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reconvene regular meeting: 7:00 pm - Irvine Unified School District

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We encourage the following practices:<br />

21 ST CENTURY LEARNING: ESSENTIAL PRACTICES<br />

WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THEY NOT?<br />

‣ Providing open ended assignments<br />

‣ Inviting multiple solutions<br />

‣ Asking essential questions<br />

‣ Providing balanced instruction that incorporates both teacher directed and student centered<br />

experiences<br />

‣ Incorporating student self-assessment into instruction<br />

‣ Utilizing technology to enhance learning<br />

‣ Incorporating project based learning<br />

‣ Collaborating to promote best practices<br />

‣ Utilizing effective interventions to meet the needs of each student<br />

‣ Using both formative and summative assessments to drive instruction<br />

‣ Using Professional Learning Community Questions to promote learning:<br />

1. What do we want each student to learn?<br />

2. How will we know when each student has learned it?<br />

3. How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?<br />

4. How will we respond when a student already knows it?<br />

‣ Fostering the inquisitive nature of the student<br />

‣ Creating more social discourse: teaching students to listen to peers and to engage in complex<br />

discussions<br />

‣ Modeling flexibility in thinking and transparency of knowledge<br />

‣ Focusing on the process as well as the product<br />

‣ Connecting learning to real world experiences and demonstrating relevancy<br />

‣ Shifting our focus from teaching to learning<br />

‣ Varying assessment methods<br />

‣ Continuing to pursue professional develo<strong>pm</strong>ent and continuous improvement<br />

‣ Highlighting successes and showcasing best practices<br />

‣ Creating a safe environment to promote intellectual risk taking<br />

We discourage the following practices:<br />

‣ Relying solely on teacher centered learning<br />

‣ Using grades as our primary source of feedback to students<br />

‣ Focusing on standards and pacing guides to the exclusion of scaffolding and re-teaching<br />

‣ Losing sight of the larger concepts and skills that need to be the focus of all teaching<br />

‣ Spoon feeding information<br />

‣ Adopting a singular focus on the textbook as the curriculum<br />

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