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Leading	
  Rehearsals	
  of	
  Teaching	
  to	
  Support	
  Novice	
  Teacher	
  
Learning	
  of	
  Ambi;ous	
  Pedagogies	
  
Elham	
  Kazemi	
  
University	
  of	
  Washington	
  
1	
  
Team	
  Work	
  
Magdalene	
  Lampert	
  
Megan	
  Franke	
  
Hala	
  Ghousseini	
  
Heather	
  Beasley	
  
Angela	
  Turrou	
  
Adrian	
  Cunard	
  
Allison	
  Hintz	
  
Megan	
  Kelley-­‐Petersen	
  
Helen	
  Thouless	
  
Lynsey	
  Gibbons	
  
Bryan	
  Street	
  
Teresa	
  Lind	
  
Laura	
  Mah	
  
Anita	
  Lenges	
  
Becca	
  Lewis	
  
Liz	
  Hartmann	
  
Leslie	
  Nielsen	
  
Emily	
  Shahan	
  
Elizabeth	
  Dutro	
  
Morva	
  McDonald	
  
Core	
  PracLces	
  ConsorLum	
  
Ryan	
  Reilly	
  
Jessica	
  Calabrese	
  
Staff	
  at	
  Lakeridge	
  Elementary	
  
School	
  
	
  
Learning	
  
•  How	
  do	
  you	
  make	
  school	
  a	
  worthwhile	
  place	
  
to	
  be?	
  For	
  teacher	
  and	
  student	
  learning?	
  
	
  
•  What	
  kinds	
  of	
  learning	
  situaLons	
  get	
  you	
  
inside	
  pracLce,	
  with	
  others,	
  to	
  pay	
  careful	
  
aRenLon	
  to	
  content	
  and	
  to	
  students	
  as	
  
learners	
  and	
  as	
  people?	
  
	
  
•  How	
  can	
  you	
  design	
  and	
  carry	
  out	
  powerful	
  
ways	
  to	
  learn	
  together	
  as	
  adults	
  –	
  teacher	
  
educators	
  and	
  teachers?	
  	
  
Overview	
  of	
  the	
  Elementary	
  Math	
  Methods	
  Course	
  
Math	
  insLtute	
  
Quarter	
  1	
  
University	
  
	
  
Elementary	
  School	
  
10	
  weekly	
  sessions,	
  4	
  hours	
  	
  2	
  days	
  	
  
6	
  hrs./day	
  
Learn	
  and	
  teach	
  instrucLonal	
  acLviLes	
  to	
  same	
  group	
  of	
  students	
   Exam	
  
A	
  closer	
  	
  
look…	
  
MATH	
  METHODS	
  AT	
  	
  PARTNER	
  ELEMENTARY	
  SCHOOL	
  
WHAT	
  
What	
  to	
  teach?	
  
	
  What	
  are	
  the	
  most	
  
important	
  pracLces	
  for	
  a	
  
novice	
  to	
  learn?	
  	
  
HOW	
  
How	
  to	
  teach	
  it?	
  
	
  
What	
  are	
  the	
  learning	
  
opportuniLes	
  to	
  learn	
  the	
  
pracLce?	
  What	
  are	
  the	
  
approximaLons	
  of	
  pracLce?	
  	
  	
  
WHERE	
  
Where	
  and	
  with	
  whom	
  to	
  
teach	
  	
  it?	
  
	
  What	
  are	
  the	
  contexts	
  for	
  
learning?	
  	
  
With	
  whom	
  are	
  we	
  learning?	
  
Designing	
  Teacher	
  
EducaLon	
  for	
  PracLce	
  
•  It	
  is	
  a	
  professional	
  pracLce,	
  generaLve	
  for	
  
a	
  broad	
  range	
  of	
  parLcipants	
  	
  
•  It	
  conveys	
  a	
  set	
  of	
  principles	
  
•  It	
  is	
  embedded	
  within	
  a	
  learning	
  system	
  
How	
  does	
  what	
  you	
  just	
  saw	
  sit	
  within	
  
a	
  framework	
  for	
  learning	
  within	
  a	
  
program	
  or	
  within	
  a	
  school?	
  	
