Problem Of Practice (Draft 1)

Here is the First Draft of the Problem of Practice we will use for our first classroom visit on March 2nd. We didn't talk about keeping the POP for our visit just within our DLT group; in other words, not telling the teachers the POP for our visit. I would recommend that we do not tell the POP for our first visit. Please comment here on that thought and also if you have any further thoughts and/or revisions to the POP for March 2nd.Thanks.
CONCEPTS CONSIDERED:
Differentiated Instruction
Learning Styles
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
Questioning
Engaged Students
Student-Centered Instruction
Motivated Students
Getting students to THINK
Guided learning
Use of technology tools to support HOTS
Who is shouldering the "work" of learning

Draft #1:

Are students engaged in active learning? Are students able to apply, connect, evaluate, create for meaning/new learning and are they able to express, share, explain, justify, demonstrate new learning?

Problem Of Practice Highlights

Directly observable
Striving to improve
Common understanding of effective practice
A POP is something you care about, that makes a difference in student learning
Focuses on the instructional core
Focuses on questions, task, talk, etc.
Data, dialogue, current work
Need time, dialogue, data to develop one
Sticky notes
Strengths & weaknesses
Something already working on to improve, but concerned about
A POP is not an implementation audit
A POP is a focus for the Network Learning
A POP needs time to "simmer" (reflect/pause)
Needs to be refined, revised (reiterative) and in plain language

Add additional thoughts as you finish reading Chapter 5:

"Shot in the Arm" Session 2/22/10

List a WORD or Phrase that holds signifcance in this Work/Learning:
Observation
Scripting
Non-judgment
Only what you see
Student Engagement
Reflection
Team
P.O.P.
Eye-Opening (watching self/videos)
New perspective of teaching/learning

Add Comments/Reflections:

Session #2 Reflection

What are the implications for your own work?
*What is one protocol, question, idea, or practice you might bring to your own work?

Session #2 Reflection

What did the facilitator do that contributed to your experience?
*What could be done to help your learning in the future?

Session #2 Reflection Question

What was your experience as a learner today?
*Content: Insights into teaching and learning?
*Questions?
Process: When were you most alert? What kind of learning worked best for you?
*Challenges?