Professional Development

Indicators of Student Learning

Learners:

• Ask Questions of themselves and others
• Self –correct
• Display an ‘Aha’ moment
• Are able to explain their learning to someone else
• Connect their understanding to previous understanding
• Can perform the skill or learning automatically
• Apply their learning to new situations
• Show growth toward mastery
• Perform the designated learning task
• Support/defend the position/idea (accurately)
• Express understanding in multiple ways
• Have a desire to be challenged further
• Use the language of the discipline

Instructional Indicators for Student Learning

Teachers Organize Classroom Experiences Using a Variety of Group Strategies

• Large groups
• Small groups (more than 3)
• Pairs
• Triads
• Achievement
• Skill
• Ability
• Gender
• Student Choice
• Student Topical Interests

Teachers Organize the Physical Environment to Contain Models, Exemplars and Learning Agenda

Teachers Create Classroom Layouts That are Flexible

• Desks grouped
• Circles
• Rows
• Clear line of View
• Student seating assignment is purposeful
• Teachers provide students access to effective tools to enhance learning

Teachers Consistently Select a Variety of Teaching Strategies

Teachers

• Act as facilitators
• Promote active learning for each student
• Show students the bigger picture of why it’s important to know what they are being taught
• Use a variety of methods to encourage their students to demonstrate their understanding in multiple ways
• Ask questions rather than lecture/prompt students rather than answering for students
• Direct students to listen and respond to each other’s thinking
• Utilize strategies/questions that help students make connections at increasingly complex levels
• Utilize wait time
• Help students to rephrase learning or other students’ thinking
• Ask students to explain, judge their own thinking/strategies
• Integrate technology into lessons

Teachers Apply Consistent Expectations (Academic/behavior, routines)

Teachers Use Their Passion/Expertise of Subject to Engage Students

Teachers Have Knowledge of Student Performance/Instructional Needs

• Use informal/formal assessment data (frequently) to adjust teaching strategies