2015 Staff Development Day
Learning Strategies
Melissa Lyford
August 19th, 2015
Lake County Schools
Vision Statement
A dynamic, progressive and collaborative learning community embracing change and
diversity where every student will graduate with the skills needed to succeed in
postsecondary education and the workplace.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Lake County Schools is to provide every student with individual
opportunities to excel.
We Believe:
Education is the foundation for everyone’s future.
Education is a lifelong process.
All students can learn.
Students should be civic-minded and embrace future roles in the community.
Parents/guardians, community, and schools are partners in a student’s education.
Providing a safe, resource-filled learning environment is essential.
Students will graduate prepared for work and postsecondary education.
Staff Development Day
August 19, 2015
Learning Goal: Participants will identify the standards for
the Learning Strategies course and understand how learning
strategies can benefit students with disabilities in all courses.
Standards:
Domain 1: Helping students process new information
Domain 2: Needs of students receiving special education services
Domain 3: Evaluating the effectiveness of individual lessons and
units
Objective: Participants will identify, evaluate and select
learning strategies based on individual student needs.
Essential Question: How can the Learning
Strategies course benefit students across content
areas?
Vocabulary: learning strategy, mnemonic
Agenda
Community Builder
Learning Strategies: Definition and Purpose
Learning Strategies Curriculum
Activity: Fan-n-Pick
Winning the Study Game
Documentation in IEP
Learning About Learning Strategies
Exit Ticket
Learning Goal:
Learning
Goal &
Scale
Participants will be able to identify and complete the essential parts of a standard based lesson plan given a standard.
Score
4.0
• The participants will be able to
• Consult with general education teacher to plan for generalization and maintenance of the use of learning strategies.
• After implementation of a learning strategies lesson, participant will be able to reflect on the plan based on assessment data.
3.5
Score
3.0
The participant, without major errors or omissions, will understand and/or be able to:
• Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.
• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.
• Align learning strategies instruction to support students in other content areas.
• Incorporate needs, services and supports for learning strategies instruction in student IEPs.
• Evaluate learning strategies to determine in which content areas they would be beneficial.
2.5
Score
2.0
1.0
Partial knowledge of the score 2.0 content, but major errors or omissions regarding score 3.0 content
With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes. The
participant can:
• Can locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies course.
• Identify resources for learning strategies instruction and planning.
0.5
Score 0
No major errors or omissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content
There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes. The participant will be able to:
• Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.
• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.
1.5
Score
In addition to score 3.0 performance, in-depth inferences and applications with partial success
With help, a partial understanding of the score 2.0 content, but not the score of 3.0 content
Even with help, no understanding of the Learning Strategies curriculum..
Community Builder
Learning Strategy Defined
• A learning strategy is a person’s approach to learning and using
information. (retrieved from http://kucrl.org/sim August 2015)
• A learning strategy is an individual’s approach to complete a task.
(Freeman,2004)
• A learning strategy is an individual’s way of organizing and using a
particular set of skills in order to learn content or accomplish other
tasks more effectively and efficiently. (Schumaker & Deschler, 1992
Round Table-Why teach learning strategies?
• Take turns generating responses to the question (one response
person).
• Write each response on the Circle Map.
• Continue passing the paper until time period ends.
Learning Strategies Curriculum
• Enables SWDs to acquire and generalize strategies and skills across
academic and community settings to achieve annual goals.
• Provides intensive individualized intervention in learning strategies.
• Addresses academic skill deficits enabling students to learn strategies
to access the general curriculum.
• Involves practical application of course requirements in home, school
and community settings for the purpose of practice, generalization
and maintenance of skills.
• Addresses a range of abilities within the population of SWDs
Fan-N-Pick
• Person #1 fans cards and says “Pick a card, any card.”
• Person #2 picks a card and reads it aloud and allows 5 seconds of
think time.
• Person #3 shares an idea for teaching the standard listed on the card.
• Student #4 responds by praising and paraphrasing the response.
• Rotate roles clock wise.
Winning the Study Game
Documentation in IEP
• Establish a need in present level
• Develop a goal
• List as a service
• Include related accommodations
Learning about Learning Strategies
• Read each strategy.
• Each team must list one content area activity where students can use
the strategy and how they will use it.
• Person #1 gives idea, person #2 writes it, person #3 checks for
understanding, person #4 affirms.
• Rotate clockwise to the next poster and rotate roles.
Be sure to….
• On the index card provided list two things you want to “Be sure to
do” this year.
• When time is called, share with your table group.
Learning Goal:
Learning
Goal &
Scale
Participants will be able to identify and complete the essential parts of a standard based lesson plan given a standard.
Score
4.0
• The participants will be able to
• Consult with general education teacher to plan for generalization and maintenance of the use of learning strategies.
• After implementation of a learning strategies lesson, participant will be able to reflect on the plan based on assessment data.
3.5
Score
3.0
The participant, without major errors or omissions, will understand and/or be able to:
• Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.
• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.
• Align learning strategies instruction to support students in other content areas.
• Incorporate needs, services and supports for learning strategies instruction in student IEPs.
• Evaluate learning strategies to determine in which content areas they would be beneficial.
2.5
Score
2.0
1.0
Partial knowledge of the score 2.0 content, but major errors or omissions regarding score 3.0 content
With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes. The
participant can:
• Can locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies course.
• Identify resources for learning strategies instruction and planning.
0.5
Score 0
No major errors or omissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content
There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes. The participant will be able to:
• Locate and identify the standards for the learning strategies curriculum.
• Select and plan for teaching learning strategies to students with disabilities based on their individual learning needs.
1.5
Score
In addition to score 3.0 performance, in-depth inferences and applications with partial success
With help, a partial understanding of the score 2.0 content, but not the score of 3.0 content
Even with help, no understanding of the Learning Strategies curriculum..
Please remember to complete
the evaluation in
True North Logic (TNL).