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Instructional Strategies The “Art” & “Science” of Teaching

Instructional Strategies The “Art” & “Science” of Teaching. Data Driven Decision Making and Data Teams. Find the data – “Treasure Hunt” Analyze the data Prioritize needs analysis Set, review, or revise annual goals Identify specific strategies to meet goals Determine results indicators.

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Instructional Strategies The “Art” & “Science” of Teaching

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  1. Instructional Strategies The “Art” & “Science” of Teaching

  2. Data Driven Decision Makingand Data Teams • Find the data – “Treasure Hunt” • Analyze the data • Prioritize needs analysis • Set, review, or revise annual goals • Identify specific strategies to meet goals • Determine results indicators

  3. Making Standards Work • Power Standards, Unwrapping the Standards and Performance Assessments • Standards that are “Essential“ and those that are “Nice-to-know" • Identify grade level outcomes • Align outcomes K - 12 • Write performance assessments • Focus instruction and assessment

  4. Identifying Strategies • Strategies are classroom actions that lead to the attainment of the goal • Strategies need to be • Action-oriented • Measurable/Accountable • Specific • What the principal, teacher, parents will do • Effective strategies will positively impact school and classroom practice

  5. Strategies for Success • Focused staff development • Data-driven decision making • Continuous search for replicable reforms • Systematic data gathering • Consistent, ongoing monitoring of student progress

  6. Why Workshops Dealing With Instructional Strategies? • Teachers have a powerful effect on students • Certain strategies tend to produce higher student achievement than others • To better meet the needs of all students • Workshops deal not just with the theory, but the real life application • The “How To”

  7. Four Planning Questions for Instruction Which strategies willprovide evidence that students have learnedthat knowledge? What knowledge willstudents learn? Which strategies will help students practice, review, and apply that knowledge? Which strategies will help students acquire and integrate that knowledge?

  8. Incorporating the Strategies into Instructional Planning

  9. Incorporating the Strategies into Instructional Planning (Continued)

  10. Strategies and Indicators • How will you know if a particular strategy is effective? • Results indicators determine: • If strategy is being implemented • If strategy is having intended effect on student learning and improved performance

  11. What The Future Can Be • The image of the future would be a group of teachers sitting around a table talking about their students’ work, learning and asking, ‘What do we need to do differently to get the work we would like from the kids?’ Dennis Sparks 1998, Executive Director of NSDC

  12. Jim Mabbott – Superintendent Mickey Odin – Deputy Superintendent Instructional Services Art Anderson – Director Marta Turner – Coordinator Pam Hallvik – Specialist Karen Durbin – Specialist

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