Registration is now open for our Spring 2019 Lesson Study.
The links to register are below.
The links to register are below.
What is Lesson Study?
Lesson Study is a form of long-term professional learning in which teachers engage to systematically examine their practice with the goal of becoming more effective. Teachers work collaboratively in small groups to plan, research, teach, observe and critique a research lesson. This process deepens the interaction of colleagues by developing habits of self-reflection and critical thinking.
What does participation in a Lesson Study Experience look like?
Our process includes large group virtual training on what lesson study is and facilitation of each step of the process.
You and colleagues may create a team before joining the process based on grade-level interest. OR
You may choose to sign up as an individual and we will assign you a team to work with.
What is the cost to participate?
Cost is $35 per individual. Travel to and from the Research Lesson will be the responsibility of the participants or their district.
Register as an individual here: https://goo.gl/forms/oneapm5poClr4vyn1
To join as an individual the registration deadline is December 22nd so that we have time to create and communicate with all team members.
If you are creating your own school-wide or cross-school team, team registration is extended through January 15th.
Cost is $100 per team for up to 10 members. Travel to and from the Research Lesson, if necessary, will be the responsibility of the participants or their district.
Register as a team here: https://goo.gl/forms/ODE8pu1L2FVqJA1H3
Outcomes:
- 16+ hours of professional learning that increase knowledge of subject matter and instruction
- Scheduled time to work on a single lesson with guidance from content specialists building stronger collegial networks
- A single detailed lesson plan and sketched out unit plan that can be used in each of the teacher’s classroom.
Steps of Lesson Study:
- Determine a goal or theme of the lesson
- Decide on a content need that will be addressed by the lesson
- Kyozai-kenkyu, research the content and the ways it has been historically taught
- Ask a research question and write a single lesson to address this question
- Have one teacher teach the lesson while the other teachers observe and collect data
- Hold a post-lesson discussion addressing the research question and the data collected
- Write a reflection on the experience
- Share your lesson and reflections with others
Why Lesson Study?
Lesson study encourages the development of many skills essential in education, including but not limited to:
Lesson Study is a form of long-term professional learning in which teachers engage to systematically examine their practice with the goal of becoming more effective. Teachers work collaboratively in small groups to plan, research, teach, observe and critique a research lesson. This process deepens the interaction of colleagues by developing habits of self-reflection and critical thinking.
What does participation in a Lesson Study Experience look like?
Our process includes large group virtual training on what lesson study is and facilitation of each step of the process.
You and colleagues may create a team before joining the process based on grade-level interest. OR
You may choose to sign up as an individual and we will assign you a team to work with.
- Eight synchronous virtual meetings will take place and be recorded on Tuesdays from 3:30-5, starting January 22 through March 12th. Your team can choose to meet in one location or you can join from multiple sites and we will create a virtual breakout room for you.
- The Research Lessons will be delivered in spring 2019 (date and location to be determined by the team).
- In March or April 2019, each team will meet in-person on the day of your team’s research lesson to observe, collect data on the lesson, and to have a post-lesson discussion immediately following the research lesson.
- The content specialists will be there to help with any questions you have synchronously during the meetings or asynchronously via email, phone, and googledocs. As timing permits, the content specialists will attend each of the live research lessons and perform the role of “knowledgeable other.” The content specialists will also share the final lessons with reflections on http://www.mathteachersinaction.org/lesson-study.html. Feel free to look through some of our past lesson plans.
What is the cost to participate?
Cost is $35 per individual. Travel to and from the Research Lesson will be the responsibility of the participants or their district.
Register as an individual here: https://goo.gl/forms/oneapm5poClr4vyn1
To join as an individual the registration deadline is December 22nd so that we have time to create and communicate with all team members.
If you are creating your own school-wide or cross-school team, team registration is extended through January 15th.
Cost is $100 per team for up to 10 members. Travel to and from the Research Lesson, if necessary, will be the responsibility of the participants or their district.
Register as a team here: https://goo.gl/forms/ODE8pu1L2FVqJA1H3
Outcomes:
- 16+ hours of professional learning that increase knowledge of subject matter and instruction
- Scheduled time to work on a single lesson with guidance from content specialists building stronger collegial networks
- A single detailed lesson plan and sketched out unit plan that can be used in each of the teacher’s classroom.
Steps of Lesson Study:
- Determine a goal or theme of the lesson
- Decide on a content need that will be addressed by the lesson
- Kyozai-kenkyu, research the content and the ways it has been historically taught
- Ask a research question and write a single lesson to address this question
- Have one teacher teach the lesson while the other teachers observe and collect data
- Hold a post-lesson discussion addressing the research question and the data collected
- Write a reflection on the experience
- Share your lesson and reflections with others
Why Lesson Study?
Lesson study encourages the development of many skills essential in education, including but not limited to:
- collaboration
- planning
- reflection
- data driven instruction
- integration of effective instructional practices
- investigation of available, reliable resources aligned to the CCSS
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Lesson Study is a highly effective form of professional learning. In order to make Lesson Study more accessible to Illinois educators, the content specialists have modified the process slightly so that it can be facilitated mainly virtually. Read about our pilot experience and learn more about the benefits of lesson study in our "Virtual Lesson Study: A How-to Guide" document.
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Lesson Study: Virtual Variation is a session we designed and deliver to share what we have learned and experienced through lesson study in Illinois. This session looks at what lesson study is (and is not), explores the benefits of lesson study, shares the results of our pilot lesson study, and discusses next steps for districts interested in facilitating a lesson study.
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Illinois's Library of Research LessonsAccess all of the research lessons Illinois educators have created during their lesson study experiences.
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