This document discusses setting learning goals and understanding student characteristics. It provides examples of teachers describing their classrooms and the relevant student characteristics that influenced their instructional goals and planning. These include students' backgrounds, skills, needs and interests. The document emphasizes setting high and worthwhile goals, and having goals that are specific, focused on standards, and meet student needs. It also notes the importance of sharing goals and getting feedback from other teachers.
1. Take One! A standards-based lens for examining your teaching KNOWING YOUR STUDENTS and SETTING LEARNING GOALS Session Two
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14. Questions? Our next meeting is Wednesday, December 9. Have a lesson (and classes) for taping in mind. In the meantime, we’ll be talking about what makes a lesson a good choice on Ning. [email_address]
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How to look at each other’s work. Good place to talk about professional respect and withholding judgment. Good support does not judge—it merely asks for and about clarity, consistency and believability. “I need to know more about”…
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First—what biases does this raise? What are the relevant characteristics? Irrelevant characteristics? What else jumps out?
Biases? (Discuss biases here—they just represent wasted space, rather than counting against the participant.)
Lots of description. First intro to descriptive-analytic-reflective which will be discussed in depth later. Description is necessary, but doesn’t take us to new levels of analysis and reflection.
Four-minute writing exercise. Use drop-down one-to-one menu. Assign partners to talk about what they wrote. Debrief.
Quick posts, and round-robin verbal responses. Develop a list of traits for useful goals and post on Ning.
This was part of a handout, distributed on Ning last week.
Compare and contrast the two. Which would a superintendent like best? (LOL) Go back and review the questions: learning goals for this lesson? Sequence of instruction? Why are they important? ANALYZE!
Questions and more info about Ning—troubleshooting.
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