LEARNINGS IN ASU28 Sept-23 Dec 2013

Bhagwati SinghSenior Professional Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Uttar Pradesh

Major Courses Undertaken

CITW- Classroom Instructions that works

TAP- The System for teacher and student advancement

Change Leadership Module

Technology Module Behavior Management in Classroom Early literacy module Equity Module Democracy module Sustainability module Ethics Module

Course I Liked Most :Tap Rubric - Teachers Evaluation System

Overview of TAP Evaluation Rubric Comprehensive set of professional indicators, to measure teaching skills, knowledge, and responsibilities of the teachers/trainee in a school.Why TAP-• Found to be correlated to student achievement at a statistically

significant level in two separate studies. The Parts of the TAP Evaluation Rubric Domains Indicators Descriptors Performance Level

TAP RUBRIC- DOMAINS

• Standards & Objectives• Motivating Students• Presenting Instructional

Content • Lesson Structure & Pacing• Activities & Materials• Questioning• Academic Feedback• Grouping Students• Teacher Content

Knowledge• Teacher Knowledge of

Students• Thinking• Problem Solving

PlanningPlanning

•Instructional Plans•Student Work•Assessment

ProfessionalismProfessionalism

• Staff Development

• Instructional Supervision

• School ResponsibilitiesReflecting on Teaching

EnvironmentEnvironment

• Managing Student Behavior

• Expectations• Environment• Respectful Culture

Understanding TAP RUBRIC

Tap-Trainee Teachers Evaluation System RubricMy Learnings from the course

Developing standards and rubrics to measure teaching performance.

Collecting evidence to accurately assess classroom instruction. Knowledge and understanding of the TAP Evaluation and

Application of TAP RubricPlanning and conducting instructional pre- and post-conferences

for evaluation

Learnings From Other CoursesCITW• Learnt research based classroom

strategies for improving students achievement.• Can help teachers in creating the

effective environment for students learning and understanding of concepts.

Learnings From Other Courses

• Change Leadership ModuleStrategies for implementing educational reforms or changes like

developing and communicating a shared vision of the change, creating an atmosphere and context for change, planning and providing resources, investing in professional development, Checking progress, Continuing to give assistance

Use of Innovation Configuration Maps Stages of Concern and Level of Use,

Learnings From Other Courses….. Equity Module• Issues of Gender Equity & Inclusion• Biases in curricula and learning materials• How to carry out effective trainings on these issues Democracy module• Understanding relationship between democracy, education and

schooling Sustainability module• Challenges of sustaining human well-being on Earth due to

exploitation of natural resources• Seeking sustainable solution through science,technology, and

society acting at global and local levels. • How to teach sustainability concepts in the classrooms

Learnings From Other Courses Technology Module• New technologies like Edmodo and Photopeach

• Becoming proficient at information searches• Using online educational resources• Creating websites• Using google drive, google forms, skype, hangouts etc.

Classroom Management• Managing problem behavior of students in classroom Early literacy module• Effective early reading instructions

Learnings From Other CoursesCore Course and Ethics Module• What makes a good teachers• Expert and Novice Teacher• Developing passion and commitment in teachers• Modeling Ethical Conduct in the classroom• Remembering, Reinterpreting and Reorganizing what is

known :Developing Context-Sensitive Knowledge

Key features of the teaching learning processes in the courses in ASU• Discussions• Group work• Need based support to each individual• Meticulous planning• Motivation• Regular assignments and feed back• Meetings and discussions with experts and educational leaders • Critical Friend• Exposure Visits

Sharing the Knowledge and Skills

• Sharing of books, textual and digital materials• Meetings • Workshops• Trainings• Emails• Demonstrations• Making use of the key features of the learning processes in ASU like

group discussions, providing need based support, motivation, regular feedback

School Visits

• Trainee teachers co-teaching with school teachers• Activities and worksheets planned for every students• Students involved in different activities• Self assessment by the students• Reading classes• Suitable groupings• Regular feedback

Improving Trainee-Teacher Preparation• Improving the quality of teacher instruction• Longer internship in school• Co-teaching with the regular teachers in school.• Mentoring by good school teachers• Identifying the knowledge and skills that a teacher needs to teach

successfully, and then create comprehensive set of standards for teacher accountability. • Developing standards and rubrics to measure teaching performance• Regular Classroom Observations and feedback• Assignments and timely feedback on them

New Learnings:Effective Reading Instructions• Components• Phonological Awareness and Phonics• Word decoding and encoding• Fluency• Oral language and vocabulary (listening comprehension)• Comprehension

• Strategies• Inferences

• Within text• Between text• Background/Academic knowledge

• Writing• Motivation and learning strategies

• Cognitive engagement and self-regulation