Transcript What is it and how will it help me?

Lesson Study
What is it and how will it help me?
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Today’s Objectives
 develop an awareness of the lesson study process
 recognize the value of lesson study
 understand the role of Lesson Study as a major
component of Race To The Top
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Before We Begin
 Anticipation Guide – agree or disagree
 I am comfortable having visitors in my classroom.
 I would like to work on lesson planning with other
teachers from my building.
 There are things about my teaching I could do better.
 I would like to be able to see how other teachers use
different strategies and teaching techniques.
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Before We Begin - KWL
 Consider the following question:
 What do you already know about Lesson Study?
 Turn and talk to a partner about what you already know or
think you know about Lesson Study.
 Write your thoughts on a sticky note and place on K chart.
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What is Lesson Study?
 A professional development process in which a
small group of teachers collaboratively plans,
teaches, observes, revises, and reports results on a
single-class lesson
 A method of improving a lesson through a process
of teacher collaboration
 “We” versus “Me”
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CBS Interview with Catherine Lewis –
Professor, Mills College (2:37)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=691
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How does Lesson Study
align with other initiatives?
 Coaching Cycle
 Continuous Learning Cycle
 Florida’s Continuous Improvement Model (FCIM)
 Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
 Response to Intervention (RtI)
 Job-embedded Professional Development
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Purpose of Lesson Study
“Lesson study provides an ongoing method to
improve instruction based on careful observation
of students and their work.”
Lois Brown Easton
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Lesson Study is an opportunity to…
 think carefully about the goals of a particular lesson,
unit, and subject area.
 study and improve the best available lessons.
 deepen subject-matter knowledge.
 build powerful instructional strategies and quality
lessons through collaboration.
 improve teaching through systematic, collaborative
inquiry.
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Lesson Study is an opportunity to…
 think deeply about short-and long-term goals for
students.
 anticipate student thinking.
 collect and analyze student learning and behavior
data.
 improve instruction based on careful observation of
students by understanding how students learn.
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It’s not about the teacher,
it’s about the instruction
and student learning.
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Professional Learning Communities
What is a PLC?
 a group of members typically from the same discipline
but may include cross-discipline members
 a structure of continuous adult learning, strong
collaboration, and democratic participation (Hord &
Sommers, 2008, p, 10)
 a means to continuously improve instruction and
student performance (Schmoker, 2006, p. 106)
 a TEAM learning approach for continuous
improvement through shared vision and collaboration
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PLC Attributes
 Supportive and shared leadership
 Collective creativity
 Shared values and vision
 Supportive conditions
 Shared personal practice
Hord, S. M. Professional Learning Communities:
What Are They and Why Are They Important?
Issues About Change, 6(1)
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Lesson Study is…
a form of long-term professional development
in which teams of teachers systematically
and collaboratively conduct research closely
tied to lessons, and then use what they learn
about student thinking to become more
effective instructors.
Research for Better Schools (www.rbs.org)
Lesson Study Group
What is a LSG?
 A group of 3-6 members typically from the same
discipline specifically focused on improving a lesson
and applying their learning to future lessons.
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What are the
steps for Lesson Study?
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What are the steps for Lesson Study?
 build infrastructure and consensus
 develop goals for student learning
 plan a research lesson based on those goals
 teach the lesson and collect data on student learning
 conduct a colloquium to discuss evidence to improve
the lesson and instruction
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Consider this…
When teachers have “opportunities for collaborative
inquiry and the learning related to it, they [are] able
to develop and share a body of wisdom gleaned from
their experience.”
Hord, S. M. Professional Learning Communities:
What Are They and Why Are They Important?:
Issues About Change, 6(1)
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Think About…
In order to implement Lesson Study successfully,
 what district support will be needed to support Lesson
Study at the school?
 District funding
 Curriculum Master Teachers to facilitate the process
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Lesson Study Cycle
Within a school’s multi-tiered system of student supports
the lesson study cycle involves a group of teachers
collaboratively planning a standards-based lesson to
support a school identified research theme; implementing
the lesson in a classroom; collecting observation data,
based on the students’ responses to the instruction;
reflecting upon, analyzing, and discussing this data; and
defining next steps based upon what they have learned.
Lesson study empowers teams of teachers to engage in
data-based problem-solving to accelerate student
learning.
Step #1- Team
Form a lesson study team which includes an external
expert(s) in content and/or pedagogy.
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Step #2- Time
Schedule time to meet.
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Step #3- Problem Identification
and Analysis
Identify a common research theme (sometimes a
school-wide theme) based upon student performance
data and the Teacher Evaluation Model adopted by the
school district.
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Step #4- Develop a Plan
Collaboratively plan a standards-based lesson that
clearly defines the expected outcomes in terms of
student learning and addresses common student
misconceptions.
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Step #5- Implement the Plan
Teach and observe the lesson being sure to record
data pertaining to what students were thinking and
doing throughout the lesson.
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Step #6- Evaluate the Effectiveness
Reflect upon, analyze, and discuss the lesson and
student data that has been collected; then synthesize
your findings.
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Step #7- Next Steps
Define the next steps based upon what the team has
learned.
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Step #8- Repeat the Process
Repeat the process using a new or revised lesson plan
with the same research theme.
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Lesson Study Video
A Review of the Process
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr15SL
GaSZI&feature=related
On your own…
 Reflect on all you have learned.
 Write what you are “wondering” about
on a sticky note and place under the
“W” heading on the chart.
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