Teaching For Learning Video [link]
The Teaching For Learning Task Force was recently convened by our Superintendent, Dr. Jill Shackelford, and Linda Hollinshed, NEA-KCK President. The task force is charged to "clarify the vision of effective teaching and learning in the KCK school district". To accomplish this task the T For L Task Force will be studying together as a professional learning community to deepen their understanding of effective teaching and learning. The Task Force invites all members of our school community to join us in the study.
The following links are all .pdf files.
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5
Group 1:
- Teaching and Learning Document - 2001
- The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching
- Tough Times or Tough Choices
- Why Does the Gap Persist?
- Reframing the Achievement Gap
- From Rhetoric to Reality
- Final Word Protocol
- Save the Last Word for Me Protocol
Group 2:
- Lessons Along the Cultural Spectrum
- Culturally Responsive Instruction
- Enhancing Student Achievement
- Building School Partnerships with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families
- Relationships Matter
- Engaging African American Males in Reading
- Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction
- Cultural Considerations with Response to Intervention Models
- Teacher Skills to Support English Language Learners
- Connecting With Latino Learners
- Research Matters / Creating Culturally Responsive Schools
- Four A's Text Protocol
Group 3:
- Jigsaw Reading
- Possible Articles / Videos for Teaching & Learning Task Force
- Effective Teaching: How Do We Know It When We See It?
- McRel New Room – Education Hot Topics
- Restructuring High-Poverty Elementary Schools for Success: A Description of the Hi-Perform School Design
- Math Education: Teaching for Understanding
- Task, Text, and Talk: Literacy for All Subjects
- Seven Practices for Effective Learning
- After Third Grade
- View From the Classroom
- 10 Tips for Differentiating Instruction
- Making Benchmark Testing Work
Group 4:
- What Is a "Professional Learning Community"?
- Critical Friends
- Looking at Student Work for Teacher Learning, Teacher Community, and School Reform
- Tipping Point: From Feckless Reform to Substantive Instructional Improvement
- How to Implement Differentiated Instruction?
- Practical Ways to Guide Teachers Toward Differentiation (and an evaluation tool)
- Leading to Change / How Do You Change School Culture?
- Of Hubs, Bridges, and Networks