To prepare for the transition into the Common Core all teachers will contribute to academic literacy by using the Five Kinds of Teacher Thinking for instructional planning. Starting the first semester of the 2012 -2013 school year teachers will begin incorporating five essential techniques when designing and delivering lessons: (1) provide explicit instruction and supported practice in effective comprehension techniques, (2) increase the amount and quality of reading content discussions, (3) maintain high standards for text, conversation, questions, and vocabulary, (4) increase student motivation and engagement with reading, writing, listening and speaking and (5) provide essential content knowledge to support student mastery of critical Common Core concepts. Additionally this year we will explore technology tools that can be incorporated into effective instructional practices that support the acquisition of digital literacy.
Student Centered Instructional Improvement Goals 2012 – 2013
| Reinforcing Effort & Providing Feedback |
Teachers will provide students with reinforcing statements that are related to individual knowledge contributions and learning goal attainment. Target Percentage Goal 80% |
| Identifying Similarities & Differences |
Enhance student understanding of content by engaging them in lessons that allow them to mentally process information by identifying similarities and differences between interrelated concepts. Target Percentage Goal 50% |
| Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback |
Provide every student with a direction for learning that is relative to a particular learning goal. Target Percentage Goal 85% |
| Generating & Testing Hypotheses |
Engage students in the mental process of using knowledge by generating and testing hypotheses: Target Percentage Goal 50%
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| Summarizing & Note Taking |
Enhance the students’ ability to synthesize information in ways that captures the main ideas and supporting details of each instructional objective: Target Percentage Goal 80% |
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Questions, Cues & Advanced Organizers
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Provide in every lesson ways that students can use and organize what they are taught: Target Percentage Goal 90% |
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Nonlinguistic Representation
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Enhance the student’s ability to represent and elaborate on knowledge using mental images. Target Percentage Goal 50% |
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Cooperative Learning
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Provide students with opportunities to interact with each other in ways that enhance their learning. Target Percentage Goal 50% |
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