Utilize lesson planning and structure for effective use of instructional time, including activities which address the various ways in which students learn, that are aligned with curriculum content and rigor, that include assessment and feedback for students. Action Statement Strategies
Provide professional development on the Virginia Department of Education standards for teaching, learning, and assessment to help teachers plan lessons.
● Provide opportunities for teachers to learn the required state curriculum through the standards of learning, instructional resources, assessment resources, and professional resources. ● Provide an instructional notebook with PCPS Instructional Expectations including grade level and or course standards, instructional resources, assessment resources, instructional strategies, and best practices. ● Provide professional learning to unpack the standards and create lessons through Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). ● Provide an online resource that serves as a pacing guide with curriculum resources and instructional strategies for each grade-level subject or course. ● Utilize new teacher professional development to teach and reinforce lesson planning expectations and practices. ● Provide common planning time for teachers to discuss data and plan lessons together. ● Provide teachers and instructional leaders with updated information on Bloom’s Hierarchy and the effect sizes from John Hattie’s Visible Learning research. ● Provide opportunities for general education and special education teachers to collaborate. ● Clearly identify the school division’s assessment program, provide professional development on how to use it and extract student data. ● Instructional teams will develop aligned, standards-based, and rigorous assessments to supplement the CIP assessments as needed. ● Utilize assessments created by the Comprehensive Instructional Program. ● Create and utilize aligned assessments to accurately evaluate instructional practices and student learning and drive future lesson planning. ● Include specific interventions and supports needed for students with disabilities, students with 504 plans, and English Learners. ● Identify areas for enrichment for students identified as gifted.
Create lesson plans that have high expectations, are data driven and embed opportunities for feedback on student progress.
Create lesson plans which incorporate the variety of ways in which students learn and are aligned to the standards to create rigorous opportunities to learn and demonstrate skills and knowledge.
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