Know Your ImpactGreat Teachers = Great Results

Know Your Impact

The successes of Barren County Schools have been influenced by leading educational researchers and practitioners.

John Hattie and Visible Learning

Charlotte Danielson and Framework for Teaching

Harry & Rosemary Wong and The 1st Days of School

The Impact of Highly Effective & Successful Teachers

Dr. John Hattie’s studies find that:

▪ Teachers’ beliefs and commitments influence student achievement.

▪ Teachers do make a difference in overcoming factors like poor socioeconomic status, lack of parental involvement, apathy, etc.

▪ Statistically, the difference in a high-effect teacher and a low-effect teacher is about 0.25 which means that a student in a high impact classroom learns about a year more than his peers in lower-effect classrooms.

The Impact of Highly Effective & Successful Teachers

Dr. Hattie’s research identifies FIVE major dimensions of excellent teachers:

▪ Expert teachers identify the most important ways to organize and use the content they teach.

▪ Expert teachers create an optimal classroom climate for learning.

▪ Expert teachers monitor learning and provide feedback.

▪ Expert teachers believe all students can reach success criteria.

▪ Expert teachers influence a wide range of student outcomes not solely limited to test scores.

Framework for Teaching

Kentucky adopted of the Framework Teaching, developed by Charlotte Danielson, for the support student achievement and professional best-practice through the following four domains:– Planning and Preparation– Classroom Environment – Instruction– Professional Responsibilities

“Teaching is very complex work, it's a thinking person's job and you cannot follow a cookbook." - Charlotte Danielson

Setting the stage from the 1st Day

Harry & Rosemary Wong are leading experts on establishing a classroom that is organized and structured for student learning:

▪ Unless you have your classroom organized for success, nothing you do is going to make any difference. You have to be organized and ready.

▪ “If students know what they are to learn, you greatly increase the chances that the students will learn.”

“We firmly believe that teaching is the noblest of all professions—you have the power to change your students' lives. But you have to convince your students that they can achieve. That's half the battle. The other half is to convince yourself that you can make a difference.” - Harry & Rosemary Wong

How To Be An Effective Teacher

THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL

You Are Treated as You Are Dressed

“As you are dressed so shall you be perceived; and as

you are perceived, so shall you be treated.”

Dress for Respect

▪ Clothing may not make a person, but it can be a contributing factor in unmaking a person.

▪ Research reveals that the clothing worn by teachers affects the work, attitude, and discipline of students.

You dress for 4 main reasons

▪ Respect

▪ Credibility

▪ Acceptance

▪ Authority

Your respect begins with your appearance.

5 significant concepts that enhance positive expectations

▪ Address a student by name

▪ Say “Please,” Please

▪ I really appreciate what you did, “Thank You”

▪ A smile

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

In a study reviewing 11,000 pieces of research that spanned 50 years, three researchers determined that there are 28 factors that influence student learning.

What was the number 1 most important factor governing student learning?

Classroom Management

▪ Classroom management skills are of primary importance in determining teaching success.

▪ The number one factor governing student learning is classroom management.

▪ The first day of school is the most important day of the school year. Effective classroom management practices must begin on the first day of school.

What is Classroom Management?

▪ Classroom Management refers to all the things that a teacher does to organize students, space, time, and materials so that instruction in content and student learning can take place.

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▪ Research indicates that the amount of time that students spend actively engaged in learning activities is directly linked to their academic achievement.

▪ Teacher effectiveness is directly linked to their classroom management skills.

What is the most important thing a teacher can provide a classroom the first week of school?

SECURITY

What Is A Secure Classroom?

▪ No surprises

▪ No Yelling (this is NEVER appropriate)

▪ Everyone knows what is going on (agenda is on the board and discussed at the beginning of each class)

▪ Specific procedures and routines for all tasks.

Characteristics Effective Teacher

IneffectiveTeacher

•High level of student involvement with work

•Students are working •Teacher is working (probably behind desk)

•Clear student expectations

•Students know that assignments and tests are based on objectives

•Teacher says, “ Read Chapter 3 and do the questions at the end.”

•Relatively little wasted time, confusion, or disruption

•Teacher has discipline plan•Teacher starts class immediately•Teacher has agenda on board

•Teacher makes up rules and punishes according to their mood.•Teacher takes roll

•Work-oriented but pleasant climate

•Teacher has routines.•Teacher knows how to bring class to attention with out yelling•Teacher knows how to praise

•Teacher tells but does not rehears procedures•Teacher yells and flicks light switch•No praise

A Well-Managed Classroom

The Successful Classroom

▪ The work is ready

▪ The desks, books, papers, assignments are ready when the bell rings

▪ There is a positive climate

▪ The teacher has a warm positive attitude and has positive expectations that all students will succeed.

The Role of Differentiation in Instruction…

Differentiating instruction means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs.

This includes:• Content• Processes• Products• Learning

Environment• Ongoing

assessment• Flexible

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Students Learning the English Language

You will hear…

▪ ESL – English as a Second Language

▪ LEP – Limited English Proficient

▪ ELL – English Language Learner

Who they really are....

▪ Exceptional

▪ Students who do not let the language barrier prevent them from learning.

Special Education

Who they really are….

• Exceptional

• Students who do not let various barriers prevent them from learning.

You will hear…

• SLD – Specific Learning Disability

• OHI – Other Health Impaired

• MMD – Mild Mental Disability

• DD – Developmental Delay

RTI=Response to Intervention▪ For students who:▪ -are at/below the 20th %ile according to Universal Screener

▪ -are above the 20th %ile but are still having extreme difficulty in the classroom

▪ Areas: reading, math, writing, behavior▪ Tier 1—All students in the regular classroom

▪ Tier 2—for qualifying students—smaller group instruction with a research-based program OR strategy

▪ Tier 3—for students not making adequate progress in Tier 2. Instructional groups must be smaller than Tier 2 and program/time must be more intensive than Tier 2.

▪ NEW this year: Classroom teachers will be writing specific goals for students in RTI.

Differentiating and Danielson…

▪Domain 1: Planning and Preparation – Content Knowledge, Knowledge of Students, Instructional Outcomes, Knowledge of Resources, Coherent Instruction, Designing Student Assessments

▪Domain 2: The Classroom Environment –Environment of Respect and Rapport, Establish a Culture for Learning, Manage Classroom Procedures, Manage Student Behavior, Organize Physical Space

Differentiating and Danielson…

▪Domain 3: Instruction – Communicating with Students, Questioning and Discussion Techniques, Engaging Students, Using Assessment in Instruction, Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness

▪Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities–Reflection, Maintain Accurate Records, Communicate with Families, Participate in a Professional Community, Grow and Develop Professionally, Show Professionalism

EXPECTATIONS/RELATIONSHIPS

▪“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

~Henry Ford

▪ “We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow.”~Woodrow Wilson

Advise for the 1stDays & 1st Year