Stacy described what would
happen in classroom practice.
Not exact matches
Mistakes are the most important thing that
happens in any
classroom, because they tell you where to focus that deliberate
practice.
What students do
in arts - integrated education is actually far closer to the
practice of contemporary artists than what usually
happens in regular arts
classrooms.
So what typically
happens is we apply — and this is obviously a stereotype — we apply a rigid set of parameters about what is and isn't acceptable and then those don't work
in practice, then behaviour escalates, and then the child ends up being out of the
classroom of course.
... and if even this very brief intervention that was delivered online
in only about 45 minutes of class time could have this kind of noticeable, significant effect on student's performance, just think how much bigger the effects could be if these ideas were skilfully woven into the curriculum, into
classroom practice, into the way assessments
happen and so forth.
The next step of Pakuranga's journey is to continue to identify ways to ensure the effective
practices are
happening in the
classroom.
To accomplish this goal, we investigated school and
classroom practices in effective (unexpectedly high achieving) schools and compared them to what was
happening in moderately effective and less effective schools.
The idea here is to let teachers get into each other's
classrooms to see innovation
happening, and the goal There is lots written about looking and student work and instructional rounds, and we can share resources with you, but the main ideas here is that we need to help teams that are engaged
in new
practices figure out how to make sense of them.
Although administrators may sometimes participate, when they do so, it's always with the understanding that the objective isn't to evaluate a teacher's
practice for accountability purposes but to reach a shared understanding of what's
happening in classrooms.
Effectively insinuating these strategies into
classroom practices won't
happen over night and won't
happen in isolation.
Collaborating this way allowed for one preservice teacher to see that current theory grounded
in New Literacies is
happening in classrooms where
practicing teachers honor student voices
in an effort to better prepare students for the academic writing demands of college
classrooms.
«We should be designing policies and
practices to allow for personalized learning to
happen, but the locus of control is
in the
classroom and
in the school,» Watson said.
If the group is too large I worry that it becomes too easy for a participant to «hide» and really never reveal very much about their thinking and
practice, and therefore never really examine that thinking and
practice with colleagues and, as a consequence, never really work to strengthen what is
happening in the
classroom.
Including a chart like the one above as part of an instructional leader's regular
practice requires that they have a consistent system of gathering relevant data on what is
happening in their school and
classrooms.
Looking
in, you see the best parts of what is
happening in your
classroom, your teaching
practices and the areas that still need some work.
If done
in the context of research - based leadership
practices and instructional development,
classroom walkthroughs are a valuable way for principals and school leaders to see instruction
happening in their schools, provide personalized professional development and feedback to teachers, and to involve staff
in their own professional learning.
Each week, the technology integrator
in collaboration with the principal sends out a newsletter and includes exciting and innovative
practices happening in classrooms.
The coaching process coupled with the use of the Sibme platform improves what
happens in the
classroom by providing teachers the opportunity to see
classroom practices through the same lens as the instructional coach.
Gap between theory and
practice — Understanding the content of How Does Learning
Happen is one matter, but implementing it
in the
classroom is another and there's a big gap between the two.
Behavioral intervention
in schools can only
happen if teachers focus on good
classroom management
practices, academic performance, and peer relationships.