Characteristics of Effective Instruction Overview

Instruction and Assessment

• Identify & define Characteristics of Effective Instruction

• Build a common language

• Protocols and tools to analyze content and instruction

• Professional development that will improve instruction and assessment practices

• Connections among existing initiatives

Instruction & AssessmentPurposes• Develop an understanding of each

of the Characteristics of Effective Instruction.

• Differentiate between teacher actions and student actions when engaged in the Characteristics of Effective Instruction.

• Connect CEI to current statewide initiatives.

The Big Question

• What type of instruction do teachers need to provide so that each and every student develops Deep Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge around the Essential Concepts and Skills Sets identified in the Iowa Core Curriculum?

Deep Conceptual & Procedural Knowledge

Teaching For Understanding

Assessment for Learning

Teaching for Learner Differences

Student Centered Classrooms

Rigor & Relevance

Teaching for

Understanding

Assessment for

Learning

Rigor and

Relevance

Student-centered

Classrooms

Teaching for Learner

Differences

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

• Review the bullet points—attributes—of the characteristics

• Watch the video clip

• Identify both teacher actions and student actions

• Table talk about your observations

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

Migration From Latin America

• Mavis Weir• 10th–grade history in Petaluma, California• Explore the various reasons people emigrate

from their homeland.

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

• Complete the “T-chart” based on bulleted definitions of the Characteristics of Effective Instruction

• Discuss with your table group attributes of both students and teachers that you observed

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

The Research Base• Teaching For Understanding

• Assessment for Learning

• Teaching for Learner Differences

• Student Centered Classrooms

• Rigor & Relevance

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

1. Number off individually at the tables 1-5.

2. Go to assigned number table.

3. Read the research article on the Characteristic of Effective Instruction found on the table tent.

4. Complete only the Definition and Characteristics boxes.

**Make note of the author, affiliated organization, and publication date of each article.

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

A closer look at…• the characteristics of effective instructional

practices as defined by the Iowa Core Curriculum.

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

Migration From Latin America

Mavis Weir10th–grade history in Petaluma, CaliforniaExplore the various reasons people emigrate from their homeland.

Processing the Video

1. As a table, share your responses to the video.2. Discuss your observations and

recommendations.3. Complete the Examples and non Examples

portion of your Frayer model chart.4. Appoint a spokesperson to share out two key

responses or observations with the whole group.

Things to consider…• Students? • Leadership?• Teachers?• Data?• Professional Development?

Characteristics of Effective Instruction

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Characteristics of Effective Instruction

“…it is necessary to go deeper and address the most important condition for successful school reform, namely, the quality of classroom instruction.”

Breakthrough Fullan, Hill, and Crevola , 2006

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