Instructional Minute

Week of April 3rd:

• Thank you!
• MTSS Tier 1 Academics
• Data Driven
• Successful Small Groups

We were able to conduct Quality Reviews at 22 schools this year!

Visiting the schools was a group effort that would not have been possible without the hard work and cooperation of our LSD teachers, administrators, and Co-leads.

We are proud of all your effort to make your students successful!

Next Steps:

Each school leadership team, SPOC, and Instructional team member has or will develop a 30/60/90-day strategic plan based on their results. The district will use the data to identify areas of celebration and opportunities for growth. The growth opportunities will be used to plan and provide future professional development topics.

MTSS is considered the "umbrella" of a tiered systems approach. MTSS encompasses the "whole child" (Cognitive, physical, behavioral, social and emotional) using data-driven problem solving to provide support for ALL students' needs.

Using data-driven instruction in small groups improves a classroom teacher’s skills in providing differentiated instruction in core, tier 1 instruction (Hall, Implementing Response to Intervention, pg. 60).

Opportunities to Collect Student Data

• Universal Screenings (NWEA and Aims Web, WIDA)

• Diagnostic Assessments (Aims Web, IXL, Read 180, System 44)

• Pre- Assessment (Mostly teacher created)

• Formative Assessments( teacher created, WIDA)

• Summative Assessments (Unit Assessment, M STEP, PSAT, WIDA)

When following the Workshop Model, teachers are able to provide small group instruction during the You Do (which should be the longest part of the lesson) portion of this instructional model. The teacher will work with 2-6 students that were not able to perform at the level of taxonomy of the day's learning target and provide more individualized feedback and support. This is a chance for the students to practice the day's learning target through monitored, flexible, and differentiated learning. (Ferlazzo, 2021)

The Standards Based Weekly Tests are located in the carousel. Choose: “Program Assessments”, then “Standards Based Weekly Tests”. You then have the option to select online or pdf versions of the tests.

Procedure: Using think alouds and a gradual release model, practice test taking strategies (finding the answer in the text, crossing off ‘bad’ answers, identifying important words in the questions, identify the type of questions) using the Standards Based Weekly Assessments. M-STEP does not use Performance Based test formats.

Start with a paper copy (printable PDF) for the first one so students can highlight and annotate right on the test. Then move to assigning the test through ThinkCentral and do the work together as guided practice. As students seem to become more proficient with the practice, teachers can gradually release support from most or all students and then review misconceptions or areas of difficulty after they complete the assessment independently.

How to assign Standards Based Weekly Assessments in ThinkCentral:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lo-rmTEIMJkqz56UEUisw3Rl4gLsWkx8/view?usp=sharing

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Direct Instruction (mini-lesson) follows the gradual release model, in which the teacher first demonstrates the teaching point, models the new learning (I Do), then provides the students guided practice (We Do).

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This is from the Teach Like a Champion Field Guide

ELA - Math - Science - Social Studies - Career and Technology In Education - Physical Education Standards - Visual and Performing Arts - World Language Standards