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WHY TEACHER BASED TEAMS in SUPPORT OF ALL STUDENTS?
Create shared responsibility for each student as part of “all of our kids”
Eliminate teachers working alone
Provide effective ways for differentiated instruction
Establish ongoing and embedded professional development within the TBT
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•Build Capacity to Train TBTs in Ohio 5-Step Process•Provide TBT Training in Ohio 5-Step Process•Collect Data on Quality of TBT Implementation•Set Benchmark Standards•Use BLT Student Performance and Adult Implementation Data to Provide Guidance and Support to BLTs
•Determines district wide and/or building-to-building support needed from internal and external sources
DLT
• Monitor TBT Implementation and instructional practices• Use the data to make decisions around professional development and other supports needed by TBTs
•Identify Strengths and Weaknesses of TBT Student Data•Provide timely flow of BLT Data to DLT Level (as defined by DLT)•Articulate roles and responsibilities of BLT to building staff
BLT
•Give common assessment to students•Analyze results•Use assessment data to group students by needs or deficit skills•Provide intervention/enrichment- by differentiating instruction•Re-assess students, evaluate effectiveness of practices•Summarize student performance and instructional practice data and report to BLT
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What we Know About TBT’s
With a balance of administrativesupport and pressure, teacher
groups are more likely to persistwith addressing problems long
enough to make a causalconnection between
instructional decisions andachievement gains
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Teachers change their practices when:
• they have an opportunity to develop a collective understanding of high quality instruction and
• are provided ongoing opportunities to collectively reflect, discuss, deliberately practice, receive coaching and then adjust their teaching.
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Student Scores
% Teachers Implementing
with Fidelity
Student Achievement
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Teacher Implementation
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NON-NEGOTIABLES FOR AN EFFECTIVE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Intensive training and support in the (5 step) process
Multiple opportunities for practice
Coaching in the process and opportunities for observation
McNulty (2010)
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Facilitation Approaches and Standards
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READ:Approaches – Instructional and FacilitativeStandards for Successful Team Meetings
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Facilitation Approaches and Standards:
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1. Think about some of the key learning that your team might be engaged in next year (i.e. strategies, modules, common core.)
2. Think about examples of when you might use each one of these ideas in your team meetings.
3. Be ready to share.
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Collaborative Inquiry
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… a way of ensuring that collaboration goes beyond casual story swapping and becomes true, intentional joint work that results in new understandings that will move practice forward
Katz, Earl & Jaafar, (2009). Building and Connecting Learning Communities, p.74.
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Implement the Plan Systemically and Systematically
Systemically
• Breadth
• Depth
• Sustainability
• Shared Ownership
Systematically• Procedural
• Coherent
• Thorough
• Regularity
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Ohio Improvement
Process
STAGE 0Planning
and Preparation
Establish collaborative structures and processes
Use data to identify critical needs Develop goals, research-
based strategies, indicators, & action steps focused on critical needs
identified in Stage 1
Review data. Gather summative evidence of
implementation and impact
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Step 1Collect and chart
data
Step 2Analyze student
work specific to the data
Step 3Establish shared expectations for
implementing specific effective changes in the
classroom
Step 4Implement changes consistently across
all classrooms
Step 5Collect, chart and analyze post data
The Ohio 5-Step
Process:A Cycle of
Inquiry
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
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Step 1
Collect and Chart Student Data from a Common Assessment
• Teacher Created• End-of-Unit Assessments• Purchased Questions
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Summative district and
state assessments (aggregated,
disaggregated; srand, item, and
student work)
Data about people, practices, perceptions (e.g.,
demographic, enrollment, survey, interview, observation
data, curriculum maps)
Benchmark common assessments (e.g., end-of-unit, common grade-level tests
reported at item level; aggregated, disaggregated; strand, item, and student
work)
Formative common assessments (e.g., math problem of the week, writing samples, science
journals, other student work)
Formative classroom assessments for learning (e.g., student self-assessments, descriptive feedback, selected response, written response, personal communications, performance
assessments)
Annual
2-4 times a year
Quarterly or end of unit
1-4 times a month
Daily - Weekly
Who Needs the Data?
