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Coaching Cycles
JJH Rocks new Teacher Training!
Ts that Write Together Stay Together!
WHAT AN AWESOME SURPRISE!
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Unit Development
1. Our units should be about 4-4.5 weeks long. This will really be important as we move to providing Tier 2 support to our struggling students based on our summative assessments.
2. Students should take the same common summative assessment within a 2-3 day period of time. This will allow us to have the data to determine who needs support in Tier 2! Let's also work on one or two common formative assessments during a unit. This will also help us get more comfortable analyzing student evidence during our PLCs.
3. RWE tasks should be done throughout the unit and the final task, the one that is graded, should be done here at school in one, maybe two, periods. This allows us to evaluate what the kids are doing along the way and their final piece.
4. Use the Gradual Release of Responsibility framework throughout the unit and every day. We need to be sure we provide focused instruction, guided instruction, time to process with peers, independent time and good models!
I know I will need everyone's help remembering these things as we work together! (Swiss Cheese brain has been known to happen to me!)