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Making Student Thinking Visible Bowling Green City Schools

Introductions Dr. Ann McCarty - Executive Director of Teaching & Learning Mrs. Jodi Anderson - Secondary Curriculum Coordinator Mr. Zeb Kellough - Elementary Curriculum Coordinator Mrs. Robyne Kramp - Bowling Green Middle School Mrs. Emily Bechstein - Crim Elementary 2

Learning Goals: ❏ To have a greater understanding of the 24 Operating Principles of Making Student Thinking Visible ❏ Explain the importance MSTV plays in creating an equitable classroom ❏ Learn how to engage your teachers and students in meaningful professional development to promote equity and student engagement 3

Today’s Agenda ❏ Introductions ❏ BGCS Equity Journey ❏ MSTV & Our Process ❏ Activity ❏ Testimonials ❏ Challenges ❏ Celebrations 4

Our Equity Goal Over Time Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 BGCS faculty and staff BGCS faculty and staff will All BGCS faculty and staff Explore issues of will engage in engage in professional will engage in Making equity at the District Leadership Team professional development activities Student Thinking Visible level development activities that facilitate equitable as the primary focus of discussion that facilitate equitable experiences for all professional ■ scheduling ■ experiences for all students development for the strategies students Diana Patton district. ■ highly qualified ■ Conference Equity Champions PD Days ■ ■ ■ teachers Equity Team Faculty Meetings Faculty Meetings ■ ■ ■ Jon Saphier MSTV TBT Meetings ■ ■ ■ Courageous Admin Book Study ■ ■ Conversations 5

Why MSTV? Several factors contributed to why we chose MSTV: ❏ Creating a safe learning environment ❏ Encourage high level thinking and rich discourse where students own their learning ❏ Equitable access for all to all parts of the curriculum ❏ Increased engagement in the classroom 6

Making Student Thinking Visible Research for Better Teaching Jon Saphier & Lucy West 7

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Our Process ￮ Equity Champions ￮ MSTV Course & Coaching through RBT ￮ Equity Champions practicing strategies in their own classrooms ￮ Equity Champions committee work - selecting strategies for faculty PD (faculty meetings and opening day PD) ￮ Creating our own videos of teachers using MSTV ￮ TBT collaboration 9

Whoever is doing the talking is doing the learning. -David Geurin 10

A norm is an agreement among members of a school or classroom about how they will treat one another. -Todd Finley 11

NORMS Rationale Process ❏ Create a safe ❏ Brainstorm learning ❏ Share Ideas environment ❏ Reach ❏ Norms are different Consensus than rules ❏ Publish ❏ Not a gotcha ❏ 3-5 Norms ❏ Help shape ❏ Reviewed Daily behavior- become the way we do business 12

Reinforcing Classroom Norms: An Example 13

ACTIVE LISTENING 14

Active Listening: A Classroom Example 15

RICH DISCOURSE Using Sentence Stems 16

Rich Discourse: Classroom Examples 17

Let’s Try It Out 18

What colors are the dress? 19

Activity - THE DRESS 20

CHALLENGES 21

❏ Buy In- “I already do this” ❏ Elementary vs. Secondary ❏ Time ❏ Reflection ❏ Accountability 22

CELEBRATIONS 23

❏ People are empowered ❏ Part of TBT Discussions ❏ Improved engagement ❏ Improved school and classroom climate ❏ Use at all meetings - district wide ❏ Students feel safe to participate 24

TESTIMONIALS 25

Teacher Testimonial 26

Student Testimonials 27

QUESTIONS?

Resources OLAC Equity Presentation 2017 http://www.rbteach.com/ Making Student Thinking Visible Course John Hattie Visible Learning Resources 29