Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement

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Teacher Expectations andStudent Achievement

• Opening Day, 2009

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Sleeping Teacher
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2 minutes to go!
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1 minute to go!
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30 seconds to go!
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20 seconds to go!
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Times up!
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Goal of TESA

• Become THIS type of teacher!

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What is this?

• A. Time Filler
• B. Top down directed activity
• C. Non CTE related training.
• D. Collaborative Professional Development

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Voting Results

• A. Time Filler 44

B. Top down directed activity 26
C. Non CTE related training 25
D. Collaborative professional development 5
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What does this mean to us?

• Another tool for your tool box
• Peer collaborations
• Self-review of best practices
• Strengthening building relationships
• Cross-Cluster
• Teacher/Student

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If you dont teach with your heart, you wont
reach their heads.
TESA is about making good teachers better until
we are the best.
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Dead Poets Society
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Perceptions

• Teddy Letter  

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The Power of Expectations
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Expectations Affect

• Reaching Potential
• Achievement
• Maximizing Abilities
• Learning
• Success

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The prophecy of teacher expectations is fulfilled
as student self-esteem improves, thereby
improving student behavior.
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Learning Behavior

• Video

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Intent of TESA

• TESA lets each of us reflect in a systematic
  way on how
• our expectations and biases impact our
  students.

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212 Degrees
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PROXIMITY

• There are 15 teacher interactions identified
  in TESA the first of these is known as

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• PROXIMITYAffects Performance of All Students

• Location of students in the classroom
• Distance between student and teacher

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Research also shows that students perceived as
low achievers tend to

• Receive less teacher attention
• Sit in the rear corners of a room

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Students most likely to be asked questions by
the teacher were seated in a T-shaped area.

• Researchers found that 63 of student responses
  came from three seats (see arrow).
• Not an ideal arrangement but can be effective if
  low-achieving students are seated in key
  positions.

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Research shows that students perceived as low
achievers
FRONT OF CLASS

• Perform better when placed in the stem of the
  inverted T.

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Increase achievement with closer teacher
proximity.
Research shows that all students
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When chairs are placed in a circle, creating an
open space, the arrangement invites connection
and a community oflearning. Teachers are free
to interact and walk among students.
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It is considered a POSITIVE teacher interaction
whenever a teacher comes within an arm's reach of
a target student .
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It is considered a NEGATIVE teacher interaction
when the teacher avoids proximity with a student.
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• Instructional staff will observe each other
  once every week or two and record (code) examples
  of teacher interactions.

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TESA is so effective because Instructors help
each other to increase the occurrence of positive
student interactions.
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The observer will share the coded observations
only with their partner teacher.
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This partnership and peer coding process is
strictly confidential and will not be used for
evaluation!
PLEASE READ THIS THREE TIMES AND BELIEVE IT!
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How would you code this teacher action?

• The teacher goes up next to Millie and
  confirms that she has adjusted the offsets
  correctly.

POSITIVE

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How would you code this teacher action?
The teacher sees that students Willy and Wanda
are hard at work and walks on by them, not
wanting to disturb them.
NEUTRAL
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How would you code this teacher action?
The teacher sees that students Earl and Merl
are working on a design and calls over to them
How are you guys doing over there?
NEUTRAL
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How would you code this teacher action?
Sandy approaches the teacher to ask a question
about the assignment but the teacher says Not
now, Sandy, I need to get this model scraped off
first.
NEGATIVE
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How would you code this teacher action?
The teacher stops to take a closer look at
Pablos drawing on the way to the whiteboard.
POSITIVE

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How would you code this teacher action?
The teacher says to Allie, Thats not your
mannequin, Allie. Give Katt her head back and go
sit down. Ill deal with you later!
NEGATIVE
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Are you ready for some LIVE examples?