Jan 16, 2016
The Artisan Approach: Capitalize on your talents and manage around your non-talents
A Primer on TalentNeural nature
TracesTypes
Themes
Non-talent?Get a little better
Get a partnerMake a support system
Overwhelm NT with TJust don’t do it
ConnectionTeaching new curriculum by identifying and “building on” past learning and experience
Mental ModelsEmploying images, sensory representations, symbol systems, and creative processing methodologies to create mental frameworks for learning
Personal RelevanceLinking new learning to students’ survival and/or immediate well-being
Locale MemoryTeaching to the brain’s 3-dimensional, spatial memory system
A Logic Model Theory in use…
Way of thinking…Rationale…
Life (as a school administrator)
BrevityFragmentation
Diversity
LeverageMechanical advantage
Effect size
Teaching QualityContent knowledge
Pedagogical skillCompelling nature
Coaching & FeedbackPattern recognition
Retrieval fluencyCoaching & feedback skills
School CultureAttracts talent
Repels problems
30 Second Feedback
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What is an Artisan Teacher?An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
Creating an Artisan Culture1. The opportunity to work with other talented
artisans
2. The opportunity to work with administrators who can develop artisans’ talents.
Performance FeedbackIncreasing student persistence by delivering abundant, immediate, and specific knowledge of results
Overt ResponsesObtaining “proof of learning” from students during instruction
What is an Artisan Teacher?An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
What is an Artisan?An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
A Primer on TalentNeural nature
TracesTypes
Themes
Neural PruningParing back of connections to create useful neural networks… birth through age 22.
Talent Friendly Characteristics:ValueAppreciate Recognize Develop
Agree or disagree? “Never, never, never give up!”
Winston Churchill
A Logic Model for turning
teaching talent into student achievement
Agree or disagree? “Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”
Thomas Edison
Agree or disagree? Q: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: Practice, practice, practice.
Conscious AttentionGaining, keeping, and applying the learner’s finite attention span to the intended curriculum
The Artisan Approach: Capitalize on your talents and manage around your non-talents
ChunkingDividing the learning into small, discreet “packets of information” to avoid memory overload and enhance recall
Sensory RegisterSensory Register
Working MemoryWorking Memory
Long-TermMemory
Long-TermMemory
The Information Processing Model
Neural DownshiftingControlling the learning environment so as to keep students’ brains engaged in higher order thinking
Enriched EnvironmentsModifying the classroom’s physical and social/emotional attributes to enhance attention, effort, persistence, and achievement
Practice Improving recall and application through skillful rehearsal, repetition, drill, study, and review
23 Principles of Learning Themes of Talent
The Elements of Temperament:Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness
Teacher EfficacyContent knowledgePedagogical skillCompelling nature
First-Time LearningCapitalizing on the brain’s tendency to attend to, process deeply, and remember well, learning it regards as new, original, or novel
SuccessEmploying the frames of aptitude, persistence, perception, prior experience, value, and consequences to maximize student effort
It’s all based on Talent
7 Tools Training30 second feedback5 minute feedback
Reflective planningPositive reinforcement coaching
Instructional coachingSmall group coaching
Teaching studies
What is an Artisan Teacher?An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
Creating an Artisan CultureArtisan teachers seek employment at schools that have these two characteristics… [from exit interviews of “migrating artisans”]
EfficacyA sense of profound
satisfaction that comes from successfully applying one’s
talents to a difficult task.
Elements of Efficacy Knowledge
Skill Compelling Nature
Clear Learning GoalsWhat would I like my students to know and be able to do in the next 20 minutes?
CongruencyMatching activities, information, questions and responses precisely to the clear learning goal
LCS Creating the Learning Centered School
DiagnosisDetermining what students are next ready to learn
Task AnalysisA sequential “roadmap” to the clear learning goal
Mid-Course Corrections“Having a lesson plan but not believing it”
What is an Artisan Teacher?An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
What is an Artisan Teacher?An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
6 Big IdeasClear Learning Goals
CongruencyTask Analysis
DiagnosisOvert Responses
Mid-Course Corrections
For more information on the five Artisan principles, visit www.rutherfordlg.comClick on “The Artisan Teacher”Then, the Artisan Teacher printable brochure (.pdf)