Colonial Mentoring Cycle 3

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Date/Location

Topic

Pre/Post Work to be completed in Schoology course

Due date for pre/post

work

August 12, 2015

Colwyck Elementary
9:00-2:30
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Cycle 3 Kick Off

Post Work:
(1 hour)

1.
Assignment:
Upload lesson plan using 3 out of the 5 Engaging Everybody strategies.
Should be a beginning of the year lesson plan
2. Discussion Board:
Identify what specific strategies and/or area you want to focus on
this year in order to improve your instructional practice.

August 27, 2015

Complete work independently

between 8/12/15 - 9/11/15

Designing and
Evaluating
Assessments

Pre Work:
(5 hours)
1. Complete online course materials for Designing & Evaluating Assessments
2. Assignment: Teachers will create a formatted six-item assessment aligned to a
standard(s) that includes at least two self-designed selected response items and one
self-designed constructed response item. Upload to Schoology.

September 11, 2015

Elementary - 9/28/15
4:00-6:00
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44661

Designing and
Evaluating
Assessments

Post Work:
(1 hour)
1. Discussion Board: Complete discussion board about how you will use the knowledge
from Designing and Evaluating Assessments to set DPAS II goals, how you will create
or improve assessments in your own classroom.

September 30, 2015

Complete work independently

between 9/28/15 - 10/23/15

Checks for
Understanding

Pre Work
:
(3 hours 45 mins)
1. Complete online course materials for Check for Understanding (2 hours 15 mins)
2. Assignment: Upload a lesson plan where you incorporated 1 out of the 3 checks for
understanding strategies in Schoology. (1.5 hours)

October 23, 2015

Elementary - 11/9/15
4:00-6:00
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44661

Checks for
Understanding

Post Work:
( 1 hour)
1. Discussion Board: Describe a time when and how you adjusted your instruction in
response to checking for understanding data in practice protocol.

November 27, 2015

4.5 hours
1 hr break for lunch

Secondary - 9/29/15
3:00 5:00
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2 hours

Secondary - 11/10/15
3:00 5:00
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2 hours

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Complete work independently
between 11/27/15 - 1/8/16

Feedback and Grading

Pre Work:
(3 hours 45 mins)
1. Complete online course materials for Feedback & Grading
(3 hours 15 mins)
2. Assignment: Upload in Schoology a sample of feedback you have given to a student.
Bring to face to face session.
(.5 hour)

January 8, 2016

Elementary - 1/25/16
4:00-6:00
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44661

Feedback and Grading

Post Work:
(1 hour)
1. Discussion:
In a Schoology discussion, reflect on how you will communicate feedback
and grades to students and parents during conferences.

January 29, 2016

Final Meeting:
Reflections of
Learning

Pre Work:
(.5 hour)
1. Think about your experience this year in Cycle 3. Come to our final session
prepared to discuss what you learned and how it impacted your teaching and
student learning in your classroom.

Due on or before 3/24/16

End of Cycle
Verification

Post Work
(.5 hour)
1. Assignment: Upload you Cycle 3 Verification form.
2. Online Verification: Complete online verification in Schoology

DE Code 1503

3.0
Comprehensive Educator Induction Programs
3.3
Failure by an educator to successfully complete the requirements of the applicable comprehensive induction program shall result in the
denial of the Continuing License or suspension of the license as provided in 14 DE Admin. Code 1511 Issuance and Renewal of Continuing License.
4.0
New Educator Mentoring
4.2.2
Complete the requirements of the applicable program, which shall consist of no more than sixty (60) hours in the first year, inclusive of
meetings between the Mentor and the new educator, and no more than thirty (30) hours in the second and third years.

Secondary - 1/26/16
3:00 5:00
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44662
2 hours
Elementary - 3/21/16
4:00-6:00
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44661
Secondary - 3/22/16
3:00 5:00
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44662
2 hours
Total hours = 30

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Module Overviews
Module Name

Description

CC-120
Engaging
Everybody

In this module you will learn about four techniques that will help you engage all your students throughout your lessons.
You will receive direct instruction online from Doug Lemov about these Championship Techniques: "Wait Time,"
"Everybody Writes," "Call & Response," and "Cold Call." Youll see videos of teachers using these techniques, and you
will practice planning these techniques into your own lessons.

TC-101
Designing and
Evaluating
Assessments

Assessment is a popular, and often controversial, topic in education. No matter what you believe politically about
assessment of student learning, it is as critical aspect of the teaching cycle. Assessment allows us to make inferences
about what our students know and what they are able to do. We can then use that assessment data to make decisions
about how best to meet our students needs, but this process will only be effective if what we capture is reliable. In this
module we will look at the characteristics of high-quality assessment items, learn how to procure assessment items,
write our own assessment items, and intentionally construct a well-formatted assessment that is aligned to a standard.

TC-121 Checks
for
Understanding

In this module, you will examine the purpose for checking for understanding, study best practices for executing these
techniques, practice the techniques with your peers, and employ them with your students. You will learn specific
techniques for gathering real-time data about student learning so that you can adjust instruction on the fly to ensure
students are learning every day.

TC-200
Feedback and
Grading

We all have the same goal - high student achievement. Youve already learned a lot about planning great lessons and
tracking student progress. In this module, you will learn how to give effective written and oral feedback to students, so
they are empowered to self-correct and motivated to improve. Through the use of Susan Brookharts How to Give
Effective Feedback to Your Students, you will explore the characteristics of effective feedback and hear teachers and
students share the impact of effective feedback on student achievement. Finally, you will spend time online and
in-person exploring ways to help students make meaning of their grades and your feedback.