This link connects to a PDF version of every handout that participants will explore during this workshop. It is HIGHLY recommended that participants print a hard-copy of this file out to use during our time together. While every handout is posted electronically in this session wiki, navigating the hard-copy can be easier than navigating the wiki for many participants.
*Note:Session presenter Bill Ferriter has converted the complete session handouts into a Word Doc to make it easier for participants to edit files as needed. Be aware, however, that converting from PDF to DOC is not a perfect process. Some files may need some formatting before they are usable.
Session Slides
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This link connects to a PDF version of the slides for today's session. Participants who enjoy following along with the slides during a presentation may want to keep this file open on their desktop during today's workshop.
Rationale behind the Eighty Minute Challenge
In the eighty minute challenge, learning teams are asked to develop a student overview sheet detailing 5-8 essential learning targets for an upcoming unit of study. Overview sheets should include essential learning targets written in student friendly language, a system that allows students to assess their own progress towards mastering the essential learning targets, and a section detailing vocabulary connected to the essential learning targets.
This is the right first step for novice collaborative teams because it centers around the first key question that professional learning communities should always answer: What do we want students to know and be able to do? Working together to answer those questions guarantees that regardless of teacher, every student in a building will have access to a guaranteed and viable curricula. What's more, it sets teams up to tackle the more complex work of learning teams -- assessing student learning and intervening on behalf of students in need of enrichment and remediation. The truth is that it is impossible to assess and intervene as a learning team until teachers share a common set of expectations for just what students should be learning.
from Digitally Speaking
http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/The%20Eighty%20Minute%20Challenge
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