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The Joys of Teacher Professional Development

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All teachers love professional development because they are typically so engaging and relevant, right?

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1. Teachers and Paras will be able to identify what influences affect student achievement.

2. Teachers and Paras will be able to identify how they can infuse the major influence in their classroom.

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Students

Home

Schools

Curriculum

Peer Effects

Teachers

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Peter DeWitt - Teachers Make a Difference

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Peter DeWitt (Ed.D.) is a former school principal in Upstate, NY, and he is now a Visible Learning trainer. Before becoming a principal he taught elementary school for eleven years. His syndicated blog Finding Common Ground is published by Education Week and he is a freelance writer for Vanguard Magazine.

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Teacher style

Homework

Class environment

Questioning

Feedback

Instructional quality

Remediation/feedback

Challenge of goals

Mastery learning

Advance organizers

Simulation & games

Computer-assisted instruction

Testing

Instructional media

Direction instruction

Peer tutoring

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1. Feedback

2. Instructional Ability

3. Direct Instruction

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1. Specific-Feedback is a tool for for future changes.
What worked well and what needs improvement.

2. Actionable-emphasize what can be done differently next time.

3. Timely-Most effective feedback is timely and frequent.

4. Respectful- Look for the good while still focusing on the future.
https://youtu.be/Huju0xwNFKU

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Austin's Butterfly: Building Excellence in Student Work

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Ron Berger from EL Education demonstrates the transformational power of models, critique, and descriptive feedback to improve student work. Here he tells the story of Austin's Butterfly. First-grade students at ANSER Charter School in Boise, ID, helped Austin take a scientific illustration of a butterfly through multiple drafts toward a high-quality final product.

This video accompanies the book Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools through Student-Engaged Assessment.