WARM-UP

On the blank side of your card please write 1-3 things you have learned

about the rubric since our last professional development.

One Goal, One Direction

One Direction One Goal:  All Wasson teachers will use the TAP Model, emphasizing AVID strategies to increase student engagement and reduce the number of students scoring unsatisfactory and partially proficient by 50% or more on the 2012 CSAP Assessment.       

http://youtu.be/p5zwJJfZqmU

Sometimes we think we know …

But realize it isn’t what we think

Essential Questions

What are the essential elements of the TAP rubric ?

How can we combine the TAP rubric with AVID/WICR strategies to increase student achievement?

Objectives

Teachers will learn the components of the TAP rubric and descibe two ways it could impact their instruction

Teachers will be able to apply AVID/WICR strategies to the TAP rubric

Performance Level

DOMAINPerformance

Level

Indicator

Indicator

Descriptor Descriptor

Who goes where?

GREEN – Room 178

PINK – CHOIR ROOM

BLUE – AUTO CLASSROOM

YELLOW – ART ROOM

Demonstration of Learning

On average, do you check for daily student mastery:

3 -75% or more of the time 2-50% to 75% of the time

1-50% or less

DIFFERENTIATION

A demonstration of learning can look and sound different in different classrooms.

A demonstration of learning can look and sound different for different students.

Suzi’s example

Rating Scale

1-Student has no clue

2-Student can teach concept to someone else with help

3-Student can teach the concept without help

Adjust teaching the next day based on your data…it directs instruction

Importance

Every student is accountable

Teachers have data

Instant feedback

Builds confidence

Students take ownership of their learning

Confidence builder

Students can use academic vocabulary

“If there’s teaching going on, but the students aren’t

learning, is it really teaching?”

Driven by Data Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

The AVID curriculum supports writing through the use of:

• Cornell note-taking• Learning logs• Quick writes and reflections• Process writing• Peer evaluation• Authentic writing

Writing Inquiry Collaboration Reading

The AVID curriculum supports inquiry through the use of:

• Skilled questioning techniques• Costa’s levels of thinking• Socratic Seminars• Tutorials• Investigations• Questions that guide research

The AVID curriculum supports collaboration through the use of:

• Socratic seminars• Tutorials• Philosophical chairs• Group activities and projects• Peer editing• Service learning projects

The AVID curriculum supports reading through the use of:

• Deep reading strategies• Note-taking• Graphic organizers• Vocabulary building• Summarizing• Reciprocal teaching

http://prezi.com/8viyc-nwwfoo/wasson-high-school-cluster-group-overview/

NORMS

On time and on target for all meetings Come prepared and actively

participate Be succinct with questions and

comments Support one another and actively listen Okay to disagree but don’t be

disagreeable

NORMS

Commit to all decisions made in cluster meetings

Communicate honestly with teammates

Manage your technology End meetings on time

Choir Room – DeloresRoom 178 – SarahAuto Shop – ChrisArt Room – Ted

Who goes where?

One Goal, One Direction

One Direction One Goal:  All Wasson teachers will use the TAP Model, emphasizing AVID strategies to increase student engagement and reduce the number of students scoring unsatisfactory and partially proficient by 50% or more on the 2012 CSAP Assessment.     

Reinforcement: What do you do exceptionally well now that impacts student achievement?

Refinement: What is one area of your teaching you want to improve to increase student achievement?

http://youtu.be/ihZcy3yoZ8M