Transcript 1 - Waco ISD

Collaboration: Increasing Levels of Inquiry and
Rigor
AVID’s mission is to close the achievement
gap by preparing all students for college
readiness and success in a global society.
Performance Objectives
Teachers will:
• Understand collaboration, why collaboration is
used and how to implement collaboration and
collaborative structures in order to increase
levels of inquiry and rigor.
• Use reflection/metacognition activities
themselves and with students in order to
identify and evaluate the benefits of using
collaborative learning.
Agenda
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Introduction
Give one/get one
Fist to five
The pyramid challenge
Happiness:10-2-2 & Note-checking pairs
Gallery walk
Commitment circle
Norms
Ask questions
Engage fully
Integrate new information
Open your mind to diverse views
Utilize what you learn
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Essentials Addressed
Essential Question
CORNELL NOTES
TOPIC/OBJECTIVE:
NAME:
CLASS/PERIOD:
DATE:
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What is the difference between collaboration and
collaborative structures, and how can they both be
used to increase levels of inquiry, critical thinking,
and rigor in classrooms schoolwide?
Quickwrite
• Quickwrite: List 3 to 5 of your favorite lessons
to teach or strategies to use.
• For example:
o Students analyze a work of art by writing who,
what, when, where, and why questions.
o Students are assigned an event in The Odyssey and
have to line up in chronological order.
Give One/Get One
When the music starts:
o Get up and find a partner
When the music stops:
o Introduce yourself
o Give one lesson to your partner
o Get one lesson from your partner
When the music starts, repeat.
Debrief: Discuss how this activity creates a structure
for effective collaboration and what kind of classroom
culture it helps foster.
Collaboration Poll
Fist to Five:
What is your level of comfort
teaching and using
collaboration in your class?
(5 = high)
English Learner College Readiness
How does collaboration impacts
student learning?
Teachers share ideas utilized in
their classrooms.
Debrief:
• What are the challenges of allowing students
to collaborate in your classroom?
• What do you need to remember when setting
up collaborative activities for your students?
Happiness
• EQ: How does happiness inspire productivity?
• “The Happy Secret to Better Work” by Shawn Achor
10:2:2 Processing
Partner up and compare
your notes
• add or cross out
• circle key words
• underline main ideas
On your own, write a
one sentence summary
below the notes you
took during the chunk.
10:2:2 Chunking
10 minutes of “input”: lecture chunk, demonstration,
reading, video viewing, etc.
2 minutes of collaborative processing: partner share;
small group comparing notes; drawing notes; completing
“processing” side of interactive notebook, etc.
2 minutes of summarizing: add to or revise notes based
on processing; write one-sentence summary; use a prompt
or sentence frame to capture main idea or relationships
Debrief
• How does the collaboration in this activity
contribute to increased levels of inquiry and
rigor?
• How does it impact the depth of the learning
taking place?
• What do you need to do to make small-scale
collaboration a classroom routine?
Keys to Success
• Start small
• Plan-do-reflect-revise
• Begin now—it will be messy at first—effective
collaboration is a learned skill
• Explain the WHY to students and reflect on
process
• Develop norms; learn the process; scaffold
• Find a partner in crime to work with
Commitment Circle
On a sticky note, address the following
questions:
•What will you take from today’s session?
•How will you embed more collaboration in
your classroom?
•What is one thing you will commit to doing
routinely?
Reminder – AVID Resources
1. AVID manuals online – Wacoisd.org, C&I
Middle School
High School
Username – MSAVID
Password – college
Username – HSAVID
Password – college
2. MyAVID.org
3. Google doc created by R. Wilson
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Thank you.