Check-in protocols + Feedback Tips
What is this practice? Pre-briefing and debriefing "check-ins" refer to short discussions you have with the teacher candidate before and after a teaching episode, an encounter with a student, or an interaction with a parent. These can be episodes where either the mentor or the TC takes the lead in enacting something that is worth observing and reflecting upon. Why is it important? Pre-briefing check-ins helps you identify what is worth observing in the upcoming enactment (enactment = what you or your TC will be doing). A check-in focuses the perception of the person doing the observations, so that they can attend to the most relevant aspects of the situation and give the person doing the enactment useful feedback. Similarly, a debriefing check-in is important because structured reflection enables TCs to make sense of what happened. Download PDF > Check_in_protocol + Feedback_tips Download Word version > Check_in_protocol + Feedback_tips...
Science lesson planning checkpoints
Tasks that prompt students to show their reasoning are great for formative assessment purposes, but only if they help you delve deeply into what students are thinking! This planning tool provides useful checkpoints for designing tasks that ask students to write evidence-based explanations in science. (Recommendations based on analysis of 76 assessment tasks and 707 samples of student work.[1]) [1] Kang, H., Thompson, J., & Windschitl, M. (2014). Creating opportunities for students to show what they know: The role of scaffolding in assessment tasks. Science Education, 98(4), 674-704. __________________________________________________ Download PDF > Planning checkpoints...
Tool: Setting up co-planning conversations
This tool helps both mentor and TC get ready for co-planning, once a lesson topic has been identified. Consider using the “Mentor’s Pocket Guide for Making Your Thinking Explicit” as you discuss. Begin the co-planning process at least a couple days ahead of the lesson being taught, so TCs have enough lead time to plan/modify, receive feedback, and make adjustments. _________________________________________________________________ Download PDF > Tool for co-planning conversations Download Word version (can type into) > Tool for co-planning conversations...