  
ProgrammaLc	
  Framework	
  for	
  
As	
  AmbiLous	
  Teachers	
  We	
  Have	
  a	
  Set	
  of	
  
Principles	
  that	
  guide	
  our	
  decisions:	
  
TreaLng	
  children	
  as	
  
sensemakers	
  
Knowing	
  students	
  
Engaging	
  all	
  students	
  in	
  
rigorous	
  content	
  	
  
Challenging	
  Inequity	
  
These	
  principles	
  
reflect	
  our	
  most	
  
founda4onal	
  beliefs	
  
about	
  teaching	
  and	
  
learning.	
  	
  They	
  act	
  
as	
  the	
  vision	
  against	
  
which	
  we	
  measure	
  
our	
  prac4ce	
  in	
  
classrooms	
  with	
  
students.	
  	
  
	
  	
  
	
  
What	
  to	
  
Teach	
  
From	
  Vision	
  to	
  PracLce	
  
AmbiLous	
  Teachers:	
  	
  	
  
Orient	
  students	
  to	
  one	
  
another	
  	
  
Elicit	
  &	
  respond	
  to	
  student	
  
ideas	
  	
  
Create	
  &	
  maintain	
  a	
  learning	
  
environment	
  
PosiLon	
  students	
  as	
  
competent	
  
Assess	
  student	
  understanding	
  
Teach	
  towards	
  instrucLonal	
  
goals	
  
Core	
  prac4ces	
  are	
  
the	
  central	
  
elements	
  of	
  
ambi4ous	
  teaching	
  .	
  
They	
  are	
  the	
  
prac4ces	
  teachers	
  
enact	
  that	
  improve	
  
students’	
  
opportuni4es	
  to	
  
learn	
  
What	
  to	
  
Teach	
  
• PEDAGOGIES	
  
• CollaboraLve	
  Planning	
  
• Microteaching	
  
• Rehearsal	
  
• PEDAGOGIES	
  
• Co-­‐Teaching	
  
• Live	
  Coaching	
  
• ObservaLon	
  and	
  
Immediate	
  debrief	
  
• PEDAGOGIES	
  
• Live	
  Modeling	
  
• Examining	
  Video	
  Models	
  
• Examining	
  WriRen	
  Cases	
  
• PEDAGOGIES	
  
• Self/Peer	
  Video	
  Analysis	
  
• Transcript	
  Analysis	
  
• ReflecLon	
  WriLng	
  
• Video	
  PLCs	
  
Analyzing	
  
Enactment	
  and	
  
Moving	
  Forward	
  
	
  
	
  
Introducing	
  and	
  
Learning	
  About	
  
the	
  AcLvity	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  Preparing	
  for	
  
and	
  Rehearsing	
  
the	
  AcLvity	
  
	
  
EnacLng	
  the	
  
AcLvity	
  with	
  
Students	
  
The Learning Cycle
• Core	
  PracLce	
  
• Core	
  PracLce	
  
• Core	
  PracLce	
  
How	
  to	
  
Teach	
  It	
  
PracLcal	
  Tools:	
  
	
  InstrucLonal	
  AcLviLes	
  	
  
	
  
Reading	
  Conference	
  
EliciLng	
  IniLal	
  Hypotheses	
  
Modeling	
  Claim	
  Making	
  	
  	
  
Launching	
  a	
  Task	
  	
  
InteracLve	
  Read	
  Aloud	
  
Choral	
  CounLng	
  
Others…………	
  
Instruc4onal	
  
Ac4vi4es	
  are	
  
bounded	
  episodes	
  
of	
  prac4ce	
  that	
  
have	
  beginnings,	
  
middles,	
  and	
  ends.	
  
