Milwaukee Public Schools:

Another Way to Differentiate: Parallel Tasks

March Academic Coach-Math TrainingMarch 15, 2013

Presented by:Bernard RahmingCynthia Cuellar Rodriguez

Prime Leadership Framework

“Math education leaders need to assume and exercise professional responsibility and accountability for their practice and the practice of the teachers they lead.”

What is my progress on the PRIME indicators for Teaching and Learning Leadership?

Use the handout to reflect on your progress.

Learning IntentionSuccess Criteria

We are learning to advance our PRIME Teaching and Learning Leadership.

We will know we are successful when we can actively plan for and integrate into practice two strategies to make differentiation manageable.

Unofficial Professional Practice

from February Review the Open Question created

last month. Discuss the work you have done

around differentiation as you modeled lessons and/or worked with teachers.

Transfer the Open Question to the modified Lesson Planning template.

Parallel Tasks Read pages 10-12 (pages11-13) Focus Questions:

How would the use of parallel tasks lead to valuable discussions about the underlying mathematics of a situation?

What role does questioning play in parallel tasks?

Questioning Blooms Resources on MMP

PBS Questions sheets Question rings

Theory into Practice All open questions must allow for correct

responses at a variety of levels. Parallel tasks need to be created with

variations that allow struggling students to be successful and proficient students to be challenged.

Questions and tasks should be constructed in such a way that all students can participate together in follow-up discussions.

Turn and Talk What are some benefits of differentiating with Open

Questions and Parallel Task? Teacher Student

Open Questions Define 5 strategies

Parallel Task Define Besides creating the parallel task, why must we also be

prepared with follow-up questions?

1 Approach for 2 Strategies Three-Step Process

Review Examples Create the Question or Task Plan for Follow-up

Writing Parallel Tasks Goal: Complete the modified Lesson

Planning template Option 1: Create Parallel Tasks that

matches the area of focus of the Open Question created last month.

Option 2: Create Parallel Tasks that aligns to the current area of focus, and create an Open Question that also aligns to this area of focus.

Learning IntentionSuccess Criteria

We are learning to advance our PRIME Teaching and Learning Leadership.

We will know we are successful when we can actively plan for and integrate into practice two strategies to make differentiation manageable.

Professional Practice Complete the modified Lesson

Planning template. Be prepared to discuss at least one

lesson you modeled using one of the differentiation strategies (Open Questions or Parallel Task).

Reflection QuestionAs a Leader in Mathematics, how will you integrate the ideas of differentiation presented to move from Leadership of Self to Leadership of Others?

Math Formative Assessment75 Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning

#2 Agreement Circles #16 Fist of Five #20 Give Me Five #24 I Used to Think…

But Now I Know… #34 No-Hands

Questioning

#47 Response Cards #58 Think-Aloud #59 Think-Pair-Share #63 Thumbs Up,

Thumbs Down

#44 Popsicle Stick Questioning

Milwaukee Public Schools:Another Way to Differentiate: Parallel Tasks

MPS Board of School DirectorsDr. Michael Bonds, PresidentLarry Miller, Vice PresidentMark Sain, District 1Jeff Spence, District 2Annie Woodward, District 4Dr. Peter Blewett, District 6David Voeltner, District 7Meagan Holman, District 8Terrence Falk, At-Large

Senior TeamDr. Gregory Thornton, SuperintendentNaomi Gubernick, Chief of StaffDarienne Driver, Chief Innovation OfficerTina Flood, Chief Academic OfficerDr. Karen Jackson, Chief Human Resources OfficerMichelle Nate, Chief Operations OfficerGerald Pace, Esq., Chief Financial OfficerAnita Pietrykowski, Chief School Administration OfficerDenise Callaway, Executive Dir., Community EngagementPatricia Gill, Executive Director, Family Services Sue Saller, Exec. Coord., Superintendent’s Initiatives