Roz Spitzer, Niki Mantas, Liuba Boyko, Judi Wise from Bellingham Technical College
Five Powerful Principles to Transform Your Class
High Structure
High Challenge
Intensity
Intentionality and Learning How to Learn
Inquiry and Assessment
Rendezvous 2010 Yakima, Washington July 20, 2010
The Five Principles and How They are Changing Our Lives
High Structure High Challenge Intensity Intentionality and Learning How to
Learn Inquiry and Assessment to make
learning visible
Source: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Basic Skills for Complex Lives: Designs for Learning in the Community College (2008)
What’s so powerful?
“The most promising innovations are shaped by an understanding that basic skills are not so basic, that even underprepared learners bring assets to their work. Basic skills must prepare students for complex lives.”
How did we get started?
A synergy of things happened: The budget cuts!!! Promises, promises… **Faculty Inspiration ** A great grant writer $$$ We got the FIPSE!!!(Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary
Education)
Original Faculty Inquiry Group (FIG): Roz Spitzer, Niki Mantas, Ruby Butterworth, Liuba Boyko, Judi Wise, Connie Daugherty, Marcia Leister, Paula Girouard
Key Components
Time & Money Commitment of Faculty Commitment of Administration Openness to new ideas Persistence
JIGSAW ACTIVITY: Creating Powerful Classrooms
Number Groups: LEARN YOUR PRINCIPLE!
Read the Carnegie Principle that correlates with the number on your color card.
Discuss strategies from reading and your own experience.
Be prepared to paraphrase the principle and share with others.
JIGSAW ACTIVITY: Creating Powerful Classrooms
Color Groups: TEACH YOUR PRINCIPLE Teach your principle to your color group
members. (Limit: 2 minutes each/10 minutes.)
Discuss/take notes on these strategies. Which strategies have you tried? Which would you like to try?
Prepare for whole group report. What’s the best idea that you have discovered today? Prepare to share: Principle(s), Title, Description.
JIGSAW ACTIVITY: Creating Powerful Classrooms
Whole Group: REPORT
Each color group reports to whole group one awesome activity that supports one of the five Carnegie Principles.
How are we transforming our classes at BTC?
ABE/GED
Metacognitive Reading Checklist
& Log
High StructureIntentionality and Learning How to Learn
Whatcom County Buses: Do They
Deserve an Increase?
(Math)
High StructureHigh Challenge
BTC Tuition Increase 2010-
2011 (Math)
IntensityHigh
Structure/Challenge
Critical Conversations: Basic Skills Students at the Table
(btcbasfig.wikispaces.com/community+connections)
High ChallengeIntensity
Inquiry and Assessment to Make Learning Visible
Intentionality and Learning How to Learn
How are we transforming our classes at BTC?
Math 50
Carnegie Learning Cognitive Tutor
High StructureIntensity
Intentionality & Learning How to
Learn
How are we transforming our classes at BTC?
ESL
Using Your Brain & Growing
Dendrites(Level 2-3)
High-ChallengeIntentionality & Learning How
to Learn
Where Am I Going?
(Level 4+)
High Challege
Intentionality &
Learning How to Learn
How to Paraphrase
Almost Anything(Level 4+)
High Challenge
How are we transforming our classes at BTC?
I-BEST
Hayley Has it Down(video)
Inquiry and Assessment to Make Learning
Visible
How Much Energy do you Use?
High ChallengeHigh Structure
Everyone needs a little inspiration…
Resources: http://btcbasfig.wikispaces.com/