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Protocols – A Recipe for Student Success

Protocols – A Recipe for Student Success. Presented by Maria Baltsas and Stella Melone Julian High School Staff Development September 3, 2009. Powerful Practices. What are they?

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Protocols – A Recipe for Student Success

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  1. Protocols – A Recipe for Student Success Presented by Maria Baltsas and Stella Melone Julian High School Staff Development September 3, 2009

  2. Powerful Practices • What are they? • A set of specific cognitive behaviors that students need to possess in order to be successful in their lives beyond high school- postsecondary and beyond • What they are not? • Classroom “Strategies” • Instructional Tasks • Broad clusters of skills

  3. A Recipe for Student Success • 3 Eggs • 1 Cup of Oil • 1 Cup of Sugar • 1 Cup Firmly Packed Brown Sugar • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla • 2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon • ½ Teaspoons Ground Nutmeg • 3 Cups All Purpose Flour • 1 ½ Teaspoons Baking Soda • 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder • 1 Teaspoon Salt • 1 Cup Finely Chopped Walnuts • In large bowl, beat first five ingredients until light and fluffy. Blend in sifted dry ingredients. Gently stir in zucchini and walnuts. Turn into two greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in loaf comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Remove from pan, cool completely. • Makes two loafs of my wife’s most delicious zucchini bread. • There are some obvious facts here. First, it takes a skilled cook to produce excellent baked goods. Second, many fine and top choice ingredients are needed. • Third, the gathering, mixing, blending, baking and cooling of these ingredients takes much time. There is a great difference in taste between store bought products and home made baked goods.

  4. What’s the Big Idea? • What is the general nature of this task (THE BIG IDEA?) (For example, does this task ask students to: make a persuasive argument, make a judgment, develop a topic????

  5. Determine what students should KNOW • Make a list of things that students should KNOW in order to complete the task successfully. • What PRIOR KNOWLEDGE of content and skills must students posses in order to complete the task successfully? • Preheat, frost, bake, mix • Measure, Evaluation, Sequence, Application

  6. Determine what students should DO? • Underline directions and terminology that are contained in the task which ask students to DO something (i.e a skill) • Which of your underlined terms could be a Powerful Practice?

  7. Dig Deep • Make a list of questions you have after reading this task? • Try to answer the questions and find solutions to the challenges you raise

  8. List the Powerful Practices • List the PPs explicitly stated or implied in the mission statement The mission of the Percy L. Julian High School is to provide a quality educational program that is conducive to learning. Our collaborative task is to develop and implement innovative curricula that is designed to enhance student achievement, improve academic skills and stress critical thinking and problem solving techniques in the acquisition of knowledge.

  9. The Vision of Julian • VisionIn recognition of the legacy of Dr. Percy Lavon Julian, renowned research chemist, the vision of Percy L. Julian High School is to create a student centered learning environment that is stimulating, challenging and conducive to learning. The learning climate and culture will promote collaborative, cooperative processes and experiences that empower all stake holders to work together to achieve priority goals and ensure that all students receive a quality education.

  10. Your Task • How might you refine (customize) this metaphor to better support your school’s TIA or Powerful Practice

  11. To complete the inquiry process of a research paper Select a topic Develop an outline or brainstorm Schedule a library visit Familiarize students with accessing credible information Provide a list of databases for students to access information Use MLA format to cite sources used Complete a series of note cards Model/ provide examples of all steps Provide clear and specific directions and expectations

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