)
My textbook is my curriculum.
Mr. Status Quo, a third grade teacher at Like It Like It Is Elementary School stated, “Range, median, and mode are in chapter #3.”
Surface Teaching
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Strategies Use the NC Standard Course of Study Follow the pacing guide Have a minimum of three resources and/or supplementary materials
per grade level/subject Research the NC Learn and NCDPI websites www.nclearn.org and
www.ncpublicschools.org
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Time = Constant Learning = Variable
Myth #3 (Instruction)
We can use the same old delivery methods to help student meet or exceed rigorous standards.
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Time = Variable Learning = Constant(Time to learn must vary with the needs of each student.)
Strategies
Rigorous Level of Questioning (Marzano)Ask questions in more than one wayDifferentiated Instruction & Cooperative LearningMnemonic StrategiesSelf-reflection on teaching methods (give student surveys because they are the customers)Redo Policy
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Myth #4 (Assessment)
Standards and assessment stifle teacher creativity.
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Textbooks stifle creativity!
While what we teach is important, how we teach is just as crucial an element of
instructional alignment.
Creativity motivates students to learn.
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Strategies Warm-up/Bellringers/Morning Work Reflect Data Common Grading Scale/Rubric/Policies Common Assessment on Chapter/Unit Tests Collaborate on Quality of Assessments (Thinking Skills &
Objective Oriented) Share sample student work 30% - 40% of ALL Assessments should Spiral Back Conference with Students Have students to predict their grade at the end of tests and give
reasons why Give frequent informal assessments such as Ticket Out the Door,
Whiteboards, Inside/Outside Circle, Think-Pair-Share, etc…
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Becoming a 21st Century Learning Center…