Strategies that Work Teaching for Understanding and Engagement

1. Strategies that WorkTeaching for Understanding and Engagement Module 1 Debbie Draper, Julie Fullgrabe & Sue Eden

2. Links to Tfel Domain one Learning for effective teaching 1.2 develop deep pedagogical and content knowledge 1.6 Design, plan and organise for teaching and learning

3. High yield strategies

4. What is a high yield strategy? High yield strategies are evidenced based strategies that have been proven to improve learning outcomes. There have been a variety of studies, meta-analysis of these strategies by researchers such as Hattie, Robinson, Marzano and Glase.

5. They determined that these strategies have the greatest positive affect on student achievement for all students, in all subject areas, at all grade levels.

6. High Yield Strategies-site level

7. High yield strategies • Focus on developing higher order thinking skills • Inform instruction with data • Assess student work collaboratively

8. Emphasize non-fiction writing • Use the gradual release of responsibility model • Provide opportunities for purposeful talk • differentiate instruction

9. Plan collaboratively • Promote a culture of high expectation • Plan large blocks of learning time

10. Classroom level-more a daisy than a peacock! = school based strategy as well as classroom Cooperative Student learning Assessment As, of and for Learning including student self assessment, Rubrics and Work samples Timely Feedback that Supports learning Variety of texts Available In classroom

11. High yield strategies and comprehension Our focus on comprehension covers many of the high yield strategies during the year of the PD program. Eg higher order thinking skills, differentiation, non-fiction texts, gradual release of responsibility model

12. Investigating high yield strategies With someone else or a group, look more closely at a high yield strategy. What is it? Why is it important? Give examples of it in practice. Share back.

13. Make your own peacock…. Record your comments about the high yield strategy on the feathers of the peacock.