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=Selecting and applying models of teaching= Review Ch. 16 and selected chapters (candidates’ choice as described below) in //Gardner-Webb University Customized Textbook – MELS 604//


 * Artifact Work 7 ** - Select a teaching model (Chs. 5-13) presented in the text that has an accompanying peer coaching guide in the appendix. Based on the gap analysis conducted in Artifact 2C, identify one or more teaching models that would serve as an appropriate focus for professional development for teachers at your site. Provide a rationale for why this particular model/s is suited to the curricular content and classroom context of one or more teachers in your school site.


 * Artifact Work 8 – ** Based on work completed on Artifacts 2A-2C and in conjunction with your PLC, identify and prioritize professional development opportunities for teachers at your site that address gaps in best practices and actual practices. These professional development opportunities should have increasing teacher empowerment and thus, student achievement as their goal. Information gathered on effective professional development in Module 6 as well as information on effective teacher models should be consulted. Document this work as Artifact 2D. Your goal on this component is proficiency according to the Artifact Rubric. Using the descriptors for Artifact 2, summarize the ways in which your work to date on this Artifact addresses the NCELS descriptors.

Powerpoint from Dr. Eury on staff development

Paper on results-oriented professional development from Dr. Eury 

Various models of teaching are discussed in this reading from Dr. Eury

Here are two week's lesson plans utilizing and adapting the above materials. In Wk 10 I will assign students various teaching models from the Pearson text and ask them to prepare a ten minute prezi or powerpoint defining, explaining, and providing classroom examples and connections to 2C. These will then be presented during two hours of the Wk 11 class. I also will assign students to read the SREB, How Teachers Teach Matters and comment on these instructional strategies. Hope this is helpful to others. Jim Palermo, Athens Drive Cohort   On-line lesson variation on the above Wk 11 lesson plan. This variation uses Blackboard to post and comment on chapter presentations, while also creating a resource bank of various teaching and learning models. I hope that some of the presentations will be high quality and will perhaps be worth sharing with other MELS students in the 604 student wiki. JP  