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Gearing Up
for
Professional Development

The Framework for Improving Teaching and Learning is an instrument is to provide a
research-based framework for quality
conversations around the practice of teaching for
improved student learning.

Framework for Improving Teaching and Learning (PDF)

Planning

planning

  • What is the evidence that teachers have addressed MCPS curriculum
    standards and indicators in lesson planning?
  • What is the evidence of flexible, periodic, collaborative planning?
  • What evidence is there that teachers have planned for student
    engagement in active learning?
  • How do teachers adapt the plans based on analysis of student
    performance?

 

Curriculum

curriculum

  • What is the evidence that the teacher is teaching the Montgomery
    County Public Schools (MCPS) curriculum?
  • What evidence is there that teachers are managing the curriculum?
  • What evidence is there that the curriculum focus is maintained
    when adapting curriculum to student experiences and needs?

 

 

 

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Evidence of Student Learning

evidence

  • What evidence are you collecting that indicates students have made
    progress?
  • What evidence is there that student progress is matched to
    curriculum?
  • What evidence is there that student progress is based on
    incremental rigorous goals set for students?

Instruction

instruction

  • How are instructional strategies matched to content and student
    needs?
  • How do teachers check for evidence of student understanding?
  • How do students show they understand the learning goal/reason for
    the activity they are doing and what their work should look like?
  • What evidence do you have that students self-monitor their own
    learning and set personal goals?
  • How is time used to maximize student learning?
  • How do teachers provide feedback to students about their learning
    and their work?
  • How do schools use resources to support teaching and learning?
  • How do teachers communicate instructional goals and related
    assignments so students understand them?

Expectations

expectations

  • How does the view of effort-based intelligence appear in PRACTICES
    in the learning environment?
  • How does the view of effort-based intelligence appear in BEHAVIORS
    in the learning environment?
  • How does the view of effort-based intelligence appear in
    STRUCTURES in the learning environment?
  • How does the view of effort-based intelligence appear in “STAFF
    TALK” within the learning environment?

Updated March 10, 2005 | Maintained by David Kreisberg

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