Exploring Explicit Instruction
START
Welcome Everyone!
Stephanie Donahue
Instructional Coach: Grades 2-5 ELA
Traci Uhrich
Professional Learning Coach: Structured Literacy K-12
Session Agreements
1. Permit yourself the luxury of doing just one thing.
2. Take what you need and offer what you can.
3. Listen (to yourself and others) with curiosity, compassion and withholding judgement.
4. Allow ourselves to be learners.
5. Accept that we won't have all the answers, but expect that we will try our best to find them.
Learning Intentions
We are learning ways to incorporate explicit instruction strategies to increase learner capacity.
Success Criteria:
I can employ at least one explicit instruction strategy in my day-to-day teaching.
I can name and describe the elements of explicit instruction.
I know how to access support for implementing explicit instruction with my learners at CCA.
Self-Assessment
Rate yourself as an Explicit Instruction Explorer
Press on the compass rose icon to go to the self-assessment form.
05:00
Where do you go?
Stay in Main Room: Pathfinders
Breakout Room: Trailblazers
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Exploring Explicit Instruction
START
Welcome Everyone!
Stephanie Donahue
Instructional Coach: Grades 2-5 ELA
Traci Uhrich
Professional Learning Coach: Structured Literacy K-12
Session Agreements
1. Permit yourself the luxury of doing just one thing.
2. Take what you need and offer what you can.
3. Listen (to yourself and others) with curiosity, compassion and withholding judgement.
4. Allow ourselves to be learners.
5. Accept that we won't have all the answers, but expect that we will try our best to find them.
Learning Intentions
We are learning ways to incorporate explicit instruction strategies to increase learner capacity.
Success Criteria:
I can employ at least one explicit instruction strategy in my day-to-day teaching.
I can name and describe the elements of explicit instruction.
I know how to access support for implementing explicit instruction with my learners at CCA.
Self-Assessment
Rate yourself as an Explicit Instruction Explorer
Press on the compass rose icon to go to the self-assessment form.
05:00
Where do you go?
Stay in Main Room: Pathfinders
Breakout Room: Trailblazers