Welcome to Integrating Five High Yield Teaching Practices: Implementing Instructional Fundamentals 6 (IIF6).

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This micro-credential awards a graduate half-credit for demonstrating proficiency in the consistent integration of the five fundamental instructional practices of lesson framing, working in the power zone, recognize & reinforce, frequent small group purposeful talk, and critical writing. Evidence of proficiency must be demonstrated in three areas: Knowledge, Implementation, and Reflection.

Participants may engage with resources and activities described below at their own pace throughout the course term. All are advised to refer to key dates and deadlines for submission and to plan their learning activities within these constraints.

To submit evidence*, link to this Google Form.

Objective: After engaging with the curated resources from the WSWSU Fundamental Five companion site, demonstrate your proficiency in knowledge about consistently integrating the fundamental five instructional practices by submitting evidence of your critical engagement with at least two curated resources on the webpage linked above.

Proficient knowledge in consistently integrating the fundamental five instructional practices includes:

• Identifying what is average and what is exceptional frequency of implementation for each of the fundamental five practices as observed through Powerwalks
• Identifying fundamental five practices in action in calibration with colleagues observations
• Understanding how to design lessons to include opportunities to integrate the fundamental five instructional practices
• Analyzing how integrating multiple fundamental practices addresses the needs of struggling and diverse students

Recommended Evidence Types (choose one or more):

• Critical writing response(s) (your own) to curated resources with specific references to text or video
• Notes from face-to-face workshops on doing observations or using Powerwalks data
• Reflective essays on calibration Powerwalks with colleagues discussing differences in observations
• Resource Annotation (e.g., insightful comments on digital stickies)
• Video Annotation ( through time coded notes, or use VideoAnt)

Scoring Rubric (link, coming soon)

Objective: Demonstrate your proficiency in engaging students in consistently integrating the fundamental five instructional practices by submitting evidence of the following:

1. your use of strategies for consistently integrating the fundamental five
2. instructional coaching, mentoring, or peer observation cycle on your use of integrating the fundamental five instructional practices practices in your classroom (pre-obs, observation & debrief).

Proficient implementation of consistently integrating the fundamental five instructional practices as an instructional practice includes:

• Applying strategies for consistently integrating the fundamental five, such as,
  • Designing lesson plans that specify opportunities for high yield teaching practices
  • Employing strategies for raising the rigor and relevance of teaching
• Analyzing Powerwalks data to focus on improving frequency of high yield practice
• Creating a plan for using integrated high-yield practices to engage and support struggling and diverse students

Recommended Evidence Types:

1. For demonstrating use of strategies for consistently integrating the fundamental five...
   • Pictures (jpg); gathered into sequence on Google Slides
     • annotation on images or on Google slides pointing out key components of best practice
       • bonus: refer to resources in your annotation
   • Video of you integrating the fundamental five in lessons (3 examples)
     • bonus: produce clips with narration that can be used to teach the fundamental five to colleagues
   • Description or artifacts detailing how you design lessons to integrate the fundamental five
   • Analytic writing on and artifacts of Powerwalks data
   • Description or artifacts detailing how you support diverse and struggling learners by integrating the fundamental five
2. For coach/mentor/peer observation cycle
   • [link to guidelines/templates, coming soon]
   • pre-observation email or meeting agenda
   • observation notes (dated, signed)
   • post-observation meeting notes (dated, signed)

Scoring Rubric (link, coming soon)

Objective: Demonstrate your proficiency in reflective practice by sharing a reflection on your growth and/or mastery of "consistently integrating the fundamental five," and evaluate the impact on student learning using student reflections.

Proficient reflective practice in consistently integrating the fundamental five includes:

• Evaluating the quality and effectiveness for student learning of consistently integrating the fundamental five instructional practices at a relatively high frequency
• Evaluating the quality and effectiveness of specific strategies for consistently integrating the fundamental five instructional practices
• Analyzing student reflections for evidence of how your integration of fundamental five practices impacts their learning

Recommended Evidence Types:

• Teacher's Written or Video Reflection discussing the strengths and challenges of consistently integrating the fundamental five
  • refer to specific examples of your practice
  • discuss your growth in implementing strategies for consistently integrating the fundamental five
  • Student Written, Video or Audio Reflections describing how they respond to your consistently integrating the fundamental five instructional practices
  • prompt and refer to examples of how they feel, what they do, and how they learn when you engage them in the fundamental five instructional practices

Scoring Rubric (link, coming soon)