Teaching can be complex, but educational strategies to ignite powerful student learning do not have to be. This webinar explored an instructional tool to add to your existing “tool belt” that will guarantee to increase learner understanding, motivation, and worthwhile engagement. • Experience Trigger strategies first hand in an engaging webinar format. • Learn how higher-level thinking skills are naturally developed in students as a result of using these strategies. • Discuss the “do’s and don’ts” of implementing Trigger strategies to ensure highest impact and true differentiation for each student. View the full recording and download additional resources at http://www.schoolimprovement.com/resources/webinars/triggers-instructional-strategies-webinar/

1. This
webinar
was
held
on
March
14,
2013.
You
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the
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Triggers:
Instruc.onal
Strategies
for
Student
Understanding

2. School
Improvement
Network
Welcome!
Jacqueline
Loiacono,
Educa.on
Consultant

3. Available
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Download:
Instruc.onal
Triggers

4. Available
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Process
Skills
Descriptors

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6. Big Rock Concept
Measurement
Concept Pattern
Unit Guiding Question(s)
How are units of
measurement
used in daily life?

7. School
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Learning
360
Framework

11. School
Improvement
Network
Learning
Targets
ü Engage
in
an
instruc>onal
strategy,
Triggers
ü Make
connec>ons
between
this
learning
strategy
and
higher-­‐level
thinking
skills
ü Describe
implementa>on
strategies
for
guaranteed
impact

12. School
Improvement
Network
Essen.al
Ques.ons
How
do
we
design
for
true
student
engagement?

14. School
Improvement
Network
Design
with
inten.on

16. School
Improvement
Network
Evanescent
-­‐
adj.
to
disappear
or
slowly
fade
away.

19. School
Improvement
Network
Key
Ques.ons
• Which
answer
is
correct?
• What
accounts
for
the
differences
in
responses?
• How
does
this
impact
student
engagement?
WHAT
IS
TRUE
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT?????

22. HOW
DO
WE
TEACH
PROCESS
SKILLS??

24. Available
for
Download:
Process
Skills
Descriptors

25. Available
for
Download:
Instruc.onal
Triggers

27. School
Improvement
Network
Evanescent
-­‐
adj.
to
disappear
or
slowly
fade
away.

28. School
Improvement
Network
Color
Associa.on
RED
JUSTIFY/SUPPORT
BLACK
ORANGE

31. School
Improvement
Network
Acros.c
1. Brainstorm
all
words
and
phrases
associated
to
word
2. Create
Acros.c
3. LeOer
may
appear
at
any
point
within
word

32. School
Improvement
Network
Evanescent
-­‐
adj.
to
disappear
or
slowly
fade
away.

34. School
Improvement
Network
Equa.on
__________________+________________________=EVANESCENT
_________________-­‐________________+_____________=
EVANESCENT
________________________X
______________________=EVANESCENT

36. School
Improvement
Network
Trigger
Implementa.on
Step
1
Step
2
Step
3
Step
4
Introduce
Apply
Content
Connec.ons
Model
Have
Model,
model,
Students
use
See
connec>ons
inten>onal
model
with
non-­‐ Triggers
to
show
between
Triggers
conversa>ons
content
material.
content
and
higher-­‐level
and
provide
a
understanding.
thinking
Skills
Triggers
sheet.
(Metacogni>on).

37. School
Improvement
Network
Why
do
Triggers
Work?
MOTIVATION
ü Doable
ü Prac.cal
STUDENT
CHOICE
ü Valuable

40.
School
Improvement
Network
Summarize
the
points
a
speaker
makes
and
explain
how
each
claim
is
supported
by
reasons
and
evidence.

41. School
Improvement
Network
• Reading Key Ideas and Details:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text
and analyze its development over the
course of the text, including its relationship
to the characters, setting, and plot; provide
an objective summary of the text.

42. School
Improvement
Network
Learning
Targets
ü Engage
in
the
instruc>onal
strategy,
Triggers
ü Make
connec>ons
between
this
learning
strategy
and
higher-­‐level
thinking
skills
ü Describe
implementa>on
strategies
for
guaranteed
impact

43. School
Improvement
Network
Essen.al
Ques.ons
How
do
we
design
for
true
student
engagement?

44. School
Improvement
Network
Fill
out
the
brief
survey
at
the
end
of
this
webinar
for
a
chance
to
win
a
free
Learning
Targets
Classroom
Poster
Set,
featured
in
this
webinar.
Also
available
for
purchase
for
$49.95
at:
hOp://www.schoolimprovement.com/store/product.php?
p=Learning_Framework_Poster_Set_BOLSLPK

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Improvement
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