The e5 Instructional ModelHillsmeade Primary School Term 3 2009

Teacher Professional Leave These PD and focus group sessions are designed to assist all staff to gain an understanding of the e5 instructional

model, to the extent that it can be recognised and confidently discussed in Individual Learning Teams, in order to become part of usual classroom practise and

positively impact Student Learning. A longer term goal is for all staff to be able to apply the

model to their own lessons.

The e5 Instructional Model· 21st July 3.45 – 4.30 Pd on E5 – Where we are coming from. What is it? Where did it come from? How can we use it? Where does it fit in? Global Learning Centre  · 4th August 3.45 Focus Groups Meetings – discussing pre-readings and meanings of an individual part of the e5, engage, explain, explore, elaborate or evaluate.  · 18th of August – all staff in Global Learning Centre – putting together all the different domains.  · 1st of September - TBA E5 (Possibilities are Evaluation vs. Assessment, or parallels between POLT and e5, or beginning actual application but will be designed on a needs basis)  · 15th of September – E5 pulling it all together. · Evaluation, feedback and where to next? 

Educational Change since 2003, leading up to the development of the e5

Instructional Model.The Blueprint for Government Schools (2003), which set a major capacity-building agenda in government schools to enhance the quality of school leadership, teaching and learning and the school curriculum, through initiatives such asthe Victorian Essential Learning Standardsthe Effective Schools Modelthe Performance and Development Culturethe School Accountability and Improvement Framework (DEECD website)

The Blueprint II released in 2006

Action 20: Professional learning for teachersWe will provide access to effective professional learning for teachers in all sectors.As a foundation for this, we will collect and share evidence on the characteristics of effective professional learning, including working in teams and learning from other teachers.Professional learning will be closely linked to the workplace context and the sophisticated use of technology to develop skills and improve practice, including through the Ultranet.A specific priority will be to disseminate an instructional model for teachers to support effective teaching practices in classrooms.This will assist teachers and school leaders to refine and develop their knowledge around high-quality instruction and improve their capacity to translate it into practice.In the next twelve months we willcollect and share evidence on the characteristics of effective professional learning across all sectorsdisseminate an instructional model for teachers. (taken from the full document of Blueprint 2, 2006)

This is the e5 symbol

What is the e5? And what is an Instructional Model anyway?•The e5 is an instructional model which is like a template for teaching and planning .•Instructional Models are used to select and to structure teaching strategies, methods, skills and student activities for a particular structure or emphasis. •“ the e5 is not a recipe for teacher practise but rather a framework to inform conversations and guide the observation, critique and reflection of classroom practise”. (P4 e5 black book)•It is a guided enquiry approach

What is the e5? (Continued)

•Usually an instructional design model tells us how to organise appropriate pedagogical scenarios to achieve instructional goals. •The idea being that what children learn depends not only on what they are taught but also on how they are taught, their developmental level, and their interests and experiences. .. These beliefs require that much closer attention be paid to the methods chosen for presenting material..” (Understanding the common Essential learning's Saskatchewan Education 1988 p.0)

Where does the e5 fit in?The e5 gives a valid framework with which to deliver the VELSIt works with POLT, identifying and utilising best practise of teachers.POLT in many ways is like the environment aspect of teaching, and the e5 the teaching process. However they do blend in many areas and are not really designed to stand separate from each other. (This is subjective, feel free to disagree. )

Where did the e5 Instructional Model come

from?The e5 was adapted from a Instructional Model used for teaching science, previously known as the 5 e’s. Without going into detail it has survived rigorous study and is well founded in research and has had excellent results. DEECD did not whip it up out of nowhere. It has taken years of development from all educational stakeholders to appear as it does now for use in all Victorian schools. (See handouts for 5e’s)

Why was the e5 developed in the first place?

To enable a shared and common language with which to discuss methods of teaching. Identified beforehand but found for certain that an Instructional model was required was at the 2006 Big Day Out for principals . (See context handout)

How can we use it?To assist us in our planningTo provide a checklist of quality instructionTo give us a shared understanding To give us a common languageHopefully find a way that suits the teachers at Hillsmeade to develop an understanding of the e5 that works for us, particularly in terms of real rather than just theoretical application.

What does it mean?The e5 Model is separated into 5 instructional areas called domains.They are Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate. Instructional practice capabilities are the expected knowledge skills and dispositions required in each domain. The capabilities are underpinned by performance indicators and quality criteriaThe domains also involve levels 1 through to 4. Like the P&DC., the first level is the most basic and level 4 is amazingly deep. We’ll work out a deeper meaning in groups. Warning - Engage is not only the traditional understanding of engage.

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More Lesson Plan ModelsIn the handouts there are examples of other types of Learning/Teaching Models.They include reference to Discovery learning (Don’t state the objectives)Direct Instruction (More teacher controlled)Inquiry based – (E5)Co-operative LearningMany more in handouts...