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Content pedagogy refers to the teaching skills teachers use to impart specialized knowledge/content of their subject areas to learners. This complex combination of skills and abilities can include essential knowledge, dispositions, commitments, and instructional behaviors that allow educators to practice at high levels. Recognizing effective practice and teachers who demonstrate it is the single most important action the nation can take to improve schools. Source: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. (1998). Washington, DC.
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Measuring Effective Teaching~Content Pedagogy
Content Pedagogy Design Group:Jeanne Bennett, Corrine Chalifour,
Warren Dobbins, Julie Jones, Liz Linear, Lindi McCurry, Jigna Patel, Sue Varga-Ward, Tom
TomberlinApril 27th, 2011
From “Other Options” to Content Pedagogy
• When CMS began the process of developing multiple measures of teacher effectiveness, they designated an “Other Options” design group that was charged with investigating critical components of teacher effectiveness that had not yet been identified.
• The focus of the group quickly went to instructional quality and what determines whether a teacher’s instruction is of high quality or not.
• The design team has determined that “content pedagogy” is the most critical element of high quality instruction.
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3What is Content Pedagogy?
• Content pedagogy refers to the teaching skills teachers use to impart specialized knowledge/content of their subject areas to learners.
• This complex combination of skills and abilities can include essential knowledge, dispositions, commitments, and instructional behaviors that allow educators to practice at high levels.
• Recognizing effective practice and teachers who demonstrate it is the single most important action the nation can take to improve schools.
Source: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. (1998). Washington, DC. http://www.nbpts.org/
Content Pedagogy and Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Effectiveness
Student Achievement Professional Learn-ing Communities
Content Pedagogy Student SurveysStudent Work Teacher ObservationHard to Staff
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5How Do We Measure Content
Pedagogy?TIER 4Create
TIER 2Application
TIER 3Analysis & Evaluation
TIER 1Knowledge & Understanding
6Tier I – Knowledge and
UnderstandingKnowledge
* Praxis Exam* Error Analysis
Identification* Demonstrate knowledge of research-based
practices* Knowledge of associated vocabulary
Classification* Developmentally appropriate lessons
* Differentiated Lessons* Engagement of Students
7Tier II – Application
Teacher selects and applies instructional practices
consistently throughout teaching
Teacher maintains records of how practices are being applied in classroom (e.g.,
portfolio containing lessons, activities, research articles and reflection logs.
C & I maintains database of approved resources and determines validity of other resources
Observation conducted by outside personnel (Tier IV?) to verify proficiency in practice
8Tier III – Analysis and
EvaluationTeacher conducts a narrowly
focused action research project
Application process for project – teacher provides background research, rationale and need, identifies salient data, plan for
collecting data, timeline of project
Opportunities for collaborative projects – across classes, grades, and schools.
Teachers share results of the research project – district develops a repository of research on
instructional practices.
9Tier IV – CreateTeacher creates presentations
on best practices for colleagues, local and district
PD, conferences, etc.
Establish an “open” classroom designed for teacher students to learn from master
teachers.Lead professional development “learning
labs”
Tier IV teachers become a resource (coach, mentor, advisor) for other teachers as they advance
through the tiers.Assist in the creation of a “practice library” that
warehouses effective best practices.
Focus Group Questions What are three advantages and three
disadvantages of having teachers work on an action research project?
Would you take the opportunity to pilot the measure as presented? Why or Why not?
List the strengths and weaknesses of each of the four tiers. Please be as specific as
possible.
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