(6 Hours) This course will teach participants how to actively monitor students throughout the instructional process and to analyze data collected in order to better support their students. Participants will learn how to determine the purpose of monitoring students through whole group, small group, collaborative, and independent learning activities and will analyze multiple data collection methods for classroom use. Finally, the course will teach participants how to collect data, analyze the data for trends, and regroup students to help better teach mastery of core concepts. At the end of the course participants will build a data collection lesson plan, ready for immediate use in their classroom.
Course Objectives:
Learn How to Effectively & Actively Monitor Your Students During Instruction
Learn How to Use Collected Data to Assemble Highly Efficient Student Groups That Lead to More Effective Small Group, Collaborative, & Independent Learning Activities
Learn How to Collect Meaningful Data, Analyze Trends, and Identify Student Misconceptions As Well As Gaps in Understanding
Course includes 15 high-quality tools, templates, & student resources.
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This introductory-level course will teach you how to actively monitor students throughout the instructional process and analyze data collected in order to better support your students. You will learn how to record data during every component of your lesson cycle, analyze that data for trends, and plan to address misconceptions to help better re-teach concepts for mastery. The course supports you in building a data collection plan ready for immediate use in the classroom. This course is ideal for teachers new to the data collection process in the classroom and who want to learn about roaming methods that support active monitoring.
You Will Learn:
The process of Active Monitoring and how to build “look fors” that help teachers monitor student growth.
The methods and purpose of several types of data collection.
How to analyze data, and how to use data to address student misconceptions in the classroom.
Course Guiding Question:
How do I utilize active monitoring during my lesson to collect and analyze data that informs me of my student’s growth?
Professional Development Credits
At the conclusion of the course, you will receive a certificate for 6 Professional Development Hours (Clock Hours, CPEs).
Model Teaching Professional Development Courses are pre-approved in many states and we provide easy approval forms to submit to your license granting authority if required.
If you are a teacher seeking license renewal and wish to verify acceptance of our Professional Development Courses, please view our PD STATE REQUIREMENTS PAGE to learn more about your state’s requirements.
Also, consider taking our UNIVERSITY-PARTNERED, ACADEMIC CREDIT COURSES to earn regionally accredited units or credits, accepted by most states for teacher re-licensing and salary advancement.
Approval Information About This Course for Teaching License Renewal & Continuing Education
Model Teaching has helped thousands of teachers across the country meet their relicensing requirements.
This course is Pre-Approved in the following states for License Renewal and Continuing education:
Texas – CPE’s, TEA-Approved
New York CTLE’s – NYSED-Approved
Pennsylvania DOE – ACT 48-Approved
Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) – Approved
Nevada DOE
Tennessee
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Topics Covered and General Course Outline
Section 1 – An Introduction to Active Monitoring
Learn the process of active monitoring and how to look for objective evidence of student mastery of concepts, then learn how to identify an activity in your content area and grade-level where you could implement active monitoring.
Section 2 – Data Collection
Learn about and analyze multiple data collection tracking documents and a data collection planning guide to help you select the data collection method appropriate for you.
Section 3 – Addressing Misconceptions
Learn how to analyze your data for trends and identify areas for improvement in the lesson so you can appropriately address student misunderstandings. Then, learn how to plan for new student grouping and re-teaching based on data trends.
Helpful Resources & Templates Included With the Course
The course comes with 15 templates, tools, and graphic organizers ready to be used in your classroom!
These Include:
Academic Behaviors to Notice Tracker-Math
Academic Behaviors to Notice Tracker-Reading
Academic Behaviors to Notice Tracker-Writing
Academic Behaviors to Notice Tracker-Data Examples
