Instructional Impact
March 6, 2019
Purpose
Helpful Links
Trimester 2 Assessment Calendar
Report Card Dates/Deadlines
MSTEP (Grades 3-5)
A Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum?
A GVC represents the core non-negotiables of student learning. It's what districts, schools and teachers commit to providing every student.
A “guaranteed” curriculum is often defined as a mechanism through which all students have an equal opportunity to learn rigorous content. This requires a school-wide (or district-wide) agreement and common understanding of the essential content that all students need to know, understand, and be able to do. The word “all” needs emphasis; a guaranteed curriculum promotes equity, giving all children equal opportunity to learn essential content, and to provide this opportunity, curricular materials and instructional approaches must be grounded in research, implemented with fidelity, and must include vertical as well as horizontal alignment.
For a curriculum to be “viable,” there must be adequate time for teachers to teach the content and for students to learn the content. A viable curriculum eliminates the supplementary or “nice to know” content.
Our curriculum choices are grounded in research and well-aligned to our standards. As we continue to improve tier 1 instruction, we will begin to layout our "core non-negotiables" for Oxford. In order for our work to be powerful, we ALL must be on the same page and offer our kids our core non-negotiables.
Source: McCREL International
Workshop Instruction
Everyone is at varying levels of implementation and that's okay. We are all in this together and we want to move forward together on behalf of our students. My biggest "ask" is that everyone self-reflects on their practice and is willing to open up and utilize a growth mindset as we work together to offer our students our best!
Here are some excellent resources to watch and/or read for professional learning that can either re-calibrate, confirm, or stretch your thinking.
2nd Grade Reading Mini-Lesson (11:35)
While watching, listen and look for the language she uses, the parts of a mini-lesson including the connection, teaching point, teaching, active engagement and link, and her pacing of the lesson. Look at the walls in the room. What learning story are they narrating?
*One word of caution. I don't like that she gives them an "assignment" in her send-off. Not all kids will be able to apply the mini-lesson of the day at that moment or during their reading immediately after.
Calling all teacher leaders!
Oakland County's Effective Practice Conference
June 18-19, 2019 at Lamphere High School
A message from Oakland Schools...
INSPIRE TEACHERS, EMPOWER STUDENTS
To honor effective practices, please consider sharing your learning and insights by presenting a session at the Oakland County Fourth Annual Effective Practices Conference. All of us get better when we share our practices with one another for our students! Our primary focus this year is on well being, quality instructional practices and student engagement.We need you to share your practice by leading a breakout session with fellow educators around one of the above focus areas. Sessions may include one or more adult presenters. Please consider including student presenters as a way of bringing the student voice into our conference
Oakland Schools will cover the conference registration fee for presenters. Student presenters are also free. As an added bonus, Oakland Schools will offer the opportunity for you to work with Oakland Schools consultants in the design of your breakout session. The session will take place on May 2nd at Lamphere High School. (more information to follow).
Want to give it a go and present? Click HERE to apply! Suggested (but not limited to) topics are below!
Math Terms for Teachers- What does it all mean?
Building our math minds so we can build the math minds for our students!
This video is good, quick professional learning! It's 9:50 minutes long so plan on watching it when you have time! I highly recommend having a notebook handy when you do! :)
Coming Soon!
- Is it necessary?
- When is it necessary?
- What's necessary?
What does this quote make you think?
"If they can do the worksheet, they don't need it. If they can't, it won't help them." -Marilyn Adams
Michigan's Literacy Essentials
Our districts curriculum and instructional practice, including workshop instruction, helps to support these Literacy Essentials!
This site offers EXCELLENT professional learning opportunities through videos and modules!
Anita R. Qonja
Email: anita.qonja@oxfordschools.org
Website: oxfordschools.org
Location: 10 North Washington Street, Oxford, MI, USA
Phone: 248.969.5096
Twitter: @AnitaQonja