Milford High School Instructional Implementation

Toby BossESU 6

Purpose

• Review the MRL instructional model– Focus on Routines

• Discuss next steps

The Art & Science of Teaching 10 “design questions” teachers ask of themselves as they plan a unit of instruction.

The Art and Science of Teaching

Art and Science by the numbers

• 41• 9• 3

Art and Science by the numbers

• 41 instructional elements within…• 9 lesson design questions embedded

in…• 3 segments for every lesson.

Learning Goals and FeedbackRules and Procedures

INVOLVES ROUTINES

ENACTED ON THE SPOT

Student Engagement

High Expectations

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Generating/ Testing

Hypotheses

Practicing and

Deepening

Interacting With New Knowledge

ADDRESSES CONTENT IN SPECIFIC WAYS

1. Learning Goals and Feedback2. Interacting with New Knowledge3. Practicing and Deepening4. Generating and Testing Hypotheses5. Student Engagement6. Establishing Rules and Procedures7. Adherence to Rules and Procedures8. Teacher-Student Relationships9. High Expectations

Page 7, The Art & Science of Teaching

The Art and Science of Teaching

Lesson Segments

• “Thin slices” of instruction– Those involving routines– Those involving content– Those enacted on the spot

Learning Goals and Feedback

Rules and Procedures

INVOLVES ROUTINES

The Art and Science of Teaching

Routine Segments

Routine Segments

• Communicate learning goals• Track student progress• Celebrate success• Establish classroom rules and procedures• Organize the physical layout of the room

PE Example

Do Some Solo Thinking Please

What are some key routines and procedures teachers need to establish in a classroom?

Make a list of some you think are critical for a successful learning environment.

Did you list any of these?

–Attention and Refocus Signal–Transition Signal–Strategies to group and re-group

learners

Cognitive Routines

• Critical for getting students to interact with content we want them to learn…

• Cognitive routines are critical routines for learning at all ages…

Attention and Refocus Signal

• I will move to the front and center of the room.– Common Location and Visual Clue

• Announce 30 seconds remaining in the activity. – Verbal Clue

• Count down from 5 to 0– Verbal Wrap-Up

• At 0 everybody is seated and ready to continue– Clear Expectation

• If anyone isn’t ready, We Will Wait– The Power of Silence and Peers

ExamplesClose Partners

Across the Room PartnersTable Family - Department

Grouping and RegroupingLearners

Close Partners

• When I say go….(Transition Signal) • Form groups of 2 or 3 with other colleagues who are

sitting near you in the room but not at your table.

• Share your lists of rules and procedures. • What as common and what was different?

What Routines do you see?

• Instructions• Grouping• Attention Signal

• Sixth Grade Math

Table Family Discussion

• Please discuss the next slide I display…

• What do each of you think?

According To Recent Studies What is the balance of teacher talk to student

talk during a typical class period? Studies show that teachers talk in a regular

classroom between 80% and 90% of the time. What effect does this have?

What is the effect?Assuming a 50 minute class periodTeacher talk = 40 minutes Student interaction with content/language = 10 minutes total for the class.30 students in class= 20 seconds (or less) per student

Lecture

Reading

Audio-visual

Demonstration

Discussion Groups

Practice by doing

Teach others/immediate use of learning

Average Retention Rate after 24 hours

5%

10%

20%

30%

50%

75%

90%

Adapted from David Sousa’s figure 3.8in his text, How the Brain Learns

Boosting Retention

Across the Room Partners…

• When I say go:– Form groups of 2 or 3 with colleagues

not sitting near you in the room. – Introduce yourselves and prepare to

discuss the next slide I display.

Discussion Topic

• What cognitive routines do you use or see being used in classrooms at your school?

Please Return To Your Tables

Great Teachers

• ABC’s “Persons of the Week”

Next Steps

• Review the information on the Milford Instruction wiki

• http://mpsinstruction.wikispaces.com/• October Focus:

– Interacting with new knowledge

Resources

• http://marzanoresearch.com/site• http://esu6mrl.wikispaces.com• http://esu6craftknowledge.wikispaces.com• ESU 6 YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/esu6pd