Types of Instruction
Direct instruction - Teacher explains or demonstrates
True or False?
True
What year was the mASD ORIGINALLY slated to open?
2018-2019 SY
What does the acronym IPG stand for?
Instructional Practice Guide
Who created the impact cycle?
Jim Knight
What is the district's math curriculum for grades K-5?
EnVision Math
Name one of the parts of a lesson plan? What does it mean OR give an example.
a. Anticipatory Set: Attention getter
b. Objectives: Should be clear and focused – It is what the students should be able to do by the end of the lesson.
c. Teaching: The teacher provides the information, and then models expectations.
d. Guided practice: Students demonstrate what they have learned with supervision by the teacher.
e. Checking for Understanding: The teacher questions students to check see if they grasped the concept before proceeding to the next level of learning.
f. Independent practice: Once students have an understanding, they can be given more practice for reinforcement.
g. Closure: Closure is essential At the end of an activity to help students reflect on what they have learned, its purpose, and meaning. Closure helps students draw conclusions and apply what they have learned. Closure lends to a sense of achievement. Students should be able to answer the question, “What did I learn and what does it mean to me today?”
True/False
Team building exercises will be a part of every PLC?
True
True/ False?
Are the IPGs an evaluative tool?
False. They are developmental.
What are the stages of the impact cycle?
1. identify
2. learn
3. improve
What is the ELA curriculum for grades K-5?
myView
In teacher‐centered methods, the teacher’s role is to present the information that is to be learned and to direct the learning process of students. Students then practice what they have learned. For example, with lectures, the teacher provides information, and students learn by listening.
What type of instruction is this an example of?
Lecture
What is the mission of the mASD?
The Mississippi Achievement School District is committed to providing an educational experience worthy of consumption.
Which math domain is unique to kindergarten?
Counting and Cardinality
Who is the author of the Art of Coaching?
Elena Aguilar
What is the district's math curriculum for grades 6-12?
What is mental modeling? Give an example
Assists students in managing their own learning by modeling a problem-solving technique
Name two of the mASD's core values.
Accountability, commitment, integrity, teamwork, and compassion.
What are the shifts in ELA/literacy? Explain Each.
1. Complexity: Practice regularly with complex text and its academic language.
2. Evidence: Ground reading, writing, and speaking in evidence from text, both literary and informational.
3. Knowledge: Build knowledge through content-rich nonfiction.
True/ False?
Coaching is confidential and founded on trust?
True
What is the district's ELA curriculum for grades 6-12?
myPerspectives
Name at least three types of instruction.
Lecture
Cooperative Learning
Discovery Learning
Whole group discussion
Demonstration
Simulation
Labs
Inquiry
Project based learning
Local experts
Field trips
Question and answer
Mental Modeling
What are the 4 Big Rocks of the mASD?
1. Strengthen early literacy and numeracy.
2. Laser-like focus on Tier 1 Instruction.
Just "In Time" Interventions
3. SEL (Leverage a trauma-informed instructional approach by ensuring that our current rhythms anchor on the Trauma-Informed guiding principles.)
4.Mobilize Families and Community Partners
What are the shifts in Mathematics? Explain each.
1. Focus strongly where the standards focus.
2. Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics within grades.
3. Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application with equal intensity.
What does PLC stand for?
Professional Learning Community
What is the district's socials studies curriculum?
We currently have not adopted one.