Teaching and Learning
How can we enhance teaching and learning?
Relative to the stated school goals and related action plan, our educational consultants work with individuals and teams to engage in the following process:
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Identify areas of strength and opportunities for growth (e.g., content knowledge, content-specific pedagogy, general pedagogical practices such as engagement and assessment).
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Plan professional learning at the division, team and/or individual level to amplify strengths and address identified needs within the subject area discipline, age group, and/or pedagogy.
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Expand content knowledge for teaching within the individual and team context.
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Share and make explicit the work of effective instructional practices.
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Coach individuals and teams toward specific action steps for impacting student learning outcomes.
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Engage educators in reflection and assessment of the application of their practice using evidence of student learning.
STRATEGIC ACTIONS
Develop Educators:
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Share and model practice
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Engage in coaching cycles
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Moderate and calibrate with teams
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Facilitate workshops & trainings
METHODS & EXPERIENCES
Develop Educators:
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Engage in professional learning with teachers and teams
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Use a multi-method approach (focus groups, interviews, surveys, observations, lesson and unit analysis, etc.) to assess current teaching and learning practices
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Share written or oral analysis of current teaching and learning practices, strengths and opportunities, and prioritized recommendations.
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Meet onsite or virtually to review evidence of student learning, design and refine units, and co-plan student learning experiences
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Collaboratively review assessments and rubrics for alignment to learning goals, accuracy, inter-rater reliability, and grade calibration
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Facilitate team planning that integrates Mission-related elements within the curriculum
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Develop teachers as the learner of the content (teacher as writer, mathematician, etc.)
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Look at student work for a variety of purposes and outcomes
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Coach for individuals and teams on implementing DEIJ practices in classrooms
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Reflect with teachers on the impact of their decisions in relation to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice when planning lessons and choosing resources
Sustain implementation:
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Collaborate to adapt units for online instruction
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Co-plan lessons
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Co-teach lessons
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Co-assess student work
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Partner with teachers to surface assumptions that underpin their actions
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Model equitable strategies for facilitating learning.
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Engage in unit and assessment design
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Partner in collaborative cycles: pre-brief, shared co-taught lesson, debrief
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Facilitate learning walks
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Participate in instructional rounds
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Coordinate Learning Labs
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Plan and reflect in lesson study
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Build demonstration classrooms through a gradual release model from consultant to teacher-leaders
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Tune adult work
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Reflect and celebrate successes
Sample Results
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Designed units
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Common assessments
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Rubrics
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Team agreements
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Protocols
