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After School Professional Development Program65 Court Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201Helaine Schwartz, Director aspdp@schools.nyc.govTopics: List session topic and material, e.g. handouts. Indicate midterm and final exam date.eBook: Self-efficacyParticipants read “Chapter 5: Can I Do This?” in the eBook of The Highly Engaged Classroom andaddress relevant issues in a reflection question format. They also participate in the discussionforum.Objectives: Specify instructional goals and standards for each session.After completing this unit, participants will know:• The role of self-efficacy in student engagement• Strategies to help students answer positively the question, “can I do this?”A Framework for Teaching3c: Instruction: Engaging Students in LearningCommon Core State Standards in Literacy:Participants who successfully adapt this course’s strategies for motivating and engaging students will behelping their students to achieve the CCSS literacy standards. They will, for example, diversify their choicesof texts, using more nonfiction examples that appeal to student interest. They will also be promoting moredepth of knowledge in the disciplines and increasing text complexity in order to challenge students.Method of Instruction: List the method of presenting: Classroom video or interactive hands-on activity.Include strategies to meet diverse learning needs (differentiated instruction).• eBook• Reflection prompts• Discussion forumClassroom Practice: Specify what skills and strategies the participant will bring back to his/her classroom.After completing this unit, participants will apply the following skills:• Promote students’ self-efficacy through strategies such as using effective feedback, directlyteaching self-efficacy and exploring with students the impact of self-efficacy—all of whichlead to increased motivation and engagementResources (readings, artifacts, internet sites, videos, etc): Provide the title, author, edition, publisher,cost, and where it is available. If there is a guest speaker, include the presenter’s name and affiliation.• eBook (available through the eClassroom)Guest Speakers:Revised 11.2011 his
After School Professional Development Program65 Court Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201Helaine Schwartz, Director aspdp@schools.nyc.govCalendarSession # 13Date: self-pacedTime: self-pacedNumber of hours for this session: 5Topics: List session topic and material, e.g. handouts. Indicate midterm and final exam date.FinalFor your midterm you developed an activity for students meant to elicit positive answers to “howdo I feel?” and “am I interested?” You have since implemented that activity in the classroom. Foryour final, revise the activity to help students answer positively to “is this important?” and “can I dothis?” How can you modify or accentuate the activity’s relevance to students’ lives? How can youmodify or accentuate the activity’s cognitive complexity? How can you help students develop asense of self-efficacy in relation to the activity?Please do the following:1. Reflect on your students’ responses to your implementation of the activity. Did moststudents seem comfortable and interested? How do you know? What modifications wouldyou make to the activity as it currently exists to elicit more comfort and interest?2. Modify the activity’s objectives to reflect your revision.3. Modify the assessments to reflect your revised objectives.4. Describe additional modifications to the activity meant to elicit positive responses fromstudents to “is this important?” and “can I do this?”5. Write a reflection addressing the following:a. How is your revised activity relevant to students’ lives?b. How is your revised activity cognitively complex?c. How should your revised activity promote a sense of self-efficacy?Objectives: Specify instructional goals and standards for each session.Method of Instruction: List the method of presenting: Classroom video or interactive hands-on activity.Include strategies to meet diverse learning needs (differentiated instruction).Classroom Practice: Specify what skills and strategies the participant will bring back to his/her classroom.Resources (readings, artifacts, internet sites, videos, etc): Provide the title, author, edition, publisher,cost, and where it is available. If there is a guest speaker, include the presenter’s name and affiliation.Guest Speakers:Revised 11.2011 his
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