What are tuning protocols?

What are tuning protocols?

The tuning protocol is a flexible critique tool used to gather focused feedback to aid in planning. Our tuning protocol is an adaptation of protocols from High Tech High and Innovation Unit.

What is lesson tuning?

When you tune a lesson plan you have two basic components: the goals of the plan and a set of learning activities sequenced in a way that you believe will help the students meet those goals. The plan is “in tune” when the goals and activities are most in alignment.

What is lesson focus in lesson plan?

Usually brief in nature, focus lessons engage students in the learning by building and/or activating background knowledge, establish/revisit routines and expectations, establish the purpose for learning, and provide a mini-lesson based on the standards.

What are the 5 components of a lesson plan?

The 5 Key Components Of A Lesson Plan

• Objectives:
• Warm-up:
• Presentation:
• Practice:
• Assessment:

What are critical friends groups?

A Critical Friends Group (CFG) brings together four to ten teachers within a school over at least two years, to help each other look seriously at their own classroom practice and make changes in it. Sometimes people with a common interest will form a Critical Friends Group whose members hail from different schools.

What are focus activities?

What is a focusing activity? A focusing activity is designed to focus students’ attention as soon as they walk into the room. It is designed to capture students’ attention about the topic, connect them to the course material, and encourage them to immediately engage with the content and with each other.

How do you do a jigsaw activity?

1. Step 1: Divide students into groups of 4 to 6 people per group.
2. Step 2: Divide your content into 4 to 6 chunks.
3. Step 3: Assign one chunk of content to each person in the Jigsaw Group.
4. Step 4: Have students meet in Expert Groups.
5. Step 5: Students return to Jigsaw Groups.
6. Step 6: Assess all students on all the content.