coaching for math gains peel co-teaching project anchor session #1 october 5, 2010
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Start and end on time. Contribute to a safe learning environment that encourages risk taking; be kind. Listen actively; speak fearlessly. Invest in your own learning and the learning of others. All electronic communication devices off except during lunch/break. Suffering is optional! 3TRANSCRIPT
Coaching for Math GAINS
Peel Co-Teaching Project
Anchor Session #1
October 5, 2010
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Overview of the Morning1. Welcome, Introductions & Norms 2. Overview of Math GAINS3. What’s a Co-teaching Cycle?4. Reflecting on your practice5. On a Carousel6. Is your locker open?
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Establishing Norms Start and end on time. Contribute to a safe learning environment
that encourages risk taking; be kind. Listen actively; speak fearlessly. Invest in your own learning and the
learning of others. All electronic communication devices
off except during lunch/break. Suffering is optional!
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Math GAINS What do you Know?
What do you Wonder?
What have your Learned?
Please complete the first two columns of the KWL chart individually first, then discuss at your table.
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Research Foundation for PDResearch Says Providing sufficient time; Enlisting external
expertise; Engaging teachers in the
learning process; Challenging discourses; Providing opportunities to
interact in a community of professionals.
Math GAINS Provides
30 release days/school; Math Coach; Teachers working together in
school teams and working cross-panel;
Rethinking our approach to teaching math;
Co-planning days, anchor sessions and debriefing after demonstration lessons.
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Research Foundation for PD
Research Says Different aspects of
content are integrated; Clear links made between
teaching and learning and student teacher relationships;
Assessment is used as a focus;
Sustainability of improved student outcomes.
Math GAINS Provides Big ideas, questioning, group
work skills and problem solving;
How we teach math impacts on how well students learn and we can connect through more engaging tasks;
Formative assessment using open and parallel tasks;
Students can continue to improve.
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Research Foundation for PD
Research Says Professional instruction
sequenced; Understandings discussed
and negotiated.
Math GAINS Provides Modelling, co-planning
then teaching Active discussion with
colleagues of what works for students.
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Math GAINS - Peel Perspective Areas of focus:
Strong emphasis on co-planning and co-teaching with a facilitator.
Questioning, differentiated instruction, problem solving, big ideas, lesson goals, building discussion, manipulatives,
technology, assessment, applied programs Incorporating Transformational Practices Integrating the Math Gains process into the
PLC or TLCP
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A Co-Teaching Cycle
Share Observations
What Happens
Next?Affirm What Went
WellDiscuss What
Could Be Improved
Teach or Co-Teach
Observe and Record
Debrief
Lesson Observation
Co -Planning
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The Co-Planning Stage
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The Lesson Observation Stage
Teach or Co-Teach
Observe and Record
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The Debriefing Stage
Share Observations
What Happens Next?
Affirm What Went Well
Discuss What Could Be Improved
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Convince Me!
1. How does the participating teacher describe her usual classroom practice?
2. What is new/different for the teacher and her students in this lesson?
3. How do the students respond to the lesson approach?
4. What observations/reflections does the teacher share in the lesson debriefing?
As you watch this video, please consider the following questions:
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Self Reflection
“What can I add to my practice to help students understand the concepts I am teaching more deeply?”
A big idea of co-teaching is to reflect on your current classroom practice, whatever that may be, and ask:
“How will I know if my changes arehaving a positive impact on my students?”
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Sharing Your Experience ¥ Send at least 2 people from your team to each location.
¥ With the other people at your location, form an inside/outside circle.
¥ Each "inside" person will start. Share your answers to the self reflection questions. Take turns.
BREAK TIME!
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The Carousel Activity Use the carousel activities menu to divide
the members of your family group, evenly, among the various stations.
There will be two rotations of 15 minutes each, followed by 15 minutes of sharing with your family group.
Use the carousel organizer to make notes about the lessons you viewed, and the interviewee’s experience of the process.
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The Carousel Activity … continued
Carousel Activities Menu:Fletcher’s Creek: Grade 7 FractionsFairwind: Grade 7 Rectangle TangleBristol: Grade 8 Pythagorean TheoremR. H. Lagerquist: Grade 8 IntegersBrampton Centennial: 10D Modeling Quadratics Heartlake: 9PStephen Lewis: 10P Algebra MatchTurner Fenton: Grade 9
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The Carousel Activity ... continued
What is the difference that made the difference?
Minds On?Student groupings?A neat activity?A different consolidation strategy?
What was the co-planning and co-teachingexperience like? What was your role in the process?
