The Working with Teacher Project Chameeka N. Smith

March 2011

Data Collection Activity

Walkthrough Data• 195 Walkthroughs conducted 1st semester (5

administrators)• 2nd period most observed (66 visits)• 4th period least observed (40 visits)• Math classes highest observed (47 visits)• Cultural arts classes least observed (6 visits)• Regular classrooms (no services provided) 180

classes

Walkthrough Data Results

Celebrations Celebrations • 10% of students are

participating in small group instruction

• 59% of teachers are using Smartboards

• 26% of teachers are using Moodle

• 17% of students are using Microsoft Office 2010

• 68% of students level of engagement is between 95-100%

• 78% of students are experiencing lower order thinking skills

• Of 77 students interviewed, 46 students could clearly state the learning goals

Walkthrough Data Results Areas of Improvement

• 51% of students are in whole class instruction (Teacher lecturing/interacting with all students)

• 1% of students are experiencing Cooperative Groups (3 or more students working with different roles)

• 20% of students are experiencing higher order thinking skills

• 1% of teachers are using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom • 2% of teachers are using multimedia technology (movies,

audio)• 6% of students are using presentation tools (PP and prezi)• 31 students out of 77 students could not clearly state the

learning goals for the class

Best Practices Inventory

• Posted language objectives designed by teachers that align with state standards where students can state clearly their learning goals for each class

• Professional development on Revised Blooms Taxonomy in higher order thinking skills (Analyzing, Evaluating and Creating)

• Emphasizing literacy and summarization strategies focusing on student engagement and interactiono Reciprocal teaching o Think Pair Shareo Writing Summaries o Journalist Questions o 321o WICR

• Technology training to apply to classroom instruction

Best Practices Inventory

• Reviewing Marzano Classroom Instruction That Works (9 strategies)

• Differentiated instruction based on Response to Instruction (RTI)

• Project Based instruction with formative assessments

Teacher Improvement

Teacher ImprovementHow did you help empower teachers? PLC Work and Professional

Development

• PLC Training • Facilitating 4 PLC groups

• Zoo School • English 12 • Cultural Arts• Integrated Math I

• Literacy Hint from the Literacy Committee

Blooms Revised Taxonomy Professional Development Results (sample literacy hint)

http://ptlainternship2012.blogspot.com/

Video Clip on Summarization Strategy: Journalist Questions for

PLC Groups

http://ptlainternship2012.blogspot.com/

Literacy Hint: Building Culture from Professional Development

http://vimeo.com/33945537

Zoo School PLC• The zoo school teacher were encountering a problem with standard

based grading and desired to learn more about this new concept• Emailed the following questions:

• What specific questions do you have regarding Standard Based Grading? What do you hope to learn and/or apply to improve or change your current grading practices?

• Once professional development is planned, what specific objective (s) do you hope will be accomplished regarding standard based grading? What specific needs do you hope will be achieved/addressed though professional development on standard based grading

• Based on these responses, we were able to coordinate with our literacy coach to draft a training for these teachers. Training took place in September of 2011

Teacher Working Conditions

2008 AHS 2010 AHSShared Vision 65.7% 86.5%School leadership consistently support teachers

65.3% 83.3%

School improvement team

58.4% 85.6%

Group decisions to solve problems

40.6% 77.0%

New Teacher Support

65.0% 86.7%

School administrators enforce rules for student conduct

49.5% 74.2%

Areas of Success Stories

2010 AHS State of NC Shared Vision 86.5% 83%School leadership consistently support teachers

83.3% 78.6%

School improvement team

85.6% 82.7%

Group decisions to solve problems

77.0% 76.3%

New Teacher Support

86.7% 83.1%

School administrators enforce rules for student conduct

74.2% 71.4%

Teacher Working Conditions

Comparison with the State of North Carolina

Teacher Working Conditions

Area 2008

2010 Strategy for improvement

Amount of Paperwork

53.5 51.6 Computerize paperwork and submit online; templates; Identify the paperwork and group strategy methods for improvement

Reliability and speed of Internet Connections

83% 71% Though the grant, overall of Internet connection; IT available on campus; help desk available for teachers

Professional Development deepens teachers content knowledge

66% 66% Providing teachers with more professional development; survey teachers for professional development needs

Areas of Improvement

Survey Questions 1. Please elaborate on the network access in your room. Give any

examples of issues you are having with the network. 2. Please elaborate on the use of Moodle in your classroom. 3. Please elaborate on any issues you may be having with

classroom management of the laptops 4. Please elaborate on your professional development needs

involving technology

Online survey provided insight into teachers reactions regarding proposed questions.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqtfdeZrxa4JdFZvaFNnU2dHbTl6aVFLS0lkcUYxX3c(Survey Results)

Summary Report • Facilitate zoo school PLC with teacher leaders • Teachers at the zoo school have 1st period common

planning• Students arrive during 2nd and 3rd period and remain

until the end of 4th period classes • Our focus was on student achievement and literacy • Teachers developed a paragraph guideline “Paragraph

101” • Biology teacher focused on EOC results and

benchmark data (1st semester EOC 70%) • Students completed benchmarks using Case 21 and

the data was tracked using EOC tracker

Final Reflections • Using walkthrough to determine the needs of

professional development for teachers • Facilitating and guiding teachers toward student

achievement by focusing on data • Surveying teachers and encouraging teacher

mentors

Next Steps • Focus on empowering teachers toward classroom

instruction using research based strategies• Feedback documents upon completion of

walkthroughs