Lesson Study PD NCLB 2015

PD Where you need it, When you need itLesson Study as a PD model

Cherie Esposito cesposito@sd129.org Principal at Hall Elementary School in Aurora, IL

Erin Holland diff.coach@gmail.com Literacy Professional Development Coordinator for West Aurora SD 129

Research base

▪ Evidence based

▪ Internationally Renowned▪Most PD models have no research base▪Most PD is done “because that’s the way we’ve always done it”▪Not enough SIP days, not enough institute days, competing structures for these days

How this came to be

▪ Cherie’s CCSS work with her staff

▪ Hiring consultants from the publishing company had many drawbacks– Misinformation – Lots of man hours spent cleaning up and preventing

misinformation– No rapport with staff– No vested interest in student achievement

▪ Consultants can cost 2500-3800 a day. This PD costs as much as your subs (100/daysXof teachers)

▪ Can be done without subs over a week if you have common plan time

▪ `Copy of NEW Updated Hall Extended Planning Schedule 2014-2015.xlsx

Structure

Topics

▪ Examples: Guided Reading, drawing conclusions, retelling, main idea, deeper thinking, shared reading, center management, asking questions, extended response writing, inferring

▪ Based on data

▪ Build rather than create consensus

▪ Any literacy topic

▪ Draws on expertise in the room

Examples

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Highly received

I want lesson study againNo, I do not want lesson studyI want Reading PD in another format such as Kane county or SIP

modeling center ideasmotivation planning timecollaboration time technologyassessment teaching inferringGuided Reading More computersvocabulary homework guidanceclassroom man-agement

teaching main idea

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PARCC daily 5Comprehension time managementarticulation Day 3-4 breakdownELL startegies decodaBLE READERS

How feedback was gathered

Suggestions

▪ Role out at principals’ meeting complete with schedule

▪ Hire permanent subs for the project, as we were often short subs

▪ Work with principals to garner support for a non-negotiable model

▪ Three rounds per year

▪ Tie Student achievement directly to our work

Achievement

Questions

References

▪ Lewis, C. (2002b). Lesson study: A handbook of teacher-led instructional change. Philadelphia: Research for Better Schools.

▪ National Research Council. (2002). Studying classroom teaching as a medium for professional development. Proceedings of a U.S.-Japan workshop. H. Bass, Z. Usiskin, & G. Burrill (Eds.). Mathematical Sciences Education Board. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

▪ Stigler, J. W., & Hiebert, J. (1999). The teaching gap: Best ideas from the world's teachers for improving education in the classroom. New York: Summit Books.

▪ Yoshida, M. (1999b). Lesson study: A case study of a Japanese approach to improving instruction through school-based teacher development. Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago.

Cherie Esposito cesposito@sd129.org Principal at Hall Elementary School in Aurora, IL

Erin Holland diff.coach@gmail.com Literacy Professional Development Coordinator for West Aurora SD 129