TEALS January Meetup1/15/2014

Do Now Grab some food and a name tag Pick up 3 handouts* and index card

*3rd handout different for AP and Intro Sit with your team Index Card:

What have you learned since you started TEALS? What is still giving you trouble?

Halftime! Reflection:

What have you learned? What still gives you

trouble?

Progress Report

Program Update School recruiting is NOW – send us schools!

Aiming to DOUBLE(ish) (volunteer recruiting on deck)

OPS team in place! Will hire new Regional Managers to support additional growth Stipend Issues / Volunteer Manager hours / classroom support:

email [Regional Director] Classroom Swag Refill available – wait for email to request

Hour of Code wrap-up

End of semester surveys Only if your class is ending Mirrors survey from

beginning of semester NYC schools have 2 surveys

again Fixing this for 2nd semester

surveymonkey.com/s/TEALSpost

Spring Field Trip 1 full school day Invite students from both semesters Format (varies by region) School Requirements

Permission slips Media release Provide transportation Pre/Post discussion

Do you know a school or company who should have a booth at the fair?

Final Projectshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzAG1fly28c

Kinect Projects for Intro Loaner Kinects are

available. If interested: Submit project plans for

what you would like to use them for.

Due date: Feb 1. We will send out a survey in which you will need to indicate interest.

SDK + sample projects located at:

http://scratch.saorog.com/

Curriculum Handoff What is the goal of TEALS? How do we maximize our

impact? What is your role in this?

Goals for Phase 2AP AND INTRO Classroom teacher should (have)

complete(d) major projects on their own.

Classroom teacher begins to participate in grading of assignments.

Classroom teacher should be serving as a TA during lab able to fully participate and aid students.

Classroom teacher should begin leading demos or reviews (partial class 1/wk)

AP ONLY Classroom teacher should take a

practice AP test by the end of the year

Classroom teacher should handle half of grading by end of semester

Team Reflection Work with your teaching team

If there are fewer than 3 of you present, merge with another team

Where is your team right now in the phases discussed in the document?

What should you focus on to make progress? Any feedback on the document itself? (it’s brand new

after all!)

Co-Teaching

Strategies for Effective Co-Teaching Think about…

What are the potential benefits of having multiple adults in the classroom?

What does effective co-teaching look like? What does effective co-teaching require?

Model 1: One Teach, One Support What should the supporter

do? Hand out papers Drive the demo/computer Prepare next part of lesson Monitor student engagement

Model 2: Team Teaching Situations

Asking model questions Paraphrasing Boardwork 2 sides of a debate

Transitions Positive Handoff Signal

Model 3: Parallel Teaching Reduce Student:Teacher

ratio Same or different

activities Esp. discussions – gives

each student more talk time

Model 4: Station Teaching Hint: you do this almost

every day!

Model 5: Alternative Teaching Can you think of moments in

your class when this would have been helpful?

Be careful with remediation Don’t set low expectations.

Team Teaching Improv ACTIVITY Goal: practice the TEAM TEACHING model

Pair up with someone from your teaching team, and then join a group with another pair (4 people/group total)

Objective: SWBAT explain the binary number system and convert between decimal and binary numbers up to 8 bits

8 minutes to plan how to present the new material (lecture) + demo an example (3 minute lesson)

Team Teaching Improv Game Objective: SWBAT explain the binary number system and

convert between decimal and binary numbers up to 8 bits Rules:

While one teacher is speaking, the other should be writing on the “board” (paper).

The observing team can signal the teachers to switch roles by shouting “Switch!”. This can happen up to 3x throughout the lesson.

Afterwards, discuss what worked well (particularly during transitions), what felt unnatural or didn’t go as planned, and the specific things that need to be planned out ahead of time

Team Teaching Wrapup What are the potential

benefits of having multiple adults in the classroom?

What does effective co-teaching look like?

What does effective co-teaching require?

How can you use this in your classroom to: Boost student

achievement? Make progress towards

curriculum handoff?

SPLIT!!AP Teams

Preparing students for the AP Exam

Intro Teams Using the new Curriculum

Guide and Curriculum Materials Repository

AP Exam PrepCreate a plan for what strategies you will incorporate to start preparing students for the AP exam, how often, and what resources will be required

Strategies for AP prep: Incorporate past AP questions into exams and HW Assign past AP questions as Do Now/entrance activity Practice free response questions and scoring guides Practice handwriting code Timed practice (MC or FRQ) Full-length practice exams outside of school (classroom teacher)

Curriculum MaterialsGuide

Units Objectives Assessment Suggested Activities

Repository Set of curated content from

you Sort and Filter by unit,

topic, objective Search metadata and full-

text Rate content to help others

choose Send us content to include!

Curriculum Repository Launching ASAP Requires an Office 365

account (“Organizational Account”) OR Live ID / “Microsoft Account”

You will receive an invitation this weekend

DEMO!!!!

https://teals.sharepoint.com/curriculum

Practice-It for AP Requires a login – easy to create

Demo: http://practiceit.cs.washington.edu/practiceit/

Open Discussion Major issues in your class? Curriculum? Assessments and grading? One of the topics from tonight:

Kinect Field Trip Handoff Co-Teaching

Exit Ticket: session feedbackhttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014115