Welcome Mentor Certification Training
Session G
• Sign in & wear your nametag.• Greet each other• Grab a bagel & some coffee• Sit anywhere you want
Know D P•How to profile two students
•Deepen understanding of action research
•Know how to navigate the DOE website
K Do P–Reflect on your lesson
–Examine the portfolio handbook
–Examine Miss I Walk the Line’s portfolio
–Connect action research and student profiling
–Gather info about action research
–Visit the DOE website
K D Procedure–Small/Large group discussions
–Self-reflection presentation
–Table Share
–Traveling Trios
–Marker Boards
–Jigsaw
Sharing ReflectionsTable Share
• Share your lesson plans • Share your reflection to the
lesson that you taught
• Limit to 10 minutes per person
Instructional Design Rubric
• Rank yourself on the rubric
Add to your Accordion Folder
• Lesson Plan
• Lesson Reflection
• Instructional Design Rubric
Profiling a learneraka: Highlighting two students
Miss I Walk the Line
• Read page 4 and 5 (Three students)
• Read page 40 (The Students)• Read page 87 (The
commentary on evaluation)• Skim pps. 41-86 for
examples of student work
Handbook Directions for Profiling Two Students
• Find in your handbook the directions for highlighting 2 students
• Compare/Contrast with the others at your table
• Did Miss I Walk the Line meet the requirements of your handbook?
BreakTake a 10 minute
break!
Be prompt!
What do these acronyms mean?
• LRE• LEP• ENL• ESL• GT• MOMH• MIMH• EH
•ADD
•ADHD
•NCLB
•NKND
Brainstorming Activity
• Think of the two students who would be good to profile
• Choose students of different needs or ability levels
• Portfolio goal - to demonstrate adaptations/ modifications that you make for your students
Descriptive Review
• Physical Presence and Gestures
• Disposition
• Relationship with peers and adults
Brainstorming Activity
• Think of the two students you will be profiling.
• Draw a line dividing your paper in half.
• On the right half record adaptations you will make for the students you have chosen
Traveling Trios• Get into groups of 3• Number off 1…2…3…• Share and discuss the
adaptations you have listed.
• Write down new ideas that you might use on the left side of your marker board.
Revisit your student profile
• Now briefly make note of the adaptations you would make for those individual students
Homework for January 18, 2006
• Highlight two students using the format from your handbook.
• Teach a lesson where you made adaptations for these 2 students
• Reflect on the lesson and how the adaptations affected the learning of the highlighted students addressing the prompts in your handbook.
Surfing the D.O.E. Website
Pick up a computer from the
mobile cart
Booting Up Your Computer
• Type in: Generic• There is no password - leave it blank• Get on the internet
through Internet Explorer
• www.doe.state.in.us/dps
• Distribute cards
Navigating the DOE Website
Using your blue card
explore the different
sites listed
Lunch
Bon appétit
Only 17 More Shopping Days ‘til Christmas
Let’s help Jane create a shopping
list
Jigsaw• Read the article• Join a new group• Each color must be
represented• Share the main ideas of
your article with the entire group
Action Research Reflection
Please complete at least five of the “starter” questions!
How do I decide on a
topic for action research?
Four Corner Discussion• Share your
sentence starters with your peers
• Listen for new ideas that may be appropriate for your class
BreakTake a 10 minute
break!
Be prompt!
Action Research Project Model
Share
&
Reflect
Brainstorming Activity
• SIMPLICITY
• ALIGN with “Starting Points”
Four Corner Discussion• Share your
research ideas with your peers
• Listen for new ideas that may be appropriate for your class
• Name
• Action Research Project
• How will you evaluate the project?
Five W’s and an H
• Why are you collecting the data?• What exactly are you collecting?• Where are you going to collect it?• When are you going to collect it?• Who is going to collect the data?• How will the data be collected
and displayed?
Homework for January 18, 2006
• Action Research Proposal
Action Research Project is not due
until February 22nd
Journal• How do you
think action research will impact the beginning teacher?
Program Evaluation• Respond
• Remember your homework!
• See you January 18th