Agenda,+PreInstitute+April+23

**Saturday, April 23, 2011 **
 * Service Learning and Inquiry Institute **

 **Morning Session: Effective Teaching **

**8:30 a.m.**

**Introduction ** – Sam Video Clip- interactive questions. media type="custom" key="9179322"

What do you want your students to be able to do in the world? How might we leverage inquiry and service learning to make this happen? How can we promote engagement and deep understanding using inquiry and service learning…Teaching and sharing in the spring…

**Formative Assessment - **PJ Where are you? – Inquiry Continuum- FA Concentric Circle: Guiding Question – Where are you in thinking about service learning and teaching.

**Frontloading - //PJ// ** **Read** Four Postulates Article **Save the Last Word Discussion Structure** **Journal Prompt**: Sam What is your ultimate purpose in teaching and what some reasonable changes would you like to make to approach this more clearly; incorporate service learning. - FA **Think/pair/share**

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Activity- //Jeff// ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14pt;"> What IS Inquiry? **Inquiry Cube

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Effective Teaching Scenarios - Jeff ** Ranking Activity Ranking activity response List in small groups what makes principles of effective teaching…**anchor chart- FA – PJ //all of us//** Tracking our understanding

** Teaching Models and Inquiry – //Jeff// ** Debrief: What is required of teachers in the socio-cultural model Inquiry/Service Learning Planning Templates – Samantha Re-framing a unit plan- Sam Our plan for the week

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14pt;">Muddy/marvy moment- FA- //Peggy Jo// ** <span style="background: #cccccc; display: block; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pattern: gray-20 auto; mso-shading: windowtext; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16pt;">Lunch: Noon-1:00 p.m. ** <span style="background: #cccccc; display: block; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pattern: gray-20 auto; mso-shading: windowtext; text-align: center;"> **Afternoon Session: Deep Understandings**

** Defining service learning- Sam – ** ** Ways to track and define service learning ** ** Frayer Model- ** What is the process of service learning and how does it  fit into inquiry. <span style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § Inquiry <span style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § Purpose <span style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § What it is and what it is not

** Service Learning Symposium ** ** Borah High School Students - essential questions and their connections to culminating projects **

** Reading – Service Learning – read a section and share through jigsaw discussion technique- Sam **

** Gayl – introduce her as resource **

** Frayer Model – modify – combine for wiki **

** Understanding and Defining Understanding…Jeff – ** What is something you understand deeply? <span style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · How did you come to understand this well? <span style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · How do you know that you understand it well? <span style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · What do you take as evidence that you know you understand? What is the difference between knowing something and deeply understanding it? **Think/pair/share - FA**

** Setting the Tasks **

**Debrief – Wiki presentation- Samantha**

** Summer Institute Preparation- PJ ** Brainstorming Possible unit Idea activities Bring a unit you currently teach but would like to adapt to an inquiry/service <span style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">unit- Essential Question and culminating projects – bookend of unit EQ: What the problem is CP: What is the proof – do the student’s have the capacity to answer this question.

Required Reading – //Engaging Readers and Writers with Inquiry// and //Inquiring Minds Learn to Read and Write// OR //Understanding by Design// Wiggins and McTighe

//The Complete Guide to Service Learning//

Respond to Inquiry reading: Academic response: compose a 3 page paper (double spaced, 12 point) exploring how some of the strategies in the inquiry books will help you to meet the new Common Core State Standards. Creative response: Try one of the activities from the book, or an extension inspired by an activity, in your class (or on your own). Post on the wiki what you have done, how it went, and what you will do differently next time.

Respond to the Service Learning reading- Academic response: Compose a 3 page paper exploring how service learning can be integrated with and act in service of your own objectives as a teacher, and do the same in terms of the new Common Core State Standards. Creative: Write a Dear Abby like letter and post it on the wiki: Dear Service Learning Sam; here is a question/issue/observation I have, …..do two responses to others… //Final round of questions –// ** Activity: Exit Ticket – FA **

** Prior to the institute: **

** Reading, responses, bring in a unit that you would like to work on during the institute. **