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Demonstration Lessons: Designing, Leading, and Debriefing

Length: 121 Minutes

Demonstration lessons play a crucial role in professional development in many schools. In demonstration lessons, teachers observe a colleague leading a model lesson with students, take notes, and then discuss their observations together.

This DVD features two demonstration lessons at the primary and intermediate levels, and includes sample protocols and observation templates viewers can use in their own schools. In Part I, Tammy Mulligan leads a team of grades K-2 teachers as they design a lesson focused on building retelling skills. Tammy presents the lesson to second graders as teachers watch. The teachers then share their observations in a debrief session, and plan next steps for their own classrooms.

In Part II, Clare Landrigan works with a team of grades 3-5 teachers to design a lesson on inferring. The teachers discuss text selection in the intermediate grades and create a graphic organizer. The cycle of design, instruction, and debrief is completed in a fifth-grade classroom. This video can help any school staff get the most out of demonstration lessons. When designed well, these lessons are a springboard for continual discussions about cross-grade collaboration, using assessment data to lead instruction, and fostering reflective practice in teaching communities.

Chapters

Part I  Demonstration Lesson on Retelling with Tammy Mulligan  (Grade 2)

Lesson Planning with Data Analysis (Grades K-2 Teachers)
Planning the Lesson
Selecting Observation Focus
Lesson on Retelling  (Grade 2)
Partner Groups and Conferring (Grade 2)
Partner Conferring
Conferring:  Reading with Expression
Whole-Class Share
Lesson Debrief (Grades K-2 Teachers)
Next Steps and Action Plans


Part II  Demonstration Lesson on Inferring with Clare Landrigan (Grade 5)

Lesson Planning (Grades 3-5 Teachers)
Selecting the Text
Planning the Lesson
Selecting Observation Focus
Lesson on Inferring (Grade 5)
Small Groups and Conferring (Grade 5)
Conferring:  Tracking a Character
Whole-Class Discussion (Grade 5)
Lesson Debrief (Grades 3-5 Teachers)
Next Steps and Action Plans

You can view sample footage from the Demonstration Lessons DVD below by clicking on the "play" button. Please be aware that compressed video on the web is much lower quality than that on the published DVD:

Making Assessments Work for You

Length: 104 Minutes

Students are assessed more than ever before, but what's a teacher to do with all those numbers and notes?  This DVD features two simple protocols teachers can use to move from analyzing assessment data to designing thoughtful lessons.

In Part I, Clare Landrigan leads a 1st grade team of teachers and administrators as they examine whole school and individual classroom data, and then use the information to brainstorm instruction for individual students, small groups, and whole-class lessons.

In Part II, Tammy Mulligan works with a team of 5th grade teachers and literacy coaches to consider the implications of a recent comprehension assessment.  The group uses the findings from the assessment to design a demonstration lesson Tammy leads, and the program closes with a discussion among the teachers of observations from the lesson.

This video can help any teacher or school staff get more out of professional learning groups, lesson observations, and team meetings, as well as forge stronger connections between assessment data and instructional design.

Chapters

Introduction

Part I:  1st Grade Learning Team Meeting with Clare Landrigan

            Greetings and Setting the Agenda
Taking a Closer Look at Data
New Learning
Looking at Student Writing
Looking at Curriculum
Personal Action Planning
Review and Documentation

Part II:  5th Grade Data Analysis and Lesson Planning with Tammy Mulligan

Greetings and Setting the Agenda
Analyzing Student Data:  What Do You Notice?
Analyzing Student Data:  Compare with Classroom Samples
Choosing Question to Investigate
Planning the Lesson
Demonstration Lesson
Small Groups
Teacher Debrief
Action Plans and Next Steps

You can view sample footage from the Making Assessments Work for You DVD below by clicking on the "play" button. Please be aware that compressed video on the web is much lower quality than that on the published DVD:

 Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan are veteran teachers, literacy coaches and curriculum coordinators. They are the founders of Teachers for Teachers, a literacy consultation service based in Lexington, Massachusetts.