PUC Community of Practice Fall 2018

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 Applicability: 

• ATP Mentor & Residents Only 

TCRP Indicators:
4.3 Working with colleagues

CRT Connection:
Learning Partnerships

Do you ever get tired of the piles of papers you collect and end up sitting on your desk?
Have you ever had a student call you out and ask why you use so much paper, when we are all supposed to be trying to be more environmentally friendly?
This year, I embarked on transforming my science class into a digital classroom.  Every day assignments, projects, and even assessments are done on the computer, and returned to students with grades, on the computer.  Learn how to set up your digital classroom where students can receive feedback in real time, and follow through on your feedback in real time, all while building students’ skills working with technology.

Applicability:
Grade level:  All grades
Content:  All contents
Beginner/Intermediate:  Basic working knowledge of Google Drive and Google Classroom is helpful.

TCRP Indicators:
1.2B Creating cognitively engaging learning experiences for students
3.3D Resources and Instructional Materials

CRT Connection:
Information Processing
Building Intrinsic Motivation

Students engage with images and information daily on the Internet, primarily on social media outlets such as Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and Twitter.  So often in our society these websites are looked at as the downfall of our culture: fake news spreading constantly, text-speak dominating discourse, the curse of the 280 character limit.  What if teachers, instead of turning their noses up at social media, embraced our students’ foundational knowledge of it and used it to enhance literacy?  In this session, we are going to explore how to research credible sources to create infographics about important and pressing current event issues in order for students to be agents of change.  

Applicability: 

• Good for 9-12
• Good for any content
• Any level of familiarity

TCRP Indicators:
3.3D - Instructional resources
3.5A - Assessments 

CRT Connection:
Information Processing
Higher-Order Thinking

Do you have an annotation guide that your students rarely follow? Are your students writing annotations such as, "what's this?" or not making annotations at all? Do you sometimes wonder, "why do they even have to annotate?"
Visit my session to receive:
-an annotation rubric that helps students practice metacognition on their own annotations
-realistic strategies on how to conference with students about their annotations
-time to implement strategies for tomorrow's class!

Applicability:
Teachers of literacy, grades 5-8

TCRP Indicators:
3.1C Criteria of Success
3.4 B Feedback to Students

CRT Approach:
Information Processing

This session is designed for Induction or content  Mentors.  Mentors will have reading and processing time to digest the texts from Elena Aguilar's Art of Coaching on building trust with their mentees. This first session is a working session in preparation for Part 2 (see Session 4).

Applicability:
Mentors

TCRP Indicators:
4.3 Working with colleagues

CRT Connection:
Learning Partnerships

Picture this: you’re teaching a lesson and eyes are glazing over, students start to have side conversations and you are getting frustrated. It feels like there is minimal motivation and no personal connections.  What do you do?
Join me as we discuss ways to engage students so that the above experience doesn’t happen to you!
In this session, teachers will

• experience two student centered strategies that they could apply into their classrooms to establish positive interactions with the content and with each other.
• discuss strategies to learn about their students to let their natural gifts and talents flourish

Applicability:
Grade level: All grades
Content: All contents
Level: Beginners

TCRP Indicators
2.3A: Teacher/Student Relationships
2.3B: Student/Student Relationships


CRT Connection:
Building Intrinsic Motivation

“I am so thankful the skills that we are learning in this lesson apply directly to my future career success” said no kids ever, UNTIL NOW!

**Teachers will integrate explicit career skills connections within their content in order to help students become more confident and competitive career applicants
**Teachers will be provided strategies to utilize Naviance to build connections, and identify students’ next steps in career & college readiness.

Applicability:

• High School Teachers & Inclusion Specialists
• Must have Naviance login 

*Contact n.murphy@PUCNational.org if you need Naviance assistance (new or existing account support)

TCRP Indicators:
3.1 B - Connections between the current learning objectives and the students prior and future learning to further students understanding of the content material.

CRT Connection:
Building Intrinsic Motivation

Are you looking to integrate more academic discourse into your classroom? Do you want a specific structure to help facilitate discussion?  How about a Fishbowl?!

The Fishbowl technique allows for a richer discussion of any given topic, and it frequently helps build community by focusing attention on the ways that particular group might work together more productively.
In this session, teachers will learn about and participate in a Fishbowl discussion and have an opportunity to begin planning their own Fishbowl activity in a current or upcoming unit.

Session Objectives:

• Participate in a Fishbowl Discussion
• Identify an opportunity to integrate Fishbowl strategy into current / next unit
• Use resources to plan out your next Fishbowl

Applicability:
All Grade Levels
All Content
Beginner / Intermediate facilitation of class discussion

TCRP Indicators
3.3A Academic Discourse

CRT Connection:
Learning Partnerships

Did you know that inclusion can support the needs of students with AND without special needs? Ever wonder what the 2nd teacher in the classroom can do for your students?

In this session:
Teachers collaborate with inclusion staff to integrate four strategies into their lesson structure to increase student learning in the inclusive classroom.
Participants will walk away with:

• A plan to maximize inclusion support in their classroom
• Ways to adapt four strategies into their everyday practices to support both the teachers and students in the room.
• Engage in thoughtful reflection about current inclusive practices.

Applicability:
General Education Teachers  and Inclusion Specialists

TCRP Indicators:
ITDS 3.2A interactions between general educators and special educators.
TDS 3.2A Lesson Structure
TDS 3.4A Checking for understanding and adjusting instruction.

CRT Connection:
Information Processing

You are assigned to Inspire! As an Educator we can use our personal stories, our own sources of motivation and positive redirection to encourage students to do their best work. By modeling intrinsic motivation and using these as strategies, it will encourage our students to use them for themselves.
Teachers will identify
**personal stories they can use to model intrinsic motivation,
**mantras they will share with students and
**what connected feedback looks like in their classroom to encourage students finding their own inspiration to work hard and persistent.  

These strategies will build on TCRP Framework that encourages establishing a culture of respect and rapport which supports emotional safety, smooth transitions and routines based on interactions with teacher and students.


Applicability: 

• K-12
  
• All Contents
  
• Beginner/ New to Teaching or Desire to learn a new strategy to use in the classroom.
  

TCRP Indicators:
2.3A Interactions between teachers and students
2.4A Routines, Procedures and Transitions

CRT Connection:
Building Intrinsic Motivation

How do you get your students to talk more in math class? What about the students that like to work independently, how can we get them to help their teammates without giving the answers? How can we build confidence in students who just don’t feel they are good at math?

Join me in this session to discuss math motivation and teacher moves to get students not only talking about math but feeling confident in their math abilities.
Teachers will analyze:

• A variety of activities with student samples to build academic language and motivation.
• Activities on questioning from low stakes to gathering data to adjust instruction the day.

Applicability:
Grade level: All grades
Content: All contents: (but data and samples geared towards Math)
Level: Beginner to Expert
(Teachers will have access on how to set up their lessons for beginning teachers up to gathering data for veteran teachers to immediately adjust their lesson the day of.)

TCRP Indicators
3.3A Questioning
3.3B Academic Language

CRT Connection:
Building Intrinsic Motivation