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AnnouncementsSUE LEHMANN AWARD FOREXCELLENCE IN TEACHING What: Each year, Teach For America
recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments and impact of truly exceptional teachers from within our corps with the Sue Lehmann Award for Excellence in Teaching.Ideal candidates for this award are teachers who have successfully established a culture of achievement in their classrooms and whose students will leave their classrooms on a path that will lead to expanded life opportunities due to major personal and academic growth. How: If youre interested innominating yourself for this award, please submit your vision/big goals, updated tracker(s), a unit plan, a LP from the same unit, and unit assessment along with this nominating form to joaquintfa@gmail.com When: Deadline for submission is Thursday, March 1stEL HAYNES EXCELLENT SCHOOLVISITS What: E.L. Haynes PCSand TFA have partnered to offer excellent school visits and teacher collaboration! E.L. Haynes is one of the highest performing charters
in the city, and has generously opened its doors to host visits every other Tuesday When: Every other Tuesday How: RSVP and check dates hereMARCH 26TH PDS What: Last PDS of the year for 2010s/SMath summit for Science and Math CMs When: Saturday, March 26th (cohort start time is still TBD) Where: Gallaudet University
COHORT CORNERALWAYS FREE Issue # 8
D.C. REGION PILOT COHORT / FEBRUARY 26, 2012
I recently came across afascinating article on human motivationthat I wished I read back when I was inthe corps. In The Power of Small Wins,the authors discuss the ProgressPrinciple, which is the idea that thebiggest boon to human motivation is theprocess of helping others see the progresstheyre making toward meaningful work. Although this theory is notrocket science, putting that into practicein a classroom setting was a lot harderand more counterintuitive than I everimagined. Ironically, in my efforts tomotivate students, I was unknowingly de-motivating them. So, what does it look like tofollow the Progress Principle? Here aresome concrete suggestions:
--Help others set goals for themselvesor include them as stakeholders in the goal setting process. --Equip others with the skills they need to persevere and autonomously problem solve their way through challenges --Give others frequent and meaningful feedback on progress that aligns to stated goals Although I was doing my best tomotivate kids, I fell into some pitfalls. Goalsetting was often top-down in myclassroom and happened infrequently:once a unit, semester, or year. I often setunit goals for kids, but when they didntreach them, I would tell them to tryharder, study more, or come for help afterschool. This was a good start, but I should
have also taught them the skill of how toproblem-solve their way throughinevitable hurdles and change coursewhen a strategy they employed didntwork. My students would get excited tosee their mastery averages at the end of aunit or assessment period, but this onlyoccurred once every few weeks ormonths, which was not frequent enoughfor them to see the tangible rewards fortheir daily efforts. I would set goals, butthen share progress in ways that didntalign to those goals (e.g., moreconsistently sharing participation scoreaverages when the goals I advertised weremastery based). So, what are sustainablestrategies teachers can employ to put theProgress Principle into practice? Here aresome ideas that teachers in our cohorthave enjoyed success with:
Trade/Grade Exit Slips orWarm-Ups: This gives students atangible way to see daily progress withoutyou having to ever pull out your red pen.
Have students trade exit slips or warm-ups with each other, grade them, and thenrecord their averages onto an objectivesor standards mastery sheet for the unitor assign a kid the role of recording thosescores on an objectives mastery trackeron the wall. This helps them see howtheyre doing across lessons, and alsohelps them see a concrete benefit for theeffort they exerted. It also helps tocelebrate achievement by asking kids whomet a certain score cut-off to raise theirhands, stand/stay standing, do a cheer, etc.
Action ItemsSEND YOUR STUDENTS MOST RECENTACHIEVEMENT RESULTS
Please send along your students mostrecent assessment data so I can belooped in about where your kids areand we can use the data to inform nextsteps in our work together.
Sparking Momentumwith Small, Visible Wins
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Ironically, in myefforts to motivatestudents, I wasunknowinglydemotivating
them.
Weekly, Student-Driven GoalSetting and Reflection: In one Math
classroom, students complete weeklygrade reflections, which force kids totally up and then reflect on theirperformance in a number of domains.They also break off into goalgroups (download intro lesson here)for 10 minutes each Friday to discusswhether they met the goals they set forthe prior week with other peers, why
they think they did/didnt, and set newgoals for the upcoming week. Theteacher keeps this weekly goal top ofmind by placing a question in eachwarm-up that pushes kids to reflect onwhat they plan to do that day to makeprogress toward their weekly goal.
Teaching the Skill ofPersevering:In another middle school classroom, theteacher shows kids the skill of settinggoals and then problem solving/changingcourse when she doesnt meet them withthis template. As she fills in this template
each Friday, she thinks aloud through hergoal setting process and also how/why shechanges strategies when she realizes the
strategies shes employing are notworking.
