Chapters
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Academics through Agency
Email: AcademicsThroughAgency@sandi.net
WEB: Academics Through Agency
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TWITTER: @SDUSD_ASquared
You can’t buy engagement. You have to build engagement. -Tara-Nicholle Nelson
Session 1 Slide Deck
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Connect to The Research and Rationale
Effect Size Slides
Framework Slides
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Have a bias towards action - let’s see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away. -Indira Gandhi
Bonus PD Template
Use this template to create your own site professional Development utilizing qlis as the structure.
Literature and Process Slides
Icons
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Bonus Article: 8 Strategies Robert Marzano and John Hattie Agree On
Narrow the Focus
CRSP Tool Use this tool to sharpen your own culturally responsive and sustaining practices lens
QLI/QTP Observation Tool Use this tool to sharpen your QLI/QTP lens
Provide Resources
The one stop shop for everything qli and qtp
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -Mark Twain
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Without a solid foundation, you’ll have trouble creating anything of value.
-erika Oppenheimer
Session 2 Slide Deck
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Knowledge is just a foundation. The whole point of a foundation is to build on it. - Marty Rubin
A 2 framework
Bonus Video: Classrooms as Ecosystems
Defining overarching terms Find definitions for the A 2 framework
Bonus Cheat Sheet: California standards for the teaching profession (standards 1 and 2) and the foundational competencies
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A 2 Framework foundational competency slides
You cannot build a dream on a foundation of sand. To weather the test of storms, it must
be cemented in the heart with uncompromising conviction. - T.F. Hodge
Harvard easel brief REad more about the importance of foundational competencies
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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. - Thomas Kempis
Culturally sustaining and responsive practices observation tool
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“Measuring teachers and developing teachers are different purposes with different implications” -Robert marzano
Session 3 Slide Deck
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Connect the Dots
Alignment slides
Shrink the Change
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. -Mark Twain
QLI/QTP observation tool
Learners need endless feedback more than they need endless teaching. - Grant Wiggins
Focus the Feedback
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Bonus cheat sheet for E3: Standards alignment with qlis and qtps
“Education is not preparation for real life; education is life itself.” -john dewey
Session 4 Slide Deck
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QLI/QTP observation tool
QLIs at a glance
Process slides to use at your PD
QLI true or false slides
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Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free. -Cesar Chavez
Session 5 Slide Deck
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QLI/QTP observation tool
QTP Strategies at a glance
QTPs at a glance
Goal slides
Jamboard for breakouts
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Measuring teachers and developing teachers are different purposes with different Implications. -Robert Marzano
Session 6 Slide Deck
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QLI/QTP observation tool
The most powerful single modification
that enhances achievement is feedback. John Hattie
Continuum of Implementation: a template
We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience. John Dewey
Jamboard for breakouts
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Misconceptions Nip misconceptions in the bud, know what Qlis are and what they aren’t
What they aren’t...
What they are...
Random activities just for fun to make students like you or to just feel good.
Research based practices used to intentionally develop alliances, agency, and self-efficacy in order to empower students.
“Doing interactions” instead of teaching. E.g. not teaching math content because you are spending the first four weeks of school “connecting.”
Tied to explicit learning objectives and grounded in standards.
Isolated activities that are “worked on” one at a time until they are “mastered”.
Interactions and strategies that are best implemented alongside and in conjunction with each other, and embedded into content learning.
A teacher sharing tons of pictures of their own vacation/house/yard/etc.
Authentic and relevant to students’ lived experiences.
Consider your positionality, power, and privilege. We all have bias that can potentially influence us or cause harm. This highlights the importance of the critical self-awareness necessary to building alliances.
QLIs and QTPs must be tied to learning. Even when we are connecting with students, it is in service of not just getting to know them, but designing instruction that is tied to standards and is culturally relevant and sustaining.
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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes;
Resources
but no plans. -Peter F. Drucker
Teacher Toolkit The one stop shop for everything qli and qtp
Feedback Form Let us know how we did and how we can improve
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FAQs
What is the difference between QLIs and QTPs? Quality Learning Interactions are research-driven and designed to leverage structures and strategies to ensure educational spaces are physically and emotionally safe. When implemented throughout the day and when integrated into the lesson design, these can contribute to building stronger classroom communities. These Quality Learning Interactions will enhance our students’ sense of belonging to our schools, classrooms, and buildings. Essentially, QLIs are a way to structure lessons with meaningful interactions that develop warm, demanding, and reciprocal alliances. Quality Teaching Practices, on the other hand, are essential research-based instructional practices that support academic results, learning outcomes, and effective instruction. When intentionally implemented, these Quality Teaching Practices will enhance our students’ engagement, agency, self-efficacy, and achievement. They are a way to intentionally deliver instruction in order to shift power and develop independent learners. Where do I start? Is there a QLI or a QTP I should start with? The QLIs and QTPs are interdependent on each other and do not appear in any specific order, as they are all necessary to improving student outcomes. You can’t focus on mastery if you don’t have clarity of purpose. It is difficult to ignite learners if they do not feel welcome and part of a community. That being said, you have to start somewhere. Our first recommendation is to collect qualitative and quantitative data, and then start with that data. What is happening in classrooms? On your school site? From there, you can determine which QLI(s) and/or QTP(s) would best improve student outcomes at your site immediately. If you are still unsure, begin your study and your work with Welcoming (QLI) or Clarity of Purpose (QTP). The fact is that the other QLIs and QTPs rest on these two as a foundation. You cannot have strong Collaborating, Igniting, Transference, or any other practice, if Welcoming isn’t strong and students don’t feel valued, seen, or as though they matter. The same can be said for Clarity of Purpose. You cannot have effective Focus on Mastery, Active Participation, Check for Understanding, or Reflect and Revise if there is not clarity around what students are learning and why they are learning it. Welcoming and Clarity are great starting points for beginning the work and building a foundation for the other QLIs and QTPs.
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If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. -Milton Berle
Is it best to cover one QLI/QTP a month in order to introduce all of them in one year? There is no “right way” to implement QLIs and QTPs. The best way to do this work is to use your data and determine what is needed first in order to narrow your focus. It is better to spend more time developing ownership and a deep understanding, finding and exploring the connections within and/or between. Some sites are focusing on just one QLI or QTP, exploring the interconnectedness of the strategies within. Some sites are implementing two or three QLIs or QTPs at a time, looking for just a few strategies across that address the data and are complementary to each other.
Where can I go to see QLIs and QTPs in action? Check out the QLI/QTP Video Resource Library hosted by Academics Through Agency.
I am new to QLIs and QTPs---where do I start? Begin your study of QLIs and QTPs by watching the introductory videos and exploring the slide decks. You might also want to complete “The What, When, and Why of QLIs and QTPs: A Self-Paced Course”, available on Professional Learning. How do I fit the QLIs and QTPs into my already busy schedule? There are many supports available for implementing QLIs and QTPs. Depending on what it is you are trying to accomplish, you can attend the short (one hour) professional learning courses for site leaders or you can send teachers to professional learning courses for educators. Another great way to fit the QLIs and QTPs into your schedule is to tie them to the work you are already doing. For example, you might build in the connections between QLIs/QTPs and the books your staff is already reading. You might tie the QLIs to the High Reliability Schools work your staff is already engaging in. Essentially, you can tie the QLI/QTP work you are doing to literally any other learning in which you and your staff are engaging. Also, you can model and explicitly name them for your staff during staff meetings, site professional development, or PLCs. Let us know if you need a thought partner!
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