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Time Frame:
55 minutes
Description:
Audience:
# of
Participants:
Facilitator(s):
Author(s):
Location:
25-30
LaJoya
Transfer
Standard #1
Learner
Development: The
teacher understands
how learners grow
and develop,
recognizing that
patterns of learning
and development
vary individually
within and across
the cognitive,
linguistic, social,
emotional, and
physical areas, and
designs and
implements
developmentally
appropriate and
challenging learning
experiences. The
specific focus will be
on a, d, i, and j.
the
importance
of
plan
for
the
use
of
ensure inclusive
the use of
learning
keeping students
engagement
engagement
environments that
engaged.
strategies.
strategies.
enable each learn to and recognize a
ready to
implement a variety
meet high
variety of
implement
of engagement
standards. The
engagement
engagement
strategies.
specific focus will be
strategies.
strategies.
on a, c, and g.
evaluate the
the importance of
effectiveness of
Standard #3
increasing
each engagement
Learning
teacher
strategy used and
Environments:
effectiveness.
make appropriate
The teacher works
with others to create
environments that
support individual
adjustments.
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and collaborative
learning, and that
encourage positive
social interaction,
active engagement
in learning, and selfmotivation. The
specific focus will be
on b-e, h-l, and o-q.
Standard #4
Content
Knowledge: The
teacher understands
the central
concepts, tools of
inquiry, and
structures of the
discipline(s) he or
she teaches and
creates learning
experiences that
make these aspects
f the discipline
accessible and
meaningful for
learners to assure
mastery of the
content. The
specific focus will be
on (b) and (c).
Standard #5
Application of
Content: The
teacher understands
how to connect
concepts and use
differing
perspectives to
engage learners in
critical thinking,
creativity, and
collaborative
problem solving
related to authentic
local and global
issues. The specific
focus will on be on
a-f, and m-o.
Standard #6
Assessment: The
teacher understands
and uses multiple
methods of
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assessment to
engage learners in
their own growth, to
monitor learner
progress, and to
guide the teachers
and learners
decision making.
The specific focus
will be on a, e, and f.
Standard #7
Planning for
Instruction: The
teacher plans
instruction that
supports every
student in meeting
rigorous learning
goals by drawing
upon knowledge of
content areas,
curriculum, crossdisciplinary skills,
and pedagogy, as
well as knowledge of
learners and the
community context.
The specific focus
will be on a and b.
Standard #8
Instructional
Strategies: The
teacher understands
and uses a variety
of instructional
strategies to
encourage learners
to develop deep
understanding of
content areas and
their connections,
and to build skills to
apply knowledge in
meaningful ways.
The specific focus
will be on b, d, f, h,
and j.
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Questions
Checking Work
CFU
Session Survey
Title
Engagement Strategies
Notes
Created
Prior to
Start of
session
Description
Math
Materials
/ Slides
Power
Point
All other
content
Materials,
slides and
handouts
Power
Point
Handouts
Index card
Put an index card on each desk for the participants prior to the start
of the session.
Begin the session promptly at the beginning of each hour,
leaving time in the last session for the survey, in an effort to
show the District Standard that values ones time.
4 Minutes Projected:
Please introduce yourself to someone and sit in pairs - close
to the front of the room.
Familiarize yourself with the handout regarding the
descriptions of the structures and talk about what they look
like in a lesson.
Slide 1
Projected
as participants enter
the room
Handout
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No Slide
Slide 2
THE NEED
Trends in mathematics classrooms.
Evaluation myths/misconceptions.
Brainstorming (next steps).
THE GOAL
Higher student achievement.
Increasing our teaching effectiveness.
HOW?
Through engagement and its relation to a high culture for
learning and planning to support it.
3 Minutes Timed Pair Share:
Pose a question or scenario to the class.
Give think time to the whole class
Give directions for person A to answer for 30 seconds.
Give directions for person B to answer for 30 seconds.
Teacher selects a couple of students to share what their
partner said.
3 Minutes What is Intellectual Engagement?
1 Minute
Slide 3
Slide 4
Visible
Timer
Hi-Liter
Underline
Slide 5
How do effective teachers set the tone for their classroom at the
beginning of the year?
