Transition to Teaching DC New Teacher Orientation July 30, 2008 Kevin Simpson KDSL - Know.Do.Serve.Learn [email protected] kdsl.wordpress.com.

Transition to Teaching DC New Teacher Orientation

July 30, 2008

Kevin Simpson KDSL - Know.Do.Serve.Learn

[email protected]

GoalEngage in strategies to use in your classroom

AgendaWarm UpWhat are instructional strategies?

ResearchLet’s Do Some Strategies!Table Talk

Warm UpComplete the analogy.“A teacher is to a student as a___________ is to a ____________.”

Solo-Partner-Whole GroupExplain your reason.

What are instructional strategies?

Instructional strategies are methods that are used in the

lesson to ensure that the sequence or delivery of

instruction helps students learn.

Factor Influencing Student Achievement

“….the most important factor affecting student learning is the teacher….Effective teachers appear to be effective with students of all

achievement levels….”(Wright, et al., 1997, p.63)

“…. successful teaching requires that teachers be adept at using a variety of research-based

instructional strategies.”National Staff Development Council

http://www.nsdc.org/standards/strategies.cfm

Effective PedagogyInstructional

Strategies

Management Techniques

Curriculum Design

(Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock, 2001, p.10)

Two Powerful Books by Dr. Robert J. Marzano

Give One – Get OneWrite down one new thing you have learned about instructional strategies

Share your learning with a colleague

Get a learning/idea from that person

Let’s Do Some Strategies!!!The answer is_________. What is the question?

Fly Swatter

Using Photos

The answer is …The answer is 25.

What is the question?

The answer is Asia. What is the question?

Make up one of your own to share.

Fly Swattertransportation fact

weather

biology seasons

subtract

Using Photos

Bettmann/Corbis

Table TalkAt your table discuss the information

presented. Use the starters below….

I’ll try....I think....I wonder....In my classroom....

Instructional Strategies Onlinehttp://www.middleweb.com/MWLresources/

marzchat1.html

http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/act/strategies/

http://www.bedfordk12tn.com/instst.html

Good Instruction“Good instruction is good instruction, regardless of students’ racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds. To a large extent, good teaching – teaching that is

engaging, relevant, multicultural, and that appeals to a variety of modalities and

learning styles – works well with ALL children.”

Educating Everybody’s Children, ASCD, 1995