The act, also known as parent trigger, is geared toward underperforming schools so that parents can
force changes in instruction and personnel or even create a charter school.
It all started because we were reviewing lesson plans and providing feedback, but, week to week, we were not
seeing changes in instruction based on our feedback.
Stiggins» (2005) description suggests the critical element — teachers use classroom assessment to
make changes in instruction in real time to result in real increases in learning.
Though they were willing to take risks
with changes in instruction and programming, changes were not taken lightly or made haphazardly.
I conjectured that the classroom teacher would, through a mentoring process and an apprenticeship model, first realize the value of using GSP in his geometry instruction and then make the
necessary changes in his instruction to teach with GSP.
Hi David, I had actually gone in and changed the water amount in my ingredient list after people were complaining about the moisture level and forgot to
change it in the instructions as well.
The schools
implemented changes in instruction that centered on teaching students strategies for different text types — including re-reading — and how to mark up a text to capture main ideas.
There should be
a change in instruction,» says Francisco Escobedo, the school's former principal and now a vice president of achievement for Edison.
Teachers and their supervisors should be able to describe in detail
the changes in instruction required to achieve the new standards.
This RtI model allows for schools to provide
a change in instruction for all kids whose needs are not met by the core curriculum.
It helps create a common dialogue and the shared vision of effective instruction, and moves teachers as a group in a school or district forward and provides the structure for sustaining
the change in instruction over time.
At a time when the Common Core State Standards have sparked heated political debates, the experiences of teachers like those in Woodland Middle School show that, below the national radar, teachers are quietly implementing
changes in instruction.
Ultimately, these discussions led to
changes in instruction and student assessments (both formative and summative).
They wrote on big pads in magic markers: a need for bilingual staff with an influx of Hispanic students in town, classrooms meant for early childhood classes now housing middle schoolers who are cramped, and a lack of guidance from the schools on
the changes in instruction happening under the Common Core State Standards.
Teams quickly worked through a data discussion protocol — without reflecting or identifying
any changes in instruction — before exclaiming, «Yay, we're done!»
Document your instructions (both initial instructions and
changes in instructions, settlement instructions, etc.).