FCPS Leadership Conference 2013 Professional Learning and Accountability
Dec 30, 2015
FCPS Leadership Conference 2013
Professional Learning and Accountability
Lesson Study
Michelle LisOffice of Professional Practice, Professional Learning and Accountability
Spencer JamiesonInstructional Services
Caroline TussSpecial Services
Outcomes
• Understand what Lesson Study is and how it can support your collaborative teams and the four critical questions of a PLC
• Connect how Lesson Study can support teachers in planning lessons that include: creative and critical thinking, and rigor
• Learn the impact Lesson Study has had in Fairfax County schools
• Learn what a Lesson Study cycle encompasses and the commitments it requires
What do you already know about Lesson Study?
What opportunities are you most excited about?
“Lesson study is a form of long-term professional development in which teams of teachers collaboratively plan, research, and study their lesson instruction as a way to determine how students learn best.
It is a process that deepens the interaction of a school’s professional learning community by developing the habits of self-reflection and critical thinking through very personal collaboration with their colleagues and structured observation of their students.”
Article
Lesson Study Puts a Collaborative Lens on Student Learning
A-B Each Teach
• Partners letter off A-B• Each partner reads a portion of the
text• Prepare to teach the other partner.
Include: a summary statement, key points, and concrete examples
• Partners take turns teaching each other
What were some connections or ahas you had about lesson study as you were reading this article?
Lesson Study CycleLesson
Planning
Observation and Data Collection
Data Analysis and
Debrief
1. What do we want students
to know?
2. How will we know if they have learned?
3. What will we do if they don’t learn?
4. What will we do if they already know
it?
Lesson Study Cycle
Day 1
• Create Lesson Study
Norms
• Prepare to teach the
lesson
• Prepare to collect data
• Identify teacher and
classroom
Day 2
• Summarize the lesson
• Review and Prepare
for Data Collection
• Observe the lesson
• Analyze Data and
Debrief
Lesson Study Cycle
How might this support or influence the
collaborative team cycle?
Poe Middle School
• 3 years• All 4 core• 7 facilitators
Biggest Wins
• Teachers became facilitators and coaches as opposed to lectors.
• Teams became more collaborative.
Teachers became more reflective.
Biggest Wins
• Increased trust
• Increased experimentation with differentiation
Biggest Wins
Westlawn
If you were going back to your school, cluster, or department, to share about the Lesson Study process, what might you say?
Commitments
• Support a multi-year implementation plan that spans a minimum of 2 years, 4 cycles
• Allocate necessary resources and time for lesson study:– Purchase facilitator and teacher kits– Provide two half day substitutes per
teacher per cycle
Reflection
How might Lesson Study support the work of collaborative teams in your
school?
What might be your next steps?
Questions