THE CAROUSEL ACTIVITY ... CONTINUED
Return to your KWL chart:
What have you learned?
What are you still wondering about?
THERE ARE 1000 LOCKERS IN THE LONG HALL OF THE PEEL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL. IN PREPARATION FOR THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, THE JANITOR CLEANS THE LOCKERS AND PAINTS FRESH NUMBERS ON THE LOCKER DOORS. THE LOCKERS ARE NUMBERED FROM 1 TO 1000.
The Locker Problem
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The Locker Problem … continued In your family of schools team, identify
3 people who will act as observers. The remaining team members will work
on the problem in "the fishbowl". They may divide themselves up into smaller groups if they wish to.
Send one of the observers to the materials table to collect the forms they will use to record their observations.
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The Locker Problem … continued Explore the problem in your groups.
Various manipulatives are available for use from the materials table.
Record your findings on chart paper. Be sure to explain the mathematics
that will justify why your answer is correct.
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The Locker Problem … continuedWhen the school's 1000 students return from summer vacation, they decide to celebrate the beginning of the school year by working off some energy.
Student #1: opens every locker. Student #2: starts at locker #2 and closes every 2nd locker.Student #3: starts at locker #3 and opens or closes every 3rd locker. This process continues ... until all 1000 students have entered the school.
Which locker doors are open once every student has arrived?
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Consolidation of the Locker Problem
Life in the Fishbowl observers share their observations with their team members
Presentation of Solutions a math congress
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Welcome Back!
Effective teaching involves risk taking … by both the teacher and the student.
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Overview of the Afternoon1. Differentiating Instruction through
the use of open questions. 2. Strategies for opening-up
questions?3. A few words About logistics.4. It’s your turn to plan.
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Using open questions for assessment for learning
An open question, as a minds-on activity, provides valuable information about how to proceed with your lesson.
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Using open questions for assessment for learning
It might tell you that your students already know what you were planning to teach.
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Using open questions for assessment for learning
It might tell you some unanticipated directions you will need to take with some students.
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Minds On
A linear growing pattern starts at -10 and grows very slowly.
What might the pattern be?
Describe the linear growing pattern -10, -9, -8, -7, … .
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What made the first question open?
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ContrastOpen:
Write an equation and solve it.
Less Open: Solve 3x-2 = 8. Describe your strategy.
What made the first question open?
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Contrast
Open: A graph passes through the points (2,4) and (3,8). Describe a relation the graph could represent.
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… some possible answers are:
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Not open: A line passes through the points (2,4) and (3,8). Write the equation of the line.
What made the first question open?
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One strategy is to start with an answer and create a question.
For example, a growing pattern has 20 as the 9th term. What could the pattern be?
Creating Open Questions …some fail-safe strategies
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Another is to ask for similarities and differences. For example, how is factoring
x2 +5x+6 like and different from
factoring 3x2 - 2x – 8.
Fail-safe strategies … continued
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Another is to let the student choose values.
For example, ask students to choose values for and and graph x + y = 8.
Fail-safe strategies … continued
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At each table, you will receive a set of questions. Some questions are open, others are not so open.
Sorting Open Questions
Sort the questions into two groups: Open and Not Open
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Opening Up Questions Work with a partner to try to "open" up as
many of the questions in the "not so open" pile as you can.
Use the Assessing My Questions handout as a guide.
Share your work with others at your table.
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What Does a Co-Planning and Co-Teaching Cycle Feel Like?
Today, you participated in discussions similar to what happens during the co-planning process.
Except, when you co-plan you focus on your course, your students, their learning needs, as well as your own learning needs.
The Co-teaching and Debriefing are the other parts to the cycle.
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Logistics Each school has 30 release days for co-
planning and co-teaching with a facilitator.
Share the fun across your school / dept. Use PAM code 835 for your coverage. Copy Wendy Telford on all meetings
and requests for coverage. Keep your principal informed. More details coming soon about possible
purchases.
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Planning Time Determine the ideal focus and structure
of your co-planning time. Who will meet? (by grade, cross-grade, cross-panel,
cross- family)
Goals? What do you want to learn or try? Meeting rooms and resources to book? Ideal month to meet?
Sign up on the Facilitator’s Calendar (this is part of your exit ticket)
Aim to complete one co-teaching cycle within your Family by the Winter Break
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Exit PassSome things I would like to learn about or try … or have my group try are:
Teaching Through Problem Solving Differentiating Instruction Open Questions Parallel Tasks Technology Manipulatives On-line Resources Big Ideas
Lesson Goals MATCH Template Assessment for/of Learning Building a MTLC Other __________________