August 2013
Day 2
Grand Valley Learning Network
Activating YourInstructional Model
•If your school has an articulated instructionalmodel (or definition of high-qualityinstructional practice), what are its corecomponents? What evidence would you needto see in a classroom?
•If your school does not have an articulatedinstructional model, what do you think defineshigh-quality instructional practice?
What do you see?
•Describe what you see?
–Be descriptive? Avoid judgments and evaluation.
–Be specific? Avoid vagaries and generalities.
Team Discussion
•To what degree does this teaching vignetterepresent our school’s instructional model?
–What is your evidence?
–What are the specific changes that would bringthis in greater alignment with your instructionalmodel?
Mapping Backwards toProfessional Collaboration
Given your school’s bet,
what has to occur consistently in your professionalcollaboration sessions so that teacher behaviorschange to produce the desired improvement instudent learning?