Montgomery County Public Schools STARTALK 2009 Transferring Beliefs into Practice Best Practices for...

Montgomery County Public Schools STARTALK 2009

Transferring Beliefs into Practice

Best Practices for Teacher Development

Iran AminJudith Klimpl


Think – Pair – Share

Think about the following question:

What are three things you look for when observing a teacher?

In pairs, discuss your answer with your partner.

Share one of your answers with the whole group, explaining its importance.


Outcomes

By the end of this session, participantswill have Learned about a model of a teacher training

program that reflects the fundamental belief that all students can learn.

Identified strategies that can be implemented in teacher training programs.

Discussed applications for their own programs.


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Guiding Principles High expectations Multiple intelligences National standards

Modeling Practical application

Creation of instructional materials Demonstration Peer feedback


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William Glasser's Learning Scale


Underlying Belief:

All students can learn and be successful.


How do teachers demonstrate this belief?

High expectations for all students Use of target language Purposeful and meaningful

instruction Student-centered/interactive

classroom Building on student strengths


Questions, comments, applications


Use of target language

How do teachers make lessons comprehensible to students?

Gestures Acting out (TPR) Visuals Connections Background knowledge Synonyms/antonyms


Purposeful and meaningful instruction

Contextualized language Real-life situations Culturally appropriate Relevant to students and their lives Engaging students and expanding their

language skills


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4 English

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Information Gap StrategyYou and your friend have the same schedule for school. There was a computer error and the complete schedule did not get printed. Ask each other questions in order to complete your schedule.

Student A Student B


Student-centered interactive classroom

Standards-based instruction Communication Goal

Interpersonal mode Interpretive mode Presentational mode

Cultures Goal Connections / Comparisons/ Communities

More student talk than teacher talk


List five things that come to mind when you think of spring.

Think of a creative way to present your thoughts about spring.

Examples: Music (Vivaldi’s Four Seasons) Art / painting Poems Prose description Dance


Building on student strengths

Instruction reflects students’ learning styles and interests Gardner’s Theory of Multiple

Intelligences Learning Styles

Teachers provide students with multiple and varied means to demonstrate their learning


Assessment

Guiding Principles High expectations Multiple intelligences National standards

Modeling Practical application

Creation of instructional materials Demonstration Peer feedback

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