DLT/BLT/TBT
The Data Coach’s Guide: Love, Stiles, Mundry & DiRanna, c. 2008
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15 Step TBT
ProcessUse TBT process to be PROACTIVE in strengthening the Core instruction.
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Summative district and
state assessments (aggregated,
disaggregated; srand, item, and
student work)
Data about people, practices, perceptions (e.g.,
demographic, enrollment, survey, interview, observation
data, curriculum maps)
Benchmark common assessments (e.g., end-of-unit, common grade-level tests
reported at item level; aggregated, disaggregated; strand, item, and student
work)
Formative common assessments (e.g., math problem of the week, writing samples, science
journals, other student work)
Formative classroom assessments for learning (e.g., student self-assessments, descriptive feedback, selected response, written response, personal communications, performance
assessments)
Annual
2-4 times a year
Quarterly or end of unit
1-4 times a month
Daily - Weekly
The Data Coach’s Guide: Love, Stiles, Mundry & DiRanna, c. 2008
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH!?
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What Does Feedback Mean?
“The mistake I was making was seeing feedback as something teachers provided to students – they typically did not, although they made claims that they did at the time, and most of the feedback they did provide was social and behavioral. It was only then when I discovered that feedback was most powerful when it is from the student to the teacher that I understand it better. When teachers seek, or at least open to, feedback from students as to what students know, what they understand, where they make errors, when they have misconceptions, when they are not engaged – then teaching and learning can be synchronized and powerful. Feedback to teachers helps make learning visible. “ (Hattie 2009 pg. 173)
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Pay attention to the formative effects of your teaching, as it is these attributes of seeking formative evaluation of the effects (intended and unintended) of the programs that makes for excellence in teaching.
Hattie pg. 181 2009
Formative Evaluation!
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Establish shared expectations for implementing specific differentiated
strategies in the classroom.
Step 3
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TBTs and Your Instructional Framework
What’s the difference between
a strategy and an Instructional Framework?
Do we know how this fits with TBTs?
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Domain 1: Planning and Preparation
1a Demonstrating Knowledge of Content Pedagogy1b Demonstrating Knowledge of Students1c Setting Instructional Outcomes1d Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources1e Designing Coherent Instruction1f Designing Student Assessments
Domain 2: Classroom Environment
2a Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport2b Establishing a Culture for Learning2c Managing Classroom Procedures2d Managing Classroom Behavior2e Organizing Physical Space
Domain 3: Instruction
3a Communicating With Students3b Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques3c Engaging Students in Learning3d Using Assessment in Instruction3e Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness
Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities
4a Reflecting on Teaching4b Maintaining Accurate Records4c Communicating with Families4d Participating in a Professional Community4e Growing and Developing Professionally4f Showing Professionally
Charlotte Danielson’s Instructional Framework
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FRAMEWORK STRATEGIESBEFORE o Communicate Learning Targeto Word Study/vocabularyo Activate Prior Knowledge
• Frayer Method • Vocabulary Cluster• K-W-L Chart• Anticipation Guide
DURING:o Present and model the contento Practice and deepen content knowledge
• Shared Reading • Paired Reading• Echo Reading• (using) Think Alouds
AFTER:o Checking for Understanding • Retell
• Writing As An Extension of Reading• Write a Review• Create a Timeline of Story• Application of New Vocabulary
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Communication Loop?
• What does the BLT need?• Monthly update from each team• What is the most important information that needs shared
for us to be a LEARNING community?
• What does the DLT/Transformation Team need?• At least quarterly updates from the BLT on the progress of
their TBTs• Implementation Data (Adults)• Pre/Post Data (Students)
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Different TBT Configurations
• Vertical Teams • Cross Content • Same Grade Level/Same Content • Multiple Grades/Same Content Area
• Within Class Intervention/Enrichment!• Centers• Differentiated Work (Flexible Grouping)
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