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Objectives:

• Review the Characteristics of Effective Instruction and make connections to our professional development efforts.

• Begin to think about the implications of the characteristics of effective instruction for our work as a school system.

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Student Engagement & Learning

Rigor&

Relevance

Assessmentfor

LearningStudent-Centered

Classroom

Teaching for

Understanding Teachingfor LearnerDifferences

Student

Centered

Characteristics of Effective Instruction and Assessment

Connections

What in the world are the Characteristics of Effective

Instruction all about and how do they connect to our professional

development initiatives?

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What are the key elements of your Character of Effective Instruction?

What training have you had that will help you implement the five

Characteristics of Effective Instruction with integrity?

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Expert Group

Create a poster to illustrate your group’s collective understanding of the Characteristics of Effective Instruction and training you have that will help you

implement with integrity

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Home base Group

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Examine the posters of your colleagues. Determine

similarities and differences when compared to your own

poster.Mark similarities with an !

Carousel Walk

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Questions

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