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Working Together So That ALL Students Succeed
March 16, 2012
Robert SoxEliz Colbert
I know how to mash the button
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Are you from the SOUTH?
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Robert & Eliz must be experts who have come to Wiley to tell us what to do.
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Educators need experts to tell them what to do.
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What is an EXPERT?
Pronounced: “ex-spurt”Ex: FormerSpurt: A drip under pressure
We’re Here Today to:
• Start a conversation• Promote collaboration• Encourage the continuous improvement of
your teams as you focus on learning and teaching that will lead to success for each student here
Our Assumptions:
• You are working HARD to do what’s best for kids• You work in Professional Learning Teams• Student learning is your highest priority • You share your expertise within and outside of your
team• This is a safe space to be candid & honest• Things aren’t always perfect
Our level of depth today is:
• Water Skiing • Deep Diving
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I belong to a high functioning PLC
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Factors that Influence Student Achievement
Individually: SILENTLY •Consider the factors you believe most strongly influence student achievement.•Write one idea per sticky note
Whole Table: QUIETLY•Combine all sticky notes on the table•Organize similar ideas in categories.•Label the categories.•Stack/combine like ideas.•Identify three major ideas that emerged.
• Factors that Influence Student Achievement– Observe– Influence– Control
What is your impact?
Importance of Alignment
Alignment is an even stronger predictor of student achievement on standardized tests than are socioeconomic status, gender, race, and teacher effect. (Elmore & Rothman, 1999: Mitchell, 1998; Wishnick,1989)
Alignment
•How do you know if it is missing?
•When is the best time to plan for it?
Alignment
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The Professional Education Association
Identifies three unique dimensions of curriculum alignment.
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Content
Cognitive
Context
Dimensions of Alignment
Does the teacher teach and test the topics listed in the
curriculum?
Content
• Canine • Bread • Spoon • Tree • House• Flower • Death • Cloud • Basket • Magazine
InstructionCard
Instruction
Card
InstructionCard
10Words
Follow Your Instructions
Please work independently
Let’s Take a Test
Please work independently
How many words did
you list?
Canine
Bread
Spoon
Tree
House
Flower
Death
Cloud
Basket
Magazine
How Many Words Did You Remember?
A. 7-10B. 5-6C. 3-4D. 1-2E. 0
7-10 5-6 3-4 1-2 0
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Why were some participants more
successful on the test than others?
Different Kinds of Thinking
Count the
vowels in
these
words.Memorize
these words.
Rate each word
on its
pleasantness
1 = low
3 = high
Do the students get to work and think at the level the curriculum
prescribes?
Cognitive Type
The Knowledge Dimension
The Cognitive Process Dimension
1.Remember
2.Understand
3.Apply
4.Analyze
5.Evaluate
6.Create
A.Factual
B.Conceptual
C.Procedural
D.Meta- Cognitive
The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
A1
B2
C3
D4
Are the parameters of the assessment reasonably similar
to the parameters of the instruction?
Context
How confident are you that your brownies will be good?
1. Extremely Unconfident
2. Somewhat Unconfident
3. Somewhat Confident4. Extremely Confident
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How confident are you that your brownies will be good?
1. Extremely Unconfident
2. Somewhat Unconfident
3. Somewhat Confident4. Extremely Confident
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What Are You Thinking Now?
Aligning Instruction
• Content Standards• Curriculum Expectations• Instructional Objectives• Assessment Tasks
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A Simple ExampleContent
StandardsCurriculum Expectations
Instructional Objectives
Assessment Tasks
Understand how to bake a cake
Understand how to bake a chocolate cake by October 31st
•Identify main ingredients of cake
•Measure dry ingredients accurately based on a recipe
•Monitor baking time to determine when cake is fully cooked
Describe the process of baking a chocolate cake
Bake a chocolate cake
Retroactive ReviewInstructional Objectives Assessment Tasks
I have a general understanding of this thing called alignment
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I can see why aligning improves achievement
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This is a topic we should explore more
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I have some ideas where we could go from here
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