Week 12: Nov. 4 - Practice Using Protocols
The challenge is to put into practice what you learned last week by planning to use protocols in upcoming lessons. (And feel free to revisit last week's post if you need a refresh on how to do that.)
What does this look like?
- Explore the protocols. Explore all of EL Education's protocols here (online) or here (manual). If you want to use both, find a category or protocol you like in the manual and then search for it online. Many of the protocols online have accompanying videos, too.
- Find a lesson in which you'd like to practice it. Do this by internalizing the lesson, finding its heart, purpose, and student work, and consider whether this protocol is already in the lesson or if you want to add it. If you want to add it, be sure that it serves the purpose of your lesson and doesn't cost you any pacing!
- Plan to practice it a few times until you and your students get really good at it. This may take a few days for a simple one (such as turn and talk) or a harder one (such as a fishbowl discussion). The purpose isn't to "master" as many protocols as you can, but to find ways to help your kids engage with harder work faster than you would without the protocol.
- Reflect. How did it work? Did it help you make the most of your time? Did it help more students produce high-quality work?
Completed that? Fantastic! You just completed your Week 12 Teaching Challenge. If you're working for that small prize, you can log your success here, and be sure to check back next week - Nov. 11 - for Week 13!
Here's to simply teaching well,
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