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Hi Everyone! Thank you for joining the #fcsvanguard chat tonight! I'm excited to be here with you as we discuss ways to teach and coach outside of the sphere of technology.
As a school leader (AP at Holcomb Bridge) and 4 year Vanguard member, I've been thinking a lot about TIM, PL and SMF and how they are transforming what we teach and how we lead. I've also been on the idea of how we do these without technology. #fcsvanguard
Tonight, most of the questions pull in these 3 initiatives, and will ask you to talk about your awesome work that supported these initiatives, but didn't include technology. Tweets will come at 10 minute intervals starting at 7:35 to give everyone ample time to chat. #fcsvanguard
A1: Hopefully we can work through the initiatives by sharing the wealth with others. We can bounce of ideas & use our monthly meetings to come together locally at our schools to regroup. #fcsvanguard@ayshafarooqi
Q1-We have been using our PLs to learn about and practice the SMF. The plan is to create SMF lessons/assignments and to assess and grow thru TIM-O #fcsvanguard
A1: TIM-O is like the formative assessment, and PL and SMF are the "tools" that help guide the coaching process. For example- TIM-O shows that tech is all teacher directed- PL provides you a strategy for choice and voice- SMF shows you what to focus on #FCSVanguard
A1: Great question! I have been using the TIM as the data point following the observation. Fortunately, PL is highly functional in my coachee's room. I look forward to seeing how SMF will serve as the framework the work, but haven't experimented yet! #fcsvanguard How about you?
A1: TIM-O is like the formative assessment, and PL and SMF are the "tools" that help guide the coaching process. For example- TIM-O shows that tech is all teacher directed- PL provides you a strategy for choice and voice- SMF shows you what to focus on #FCSVanguard
Provoking thoughts. We really must understand the role of technology. I have seen many teachers using technology to meet a mandate to implementing technology in their lessons plans. Technology is only a support or enhancement for well constructed, effective lessons. #fcsvanguard
A2: I would handle my teaching with good old fashion hands-on activities. Students would need ways to work out their auditory or visual needs with non-technology activities. Good old fashion lesson plan/calendar books would be a must. #fcsvanguard@ayshafarooqi
A2: This chart was used for so much!!! #fcsvanguard this helped me to “monitor” flexible pacing. Whether you have tech or not one key component of flexible pacing is monitoring.
A2 This is a great question. I guess if I didn’t have the use of technology, for flexible pacing in my teaching I would use choice boards for student choice and voice. I would have to really ponder what other tools I get use. #FCSVanguard
Isn't it true! I love seeing the drive and motivation from the students when they are working toward a goal. Certainly can be done in many ways! #fcsvanguard
Exactly - the student conference is the driver of flexible pacing. No technology needed. Just a commitment to helping kids learn at their own pace. #fcsvanguard
Yes @JillMoniqueEdu. That is the best part of Choice Boards. They can be altered to meet any need. Tech or none, regardless, students are offered a variety of choice and voice (among many other PL principals!) #fcsvanguard
#fcsvanguard I totally agree that smf guides you to what your learning targets are and pl provides you with strategies to reach different modalities and tim-o is tool to assess the learning.
A2–I would teach and plan as I did before I relied on tech—using student work, conferencing, stations and students would track their own progress on charts, etc— and set goals for their learning. #fcsvanguard
YES @mrsjennshaffer, can we make sure they hop on for all of our monthly chats! Everyone is welcome!!! #fcsvanguard Excited to hear their thoughts as we hijack your event tonight! #TeachersRule
TIM-O to look at the level of technology integration, PL to help meet the students various needs & SMF to help look at the level of proficiency. #fcsvanguard
I think we could really utilize SMF for this. 3.0 demonstrates 80-90% mastery of the standard so if there are student who have demonstrated this they can tell us how they would like to show us 4.0. Such as a mini projects all paper of course. #FcsVanguard
Our PL sessions are used to plan for a common understanding of SMF. I use the TIM-O assessing where we are in the individual coaching sessions and goal setting for where we are aiming to reach within a realistic timeframe. #fcsvanguard
#fcsvanguard use of hands on activities, modeling, and real world application has always existed. Technology is a great tool, but we still need teachhing strategies and other tools to reach all the student needs
And the students that demonstrate mastery could move on to 4.0 on the scale like show use the deeper dive in a part of the standard they’re curious about. Even creating assessments or review material for students who may have not reached the 3.0 benchmark #FcsVanguard
I'm super intrigued in tackling the SMF work, because it rarely mentions any technology integration. Totally counter to what we have been working on the last 4 years, but it sure does support great planning and teaching! #fcsvanguard