They	
  	
  offer	
  novices	
  
opportuni4es	
  to	
  
learn	
  	
  to	
  teach	
  
within	
  its	
  
complexity.	
  	
  
What	
  to	
  
Teach	
  
How	
  to	
  
Teach	
  It	
  
Rehearsals	
  
•  What	
  are	
  they?	
  
•  What	
  gets	
  worked	
  on?	
  
•  How	
  does	
  pracLce,	
  content,	
  and	
  social	
  
relaLons	
  get	
  worked	
  on?	
  	
  
•  12	
  to	
  15	
  min	
  in	
  length	
  
•  Average	
  of	
  14	
  TE/NT	
  exchanges	
  (mean:	
  27	
  
seconds)	
  
what	
  shapes	
  the	
  conduct	
  of	
  rehearsal	
  
•  CreaLng	
  a	
  culture	
  for	
  making	
  pracLce	
  public	
  
•  Dependent	
  on	
  some	
  common	
  understanding	
  
of	
  an	
  instrucLonal	
  acLvity	
  that	
  gets	
  refined	
  
over	
  Lme	
  
•  	
  Teachers’	
  experience	
  with	
  the	
  acLvity	
  
maRers	
  and	
  shapes	
  the	
  conduct	
  of	
  rehearsals	
  
•  Shaped	
  by	
  how	
  closely	
  they	
  are	
  Led	
  to	
  
enactments	
  with	
  children	
  
AcLvity	
  Structure	
  
•  Show	
  a	
  photograph	
  and	
  discuss	
  its	
  contextual	
  
features	
  
•  Pose	
  a	
  mathemaLcal	
  quesLon	
  related	
  to	
  the	
  picture	
  
•  Monitor	
  for	
  students	
  reasoning	
  and	
  they	
  talk	
  with	
  
one	
  another	
  
•  Select	
  and	
  share	
  several	
  different	
  strategies	
  
•  Compare	
  and	
  connect	
  those	
  strategies	
  
26	
  
What	
  is	
  this	
  a	
  
picture	
  of?	
  	
  
	
  
What	
  do	
  you	
  
noLce	
  about	
  it?	
  
27	
  
HOW	
  TALL	
  IS	
  
MS	
  NGUYEN?	
  
WHAT’S	
  TOO	
  
LOW?	
  	
  
WHAT’S	
  TOO	
  
HIGH?	
  	
  
WHAT’S	
  YOUR	
  
REASONING	
  
28	
  
EsLmaLon180.com	
  
32	
  
Make	
  a	
  plan	
  
•  What	
  mathemaLcs	
  might	
  you	
  want	
  to	
  work	
  
on?	
  Why?	
  
•  What	
  social	
  goals	
  might	
  you	
  want	
  to	
  work	
  on?	
  	
  
•  What	
  do	
  you	
  anLcipate	
  students	
  will	
  say?	
  
How	
  might	
  you	
  respond?	
  (make	
  a	
  T-­‐chart)	
  
•  How	
  might	
  you	
  sum	
  up	
  the	
  conversaLon	
  –	
  do	
  
you	
  want	
  to	
  take	
  the	
  conversaLon	
  to	
  a	
  
parLcular	
  place?	
  	
  
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Cycles	
  of	
  invesLgaLng,	
  planning,	
  
trying,	
  and	
  learning	
  
1.	
  Choose	
  a	
  common	
  
inst’l	
  acLvity.	
  Plan	
  
together,	
  creaLng	
  “our	
  
lesson”	
  
2.	
  Try	
  it	
  out	
  in	
  a	
  
classroom;	
  use	
  
teacher	
  Lme	
  out	
  
to	
  crar	
  the	
  
lesson	
  together	
  
3.	
  Revise	
  &	
  try	
  out	
  
a	
  second	
  Lme	
  (if	
  
Lme	
  allows)	
  
4.	
  Make	
  
commitments	
  re	
  
what	
  to	
  try	
  in	
  
own	
  classroom