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Slide 6
Blank
Paper
Slide 7
Chart
Paper
5 Minutes
The other students in teams, either adds the item to the list, or if it
is already listed, checks it off.
In that same team, the next student says the next item from the
top 2.
Teams sit when all their items are shared. While seated, they add
each new item using step #4.
When all teams are seated, all items have been shared and the list
is complete.
Culture of Learning
Slide 8
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4 Minutes
Plan what formative assessment you will use and what you are
specifically looking for
Effective teachers know that everything needs to be monitored
Monitoring creates opportunities to give students feedback
Feedback is a motivator and creates a feeling of investment in
the activity.
Invested students are engaged students.
Slide 10
2 Minutes
Slide 11
Post it
Notes
Venn
Diagram
The Focus
Slide 12
What does engagement look like?
Experience it for yourself
We will analyze three different approaches to a math worksheet
1 Minutes
Slide 13
(While you are the student, out of the corner of your eye, watch
they dynamic of the other students and the room in general)
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4
Minutes
Slide 14
Formula
for
Surface of
a Cylinder
Calculator
s
White
Board
Markers
Erasures
4
Minutes
Slide 15
4
Minutes
Slide 16
14. The bill for the repair of your car was $326. The cost of parts was $242. The
cost of labor was $28 per hour. How many hours did it take to fix your car?
Formula
for
Surface of
a Cylinder
Calculator
s
White
Board
Markers
Erasures
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4
Minutes
What kind of information did the teacher get from the formative
assessment?
Slide 17
4
Minutes
Slide 18
Formula
for
Surface of
a Cylinder
Calculator
s
White
Board
Markers
Erasures
Use with
prior
slide, no
time
Each student individually writes the solution to the first problem and stops.
Slide 19
4
Minutes
What kind of information did the teacher get from the formative
assessment?
Slide 20
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Positive
Interdep
endence
(do they
need
each
other?)
1
Minutes
Whole Class
Q&A
Unstructu
red Group
Discussion
Positive but
only one
student
independent
of everyone
else
Positive
but
unstructur
ed
Slide 21
Individua
l
Accounta
bility
No
No
Yes
Equal
Participa
tion
No
No (can
have
freeloader
s)
Yes
Simultan
eous
Interacti
on
No
1/30 = 3.3%
At least 1
out of 4 in
a group =
25%
1 minute
If time
permits
Slide 22
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1 minute
If time
permits
Slide 23
3
minutes
If time
permits
Predict what would happen to the area of a rectangle if the base increased
by 5.
Slide 24
Books:
Resourc
es
Contact Information
Slide 25
Slide 29
Lindsey Robertson
Email: lindsey.Robertson@tuhsd.org
Jeff Carter
Email: jeff.carter@tuhsd.org
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Blank
Piece of
Paper
Things we can
Notes
When Modeling Engagement Strategies
1. Identify Strategy
2. Purpose and Description
3. CFU
4. Directions
5. CFU
6. Model
7. Debrief
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References
Handouts:
#1
Pair Share
Teacher announces a topic or question and provides think time.
Teacher states which student shares first.
In pairs, Partner A shares; Partner B listens.
Teacher stops sharing and directs students to switch roles.
Rally Robin
Teacher poses a problem to which there are multiple possible solutions or responses.
In pairs, students take turns stating responses or solutions.
Round Robin
Teacher assigns a topic or question with multiple answers and provides think time.
Students respond orally to each other, each in turn taking the same amount of time.
Numbered Heads Together
Students each get a number.
Teacher poses a problem and students privately write their answers.
Students lift up from their chairs to put their heads together, show answers, discuss, and teach.
Students sit down when everyone understands the answer.
Teacher calls a number. Students with that number answer the question.
Rally Coach
Partner A solves the first problem.
Partner B watches, listens, coaches, praises.
Partner B solves the next problem.
Partner A watches, listens, coaches, praises.
Rally Table
Teacher gives topic with multiple answers.
In pairs, students go back and forth writing a response on paper.
RoundTable
Teacher provides a task to which there are multiple possible responses.
In teams, students take turns saying and writing a response on one paper.
Compare-Repair
Each student individually writes solution to first problem and stops.
Pairs will share, compare, and repair answers.
Repeat for each question alternating who speaks first.
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#2
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