A3: This may be a collaborative effort, As an emerging Vanchise, it may come with sharing the wealth. It may come with teaching the staff & Vanguard members expectations. Good old fashion instruction with modeling what is expected helps. #fcsvanguard
A2–I would teach and plan as I did before I relied on tech—using student work, conferencing, stations and students would track their own progress on charts, etc— and set goals for their learning. #fcsvanguard
A3: For coaching, we have quite the toolbox of strategies, and most are technology agnostic. Modeling, co-planning, collaborating all get the job done. A personal favorite is modeling while the teacher monitors a checklist and ticks off each element as the see it. #fcsvanguard
Our PL sessions are used to plan for a common understanding of SMF. I use the TIM-O for assessing where we are in the individual coaching sessions and goal setting for where we are aiming to reach within a realistic timeframe. #fcsvanguard
A3: going to our basics of taping into our different types of learning styles: listeners, visuals, hands on, and our MI use to do a learning inventory for Ss so i could know my learners needs I would also do one so they knew how i learned. #fcsvanguard
A3- Tech has always only been one of my “strategies.” I use many others —lecture, carousel, games, groups, projects—and old fashion reading and taking notes on paper. it all works—just needs to be varied #fcsvanguard
#fcsvanguard varied strategies can be achieved by collaboration, demonstration, modeling, co planning, hands on activities, field trips, speakers, real life experience.
I agree! I also think there will be an important place for technology in the framework which I think will be a great place for us to add our knowledge and experience as #fcsvanguard members while placing the focus on solid best teaching practices.
Q4: Thinking about the TIM-O: How have you used the TIM to support one of the Personalized Learning pillars? What was the pillar and what level on the TIM was achieved? #fcsvanguard
A3: We would have to retreat and rely on what used to work back in the day before we were inundated with technology. Good old fashioned class discussions, stickie notes, think-pair-share, and see-think-wonder activities would be good #fcsvanguard
We are adopting filming ourselves for peer coaching / collaboration in the #fcsmusic department. I film myself to learn more all of the time. The FAST team has used their videos to model for our learning communities and mark student engagement most recently! #fcsvanguard
Technology helps to analyze the data for making the key decisions for flexible pacing but it is truly the data that drives the decisions. In the absence of technology the foundation of the decisions does not change. #fcsvanguard
A4: The personalized learning pillar that seems to stand out is data driven decisions. I think that has been the closest I have come to rating a TIM-O related to a Personalized Learning Pillar. #fcsvanguard
Video taping for peer coaching has been really helpful in guiding coaching through our vanchise team! Great discussions stem from our taping #fcsvanguard@MsPopola@mrsjennshaffer
We are adopting filming ourselves for peer coaching / collaboration in the #fcsmusic department. I film myself to learn more all of the time. The FAST team has used their videos to model for our learning communities and mark student engagement most recently! #fcsvanguard
Right? However, think about the instruction we give leading up within a unit? In an elementary environment, flexible pacing can be key during the learning process prior to performing / demonstrating mastery. (Which I've seen you do. :) #fcsvanguard#fcsmusic
A3: One strategy I have really leaned towards lately that never seems to fail is applying whole brain strategies to all of the concepts we are learning! My second graders have been very engaged in discussions when we do this! #fcsvanguard@mrsjennshaffer@MsPopola@EndicottSpot
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@jonathanadel, @mrsjennshaffer, @MsPopola, @EndicottSpot
A5- The SMF has helped me really focus on the standard and exactly what it is that my students need to be able to do. It also lets them set more specific goals for themselves. #fcsvanguard
Without technology- a greater focus on what really works for the students. Observing students that need the structure of graphic organizers versus students who really thrive in game based scenarios really supports deep focus on the preferences of the student. #fcsvanguard
Q4: Thinking about the TIM-O: How have you used the TIM to support one of the Personalized Learning pillars? What was the pillar and what level on the TIM was achieved? #fcsvanguard
I'd love to hear other ideas of how to expand on this topic! We have 3 powerful tools to work with, and we need to think about how to best combine them together. #fcsvanguard
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@FCSVanguard, @HeatherVanlooy, @becca_s_goddard
Agreed! It's definitely new territory for us. It will be fascinating to watch our understanding and application develop and evolve over time. #fcsvanguard
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@jonathanadel, @FCSVanguard, @HeatherVanlooy, @becca_s_goddard