Helping Kids Set MeaningfulGoals: In one ECE classroom, a teacheris scheduling 1:1 conversations in whichshell share each students progress
toward socio-emotional and academicgoals. Shell then share what each studentwill be learning in the coming weeks (e.g.,numbers), and then guide students to
setting feasible goals in those domains. Forexample, if she shares that theyll belearning numbers and they then say theywant to learn all of them up to 100 in 2weeks, shell check their thinking bysharing how many numbers theyvealready learned, and whether thats a
feasible goal to reach in 2 weeks time.Including kids in the process of goalsetting helps eliminate the sense ofarbitrariness and builds them up as keyclassroom decision-makers.
COLLEAGUE SHOUT OUTS
Maria Roth: for sharing her
positivity mailbox. My kids
really loved starting the
positivity mailbox and are
writing each other using the
precise praise model.
Nicole Spoelma
PRINCIPLE PROGRESS IN ACTION
Maria Roths students earn a petal
every time they master a Math concept.
They reference their flower petals during
each transition to Math centers and then
choose to go to centers that will help
them practice unmastered topics so they
can earn more petals
Cendahl Cornelio Alterand her
students (featured below) celebrate the
reading growth theyve made during a
reading party. Kids are called up,
given certificates of recognition of
concrete behaviors/effort, and handed a
celebratory crown to wear.
Carolyn and Meredith: for
being the best Eminem and
Whitney Houston singers
ever! And mainly for just
always making me have the
best weekends :)
Kelly Gleischman
Chelsea Kirk: for sharing
her use of precise praise at
PDS. It has really made my
classroom a better and more
positive place!
Nicole Spoelma
Anamika Dwivedi: for
constantly engaging me in
thought-provoking
conversations around
education. You are the best!!
Anne Marie Norgren
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CM-Recommended
Resources
SECONDARY COHORT BRUNCH
RESOURCES
Check out this folder of secondarygoodies, which includes everything
from strategies to scaffold college-
style note-taking, to fun guided
practice games like quiz-quiz pass.
SCREENCHOMP (UPPER ELEM +)
Gillon recommends this iPad app,
which allows you to make Khan
Academy-style videos in just minutes,
which makes teaching students
content fun and easy.
DOING WHAT WORKS (ALL)Cendhal recommends the U.S.
Department of Educations online
database of research-based best
practices for teachers from all
content areas and teaching contexts.
WALLWISHER (SECONDARY)
Jordan recommends this online
notice board maker. Its similar to
an online whiteboard where students
can leave notes and post ideas. She
said she used it for her science fair
and that kids thought it was a fun and
and interactive way to share ideas.
MUSEUM BOX (SECONDARY)
A great site for history teachers (as
well as those of manyother subject
areas), which can be used to make
online displays for any topic.
Students can also browse the
displays created by other students
to get ideas.
VOICE THREAD (SECONDARY)
Asite that allows you to browsevideos, documents, and slideshows
and then leave text or audio
comments.
DISEQUILIBRIUM AND
QUESTIONING ARTICLE (ECE/ELEM)
A great article that Abby Wihl shared
which provides educators of young
children with concrete ideas for
promoting and acknowledging the
necessity of struggle in learning.
SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LEARNING SITE
(ECE/ELEM)
Molly recommends a greatWeb site
on socio-emotional learning. It
includes scripted stories and a
number of learning modules for
teachers and parents.
Most Viewed Videos of the Month
1.Julias Best WorkParty(ECE/Elem)
2.1st Graders Take OverMath Meeting (ECE/Elem)
3.Student-Led Activitieswith Anne Marie (Elem +)
4.Strong Voice (PreK-12)
5.Joshs Parent Data Night(K-12)
6.Book Clubs with Ms.Sadowsky(ECE/Elem)
7.Student-Led Routinesw/ Ms. Gleischman (UpperElementary and Up)
8.Joy Factor w/ Ms. Cruz(Upper Elem and Up)
9.Student-Led PhysicsLesson (Secondary)
10.Rebecca Snyder
Teaching Sample (ECE/Elem)
1ST GRADERS LEAD MATH
MEETING
Looking to add joyful routines, develop
authentic goal investment, and/or build
students up as leaders of their own
community?Watch in this video as Maria
Roths 1st graders take over Math meeting
and celebrate the collective progress they're
making toward their academic and socio-
emotional goals
STUDENT-LED ROUTINES IN MS.
GLEISCHMANS CLASS
Watch this mini-case study spotlighting
students in Kelly Gleischman's class as they
lead various routines and procedures. Ive
included subtext to highlight the different
strategies so you can track what is happening
and how!
JOSHS PARENT DATA NIGHTEager to partner with parents to boost his
students reading and math achievement, Josh
shares students progress with parents along
with concrete strategies that they can use at
home to reinforce learning. Check out the
PowerPoint he used to facilitate this evening
parent night here!
New Corps Member Virtual Visits
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