TECHNOLOGY HELPS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS

Presented by:Charlotte Davis

Lufkin Middle School Associate Principal

Overview of Presentation

Instructional Model Lesson planning

Electronic templates “Inspect what you expect!”

Using Drop box with the Walk Thru Process

Electronic copies of resources will be posted on the LMS Web page for your use

Quality Instruction Model

All instruction is student centered

Teachers are held accountable for student achievement

Instructional leaders provide assistance and monitor the instructional program

District support through a district wide scope and sequence, ongoing PD, and a quality instructional management system

Written: TEKS and scope & sequence

Taught: delivery of written curriculum

Tested: assessments by national, state, and local

Backward Design

Backward Design Wiggins and McTighe state that you can’t start

planning how you’re gong to teach until you know exactly what you want your students to learnIdentify desired resultsDetermine acceptable evidencePlan learning experiences & instruction

Lesson Plans

Research based lesson plans: Lesson objective Content to covered within

lesson Multiple activities Resources & materials needed Time allotment Work to be completed outside of class Method of assessment

Lesson Plans at LMS

Weekly Lesson plans for the coming week should be sent via email no later than 8:00 a.m. each Monday morning

Saved with a specific file name including: Lastnamefirstinitialmonth_Monday’sdate Example: Davisc9_30

Next, office personnel save as a PDF file in a shared drop box All administrative team members have access Moved to a network drive at the end of each

month because of storage constraints

Questions…

Why not just have teachers add to the drop box?

Set a deadline! What if they don’t meet your expectations?

Other Technology Helps…

Mentoring Minds apps List of standards is free

Lead4ward app TEKS snapshots

For non tested areas STAAR standards snapshot Videos

Bloom’s Taxonomy with Apps

The Padagogy Wheel V2.0 An adaptation of the Taxonomy Wheel Developed by Designing Outcomes

I am a leader of learning and

learning takes placein classrooms!

Resources

Marzano, R.J., Waters, T, McNulty, B.A. (2005) School leadership that works from research to results, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum

Center for Teaching http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/understanding-by-design/

Gagne, R. M., & Briggs, L. J. (I 974). Principles of instructional design. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston