Teaching Learning Collaborative: a two-day lesson-study process of collaborative planning, teaching, and evidence-based revision¶

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Description¶

The TLC "brings together groups of three or four teachers over two full school days, separated by one to three weeks": day one plans or chooses a conceptual flow, selects a learning sequence, and develops a 5E lesson; day two teaches the lesson, debriefs using facilitator notes and student work sorted into performance piles, revises the lesson, and re-teaches it to another class. Originally developed by the K-12 Alliance in 1995, it is a lesson-study approach based on the knowledge that the most effective professional development occurs closest to the classroom. All Teacher Leaders participate in two TLCs per school year.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A facilitator with knowledge of the NGSS and expertise in facilitating and coaching adults; norms for collaborative work; block schedules allowing teach times of 60-90 minutes work best; each debriefing session should be at least 60 minutes

Constraints¶

• A normal secondary schedule of 45- to 55-minute periods is difficult, but doable; the TLC is not about evaluating one another's teaching ability

Target Learners¶

• K-8 teachers (Teacher Leaders) in participating districts

Target Learning Goals¶

• Teacher understanding of phenomena-based, three-dimensional NGSS instruction, questioning strategies, and analyzing student work

Claims¶

• Most surveyed teachers reported that TLC experiences deepened their understanding of the NGSS dimensions and 3D approaches [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Design professional learning for leaders using a 5E learning cycle
• Two looking-at-student-work protocols for monitoring progress toward 3D NGSS learning
• Two-day lesson sequence: contrast pattern with identification exercise, then generalization pattern with sorting exercise, then reinforcement

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Tyler, B., & DiRanna, K. (2018). Next Generation Science Standards in practice: Tools and processes used by the California NGSS Early Implementers. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED596757