New Teacher OrientationIntroduction to

The College Ready PromiseAugust 4, 2011

DRAFT

• Pair – share: What do you know about teacher evaluation and The College Ready Promise?

• Share out:

What do you know?

The College Ready Promise

Teacher Evaluation (purpose, process, research, etc.)

• The Alliance College Ready Public Schools, along with three other CMOs, received a $60 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to implement a new teacher development and evaluation system.

Video: http://tcrpalliance.wordpress.com/ • Four Components of the Work:

– Definition of a framework for effective teaching: The College Ready Teaching Framework

– Teacher development and support– Evidence-based evaluation based on multiple

measures of effectiveness– Principal Leadership

What is The College Ready Promise?

DRAFT

• Read the Executive Summary and First section of The Widget Effect - hard copy, or find it at:http://tcrpalliance.wordpress.com/publications /

• Group discussion: Based on your reading of the Widget Effect, what are the top three reasons for reforming teacher evaluation?

Why TCRP, Why Now?

DRAFT

• Group 1: What are the measures of effective teaching in the Alliance? What is the value of each of these measures?

• Group 2: How are we measuring student growth? How is this measure different than what is typically measured?

• Group 3: What are the TCRP Guiding Principles? Which of these Guiding Principles most resonates with you, and why?

• Group 4: What other districts are doing this work across the country? Provide one example of a similarity and a difference from one or two other districts.

• Group 5: What are the domains in the College Ready Teaching Framework? How does this framework align to a vision of college-readiness for students?

TCRP Wordpress Treasure Hunt

• Please read the three articles about our instructional priorities within The College Ready Promise

• Also available at: http://tcrpalliance.wordpress.com/the-college-ready-teaching-framework/

ConstructivismExcerpts from: Donald G. Hackmann. 2004. “Constructivism and Block Scheduling. Making the Connection..

Cognitive EngagementAn excerpt from: Tharp, R. G., P. Estrada, S. S. Dalton, and L. A. Yamauchi. (2000). Teaching Transformed. Achieving Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion, and Harmony

College ReadinessConley, D. (2007). Toward a more comprehensive conception of college readiness (pp 1-19)

Homework – 3 TCRP Priorities

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