ESC of Lake Erie West Resident Educator Consortium
Resident Educator Year 2 Monthly Update
November 2019
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Thanks to all who attended the RE Year 2.2 session. Your attention and participation was appreciated. We look forward to working with you in the upcoming sessions.  Be sure to mark your calendar now for your next session. NEXT RE YEAR 2 SESSION RE 2.3 will be on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.  All sessions are held at the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West, 2275 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo. Topics for the next meeting will will include: The Teaching and Learning Cycle, Summative Assessment, and Preparing for RESA
Time to Reflect
At the recent Resident Educator Year 2 session, you explored the value of reflection in your teaching. Important points about reflection were shared with you such as:

  • Reflective teaching is a process of self observation and self evaluation.
  • Reflective teaching means looking a WHAT you do and thinking about WHY you do it.
  • Analyzing your teaching to determine if it is working. Are your students learning? HOW and Why?
  • Exploring next steps to improve.

Questions to help guide reflection:
  • Rationale: What was the reason for doing this lesson? What objectives did you try to accomplish?
  • Students: What were the academic, social, physical, personal, and emotional needs of my students that I needed to consider?
  • Strategies: Which teaching strategies did I use? Did they best facilitate my students' learning? Are they rigorous?
  • Grouping: Did I group students? Heterogeneously or homogeneously? Why? What size were my groups?
  • Timing: When did I do this lesson? Beginning of unit, middle, or end? Were there prerequisites my students should have mastered? 
  • Materials: What materials and human resources did I need for the lesson to be successful?
  • Success/Assess: Was the lesson successful? How did I assess my students? Were my students interested? Did my students learn? What does the assessment tell me? What didn't work? What will I do differently next time?
  • Sequence/Data Tool: How do I use assessment data to plan my next lesson? Overall and for individual students?
  • Reflection of the lesson is an important component of the RESA, so practicing reflective teaching now with help you be successful on the RESA and, also help you continuing to improve your teaching skills.


The Importance of Formative Assessment
In addition, at the session as part of Focused Mentoring 2, you examined the process of formative assessment.
  • Formative Assessment is a process used by teachers and students as part of instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students' achievement.
  • Whether or not the assessment is "formative" is dependent upon how the assessment results are used with students-does the teacher use the results to improve student learning?
  • Uses a variety of assessment tools and methods to provide ongoing evidence to students and teachers about progress toward learning goals.
  • This evidence is used to provide descriptive feedback to students and to enable the teacher to differentiate the instruction to meet the needs of individual students or groups.
Resources for You
Resident Educator Monthly Update
This monthly Resident Educator e-news is designed to provide you with helpful information and resources. Residency is a time to practice, refine and gain a deeper understanding of the art and science of teaching under the guidance of a certified mentor and the support of a professional learning community. You will be receiving monthly updates that highlight where you should be in the program and also offer helpful resources.
MEETING CANCELLATIONS DUE TO WEATHER OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES
RE sessions will be held as scheduled unless there are extreme conditions that interfere. This would be a rare occurrence. If a session is cancelled or changed, participants will be notified by email from the ESC of Lake Erie West by 2 p.m. so be sure to check your email prior to leaving school.
If you have questions, contact Kim Sofo , Elizabeth Kregel , or Amy St. Marie . Professional Development Consultants with the ESC of Lake Erie West.