January 2019: Learning Walks & Workshop

Agenda and Slides

See below for breakouts and feel free to use any of these with your staff.

Expand Knowledge (10 mins)

• Bring an upcoming unit/lesson/consensus map/curriculum document with you to this session.
• We are going to explore the instructional models (printed) but also available digitally and select the best model for this lesson. Explore model examples for a few minutes.

Practice and Apply (10 mins)

• Option 1: Using one upcoming lesson, restructure the lesson using the instructional model you selected.
• Option 2: Select a template to create an upcoming PL lesson.
• Option 3: Select an example and make it into a template.

Reflect before you go (5 mins)

• Using the Core 5 continuum, where would you place this lesson? What may you consider tweaking to make a shift to the right? Share on Facebook Workplace or Twitter #hcspdl #leadHCS #hcselementary #PersonalizeSC.
• Jot down 1 idea to share with your school team during planning time.

Expand Knowledge (10mins)

• Click into these Slides
• Reflect on definition of differentiation
• Read article Defining Differentiated Instruction

Practice and Apply (10 mins)

• Select an area of differentiation to focus on in a current lesson
  • Content
  • Process
  • Product

Reflect before you go (5 mins)

• How might you include differentiation into your classroom daily?
• Jot down 1 idea to share with your school team during planning time.

Expand Knowledge (5 mins)

• Take the Paper Clip Challenge.
• Discussion:
  • How did this spark your creativity?
  • How did collaboration enhance your thinking?

Practice and Apply (15 mins)

• Learn more about planning for creative and collaborative tasks with purpose. (article).
• Explore Creativity and Collaboration Resources.
• Think of an upcoming student learning task; Use what you have learned and the digital tools available to redesign the task.

Reflect before you go (5 mins)

• How can you use digital tools to spark more creativity and collaboration in your classroom?
• Jot down 1 idea to share with your school team during planning time.

Expand Knowledge (10 mins)

• Read the blog post: The New “PD”: How Shifting from Professional to Personalized Development Will Improve Your Workshops
• Generate ideas of ineffective and effective practices for professional development based on the article and personal experiences.

Practice and Apply (15 mins)

• Sort scenarios based on effective practices. SLIDES
• Gather new ideas from what district partners with Education Elements are doing around the country.

Reflect before you go (3-5 mins)

• What is one thing you want to try out? (Bonus points if you note when! Bonus bonus points if you post on Twitter of Facebook Workplace)
• Jot down 1 idea to share with your school team during planning time.

Expand Knowledge (10-15 mins)

• Opening: On separate post-it notes, write down all the ways you provide students with choice in your classroom. Read: The Key Benefits of Choice.
• Activate with a partner: Bucket your choice activities into content, activity, or pace (*note - you can also provide students with choices on “space” and where to work, but we will focus on these 3 today)
• Review the levels of student choice in these SLIDES for content, activity, or pace.

Practice and Apply (5-10 mins)

• Choose a focus area to explore with a partner:
  • Content
  • Activity
  • Pace

Reflect before you go (2-5 mins)

• Make a commitment to use one strategy and set a timeline for implementing it in your classroom.
• Share out what you’ve built, an idea you have, or a resource you found valuable.
• Jot down 1 idea to share with your school team during planning time.

Expand Knowledge (12 mins)

• Click in to these SLIDES as a group
• Assess the current state of Staff Collaboration and Creativity
• Review articles on Professional Development Choices and Collaborative Structures.

Practice and Apply (10 mins)

• Review Resources to improve the future state of Staff Collaboration and Creativity

Reflect before you go (3 mins)

• Identify one practice you are going to adjust to raise the level of collaboration and creativity among teachers.
• Jot down 1 idea to share with your school team during planning time.