Video
Accountable Talk
Mr. Johnson's class
8th discussion of "The Pendulum" by Ray Bradbury. This video was used during a middle school meeting. That meeting can be accessed here.
Johnson -AT transcript.pdfTranscript
Ms. Payne's class
8th grade discussion of "Frankenstein." This video was used during a high school meeting. That meeting can be accessed here.
Payne_Frankenstein discussion.pdfTranscript
Community moves video
8th grade discussion of "Ain't I a Woman?" This video was used during a high school meeting. That meeting can be accessed here.
Transcript_IBD_Truth excerpt.pdfTranscript
Student-Centered Routines
This next set of videos have been used to show the student-centered routines in action.
Alfaro_Adamson_BOOSTED_AUDIO.mp4Mr. Alfaro' class
9th grade discussion of the poem "Curanderismo." The task sheet can be found here.
Alfaro_with Spanish.pdfTranscript
Mr. Parker's class
8th grade discussion of
1_Task Sheet Shame Comp.docxTask sheet
E_M_2719_StudentCenteredRoutinesDISD.mp4Ms. Newman's class
8th grade students discussing a podcast.
3_Comprehension Task Scientists 2019_0826_FM.docxTask Sheet
Teacher Interviews
Stephanie Wasson & Donnell Armstrong, Wilmer-Hutchins High School
Stephanie and Donnell share their process for planning and integrating the NSI work into their work with the DISD curriculum.
Planning
Stephanie and Donnell discuss how they begin the process of planning instruction.
Integrating the NSI work into the Curriculum
Stephanie and Donnell discuss how they work with non-negotiables in the district curriculum.
Framework
Stephanie and Donnell spoke about using the DOL as the start of planning for integrating the NSI work into the DISD curriculum. The above tool is meant to help you think through that process.
STAAR
Stephanie and Donnell discuss how STAAR is considered in the instructional planning that they do.
Tequila Butler & Crystal Newman
Tequila and Crystal discuss the process that they go through to plan for high-leverage instruction using the IFL instructional routines.
Tequila Butler & Crystal Newman discuss their work with IFL instructional tasks. Click the time stamps below to take you to specific sections of the video.
0:00 Introduction
0:24 What does instructional planning look like for IFL tasks?
4:38 Supporting reading of complex texts
6:55 How much flexibility do you have with the curriculum?
7:05 Working with coherent arcs of lessons
9:32 Working with paired texts
13:21 How do you incorporate the IFL work with the "non-negotiable" requirements?
16:09 Going beyond STAAR
17:19 IFL instructional practices get results
19:41 What does it look like when you plan with complete autonomy?
24:02 Authentic ELA instruction can't be put in a box