Leveraging PD and Data to Transform Math Instruction

Leveraging PD and Data to Transform Math Instruction@RafranzDavis

A BIRD EYE'S VIEW OF MATH PDPROCEDURESFLUENCYCURRICULUMDATA /ASSESSMENTS

TOOLS/TECHNOLOGY

DATA

TESTING DATA

Transformation isnt the constant practice of bubbling in answers

WHY FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT?Popham, W James. Transformative Assessment. ASCD, 2008.Formative assessment represents evidence-based instructional decision making. If you want to become more instructionally effective, and if you want your students to achieve more, then formative assessment should be for you.

DATA + FEEDBACK + REFLECTIONFORMATIVEFORMATIVEFORMATIVE

WHERE ARE ALL THE MATH TEACHERS?

TRAINING**Caution...Generalized Statements**This doesnt apply to me!blended learning toolschromebooksipadsdigital storytellinggamificationbloggingflipped learning

GUIDING QUESTIONS

Stanford Design School

How might we utilize formative assessments in the learning process for teachers to make more informed instructional decisions?High Priority

How might we structure professional learning for math teachers so that they own the process?Medium Priority

How might we make learning more personal for students in order to develop reflective practice within them?Low Priority

PROFESSIONAL LEARNINGBLENDEDCOLLABORATIVEGOAL DRIVEN

FLEXIBLE

MAKING LEARNING PERSONAL

IDENTIFY EXPERTS AND NEEDS

Use a tool like Google Forms to pre-assess teacher understanding.

Think of it as your data to help where your teachers need it most!

BUILD THE WHY

OBSERVEINTERVIEWSHOW ME

REFLECT

MAKE SHARING NORMALOBSERVE: Ask yourself what you should be looking for or seeing as students learn, and record particular occurrences that you may want to reference, either within the lesson or later in the day.

SHOW ME ACTIVITIES: Ask students to show you what they are thinking and doing to demonstrate and indicate what understanding is forming in their minds during the lesson.GET THE HONEST THUMBS UP: Have the students face you, with a hand over their hearts, and show the teacher a thumbs up (Ive got it!), or thumbs down (I dont get it!), or middle thumb (I need help!). Its a simple way to look into the classroom and see who to check in with during independent time. With students facing you, they feel safe enough to admit their honest opinion, without peer judgement.

BLENDED MODELING

EMBEDDED PD

IN MEETINGS: TALK ABOUT THE TALKING

Share formative observations within PLCs and discuss.

Rafranz Recommends... TECHNOLOGY

IMMEDIATE DATA WITHIN LEARNING PLATFORMS

Student Progress by Standard Report

Collect Good Data

A NUMBER OF TOOLS TO FACILITATE DATACollect Formative Data

VOXEREncourage on the fly discussions/sharing related to learning.

Discussions

TWITTER CHATS/BLOGSCreate a culture of sharing and learning from other educators...especially those not in your building!Collaborative Communities

#MTBoS

Contact Me@RafranzDavis

Rafranz11@gmail.com

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(Left) Teachers can dive deeper into specific information about how their class is performing against the standards. Here they can see which students have mastered the standard, which have not, and which have not attempted it. This data is based on continuous formative assessment.

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