Concept Mastery Routine (PL)

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Please list the date of your professional development session and post any reflections you'd like to share.

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"Excellence in Co-teaching Make-up PD offered by Helen Barrier, TTAC @VT 9-2016”

rhonda Over 7 years ago

My co-teaching partner and I practiced using this routine with the revision stage of the writing process.

I enjoyed learning the concept mastery routine.  My co-teaching partner and I practiced using this routine with the revision stage of the writing process.  We came up with possible key terms, examples and non-examples and decided on a definition.  We felt this would be a good use of concept mastery because eighth grade students often know how to edit, but skip the revision process.  We felt this would be an important concept to master because, review is scored higher on the writing SOL then the editing.  

After we completed our concept mastery routine, we practiced delivering our routine to another co-teaching pair.  This helped us to recognize some changes that we needed to make to our routine. We needed to take sentence fragments and run-ons out of our revision routine since this would be more appropriate for editing.  We also realized that we may need to have examples prepared for students and give them the option to sort them.  This will give them more time to complete the activity, and will ensure that they have appropriate examples.

Finally, I hope to complete continue working with concept mastery routine and complete my level two and three badges.  I am also interested in becoming a SIM professional developer.
lwalker82 Over 7 years ago

I completed two days (3 hours) of training in concept diagram instruction at Greenbrier Middle School with Erinn Green.

I really enjoyed learning about a very useful graphic organizer that helps students master a concept in their curriculum of study.  What was most beneficial was being able to learn about the organizer as a student, design one as a teacher, and deliver one as a teacher to mock students.  This is how I learn best.  Just presenting a blank organizer and providing me with an instruction booklet would not have been enough for me to have the confidence to use this in my classroom.
gyoriteach Over 7 years ago

Concept Mastery Professional Development

The concept diagram training was an extremely beneficial concept to learn. Our trainer assisted us step-by-step to understand exactly what is expected of the student, as well as us as educators. I believe that this would be useful in the classroom to review and check for understanding for concepts in Math that we have already covered. It would also be utilized to introduce a new concept by checking for prior knowledge of the concept. 
foster5 Over 7 years ago

Excellence in Co-teaching Academy July 7-8, 2016 Richmond, VA

s-graham Over 7 years ago

Excellence in Co-teaching Academy July 7-8, 2016 Richmond, VA

tweis Over 7 years ago

Excellence in Co-teaching Academy July 7-8, 2016 Richmond, VA

clinebaugh Over 7 years ago

Excellence in Co-teaching Academy July 7-8, 2016 Richmond, VA

bmblair Over 7 years ago

Excellence in Co-teaching Academy July 7-8, 2016 Richmond, VA

I was on vacation at the time of the Excellence in Co-teaching Academy in Richmond.  In lieu of attending, Dana McCaleb and Whitney Miller provided training in the Concept Mastery Routine with me at Benjamin Franklin Middle School on August 24, 2016.
amywhittaker Over 7 years ago

Excellence in Co-Teaching Academy July 7-8, 2016 Richmond, VA

I completed the training at the Excellence in Co-Teaching Academy on July 7-8, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia.

abarbour Over 7 years ago

Professional Development for Concept Mastery Routine

Helen Barrier conducted a professional development meeting with me on 9/9/16 at Hidden Valley High School. She presented the Concept Mastery Routine, along with an overview of the SIM badging program. She covered the routine step by step, and Tammie Sinnes and I discussed our 1st trial of the use of the chart with our 10th grade English class. We discussed the many applications and possible uses in our current plans for the class. I expect this routine to be a valuable technique which will yield great benefits to my students.

Also, I was added to this site and to the Google docs site for access to the materials available for use in the classroom. The materials are abundant and varied so as to be applicable to all lessons I'm preparing for my classes. 
lkessler Over 7 years ago

Excellence in Co-teaching Academy July 7-8, 2016 Richmond, VA

drobinson Over 7 years ago