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Basics

Working Together

Cooperative Learning Handbook

Lesson Plans

Professional Learning Community Resources

Professional Learning Community Media Resources

Blackline Masters

Additional Resources

PowerTeaching – Product Information

“When [our coach] gave us an assignment to do independently, I remember feeling pretty confident, but when I was put on the spot to answer the question and show my strategies, I felt pressure and stress. I thought I knew the answer, but I wasn't positive. It made me realize that some of my students could feel the same way. Then we had the opportunity to work with a team to help each other. When she called on me again, I felt confident and secure in my answer because all my team members and I agreed. ”

Stephanie Campbell,
Third-Grade Teacher

“It is easier to work together- because we all talk about the questions and we don't get stuck.”

Anthony,
Third-Grade Student

PowerTeaching is a curricular framework composed of research-proven instructional strategies that increase student achievement. PowerTeaching provides teachers with a clear and simple structure for framing their mathematics instruction no matter which curriculum or textbook they use.

To ensure effective implementation, the PowerTeaching professional-development series incorporates ongoing coaching and support both inside and outside the classroom. Ultimately, PowerTeaching empowers students to work together to improve their understanding of mathematical concepts and encourages students to take ownership of their learning during multiple opportunities for practice and evaluation. Simply put, PowerTeaching leads to academic success!

Instructional Materials
The PowerTeaching professional-development series will give you a fresh approach to instruction that can be directly applied to your mathematics textbook or curriculum. Using a Cycle of Effective Instruction and cooperative-learning strategies, you and your colleagues will create a professional learning community to support your PowerTeaching implementation and instruction. In addition to the professional development provided by coaches nationwide, teachers will receive a PowerTeaching toolkit containing:

  • a tote box and binder to house workshop materials;
  • six plastic dividers for organizing lesson plans, blackline masters, and other resource materials;
  • The Cooperative Learning Handbook, which contains resources and strategies to help build and support a student-centered classroom;
  • Working Together: A Companion Guide to PowerTeaching Teacher Edition, including a DVD to guide the implementation of various elements of PowerTeaching;
  • Working Together: A Companion Guide to PowerTeaching Student Workbook;
  • an apron designed to facilitate various PowerTeaching strategies; and
  • access to the PowerTeaching website to enable teachers to plan PowerTeaching lessons, download blackline masters, and watch the PowerTeaching support videos via streaming media.





Professional Development

Your SFAF coach builds a partnership with your school through training sessions, onsite coaching, scheduled telephone meetings, quarterly progress reports, and informal telephone support. The professional development provided by SFAF staff is designed to support school leaders and teachers as they make substantial changes in their approach to classroom instruction. Training and support for the PowerTeaching professional-development series includes:

  • five workshops (six days of professional development)
  • school-based workshop summaries reflecting:
    – evidence of implementation
    – teacher expectations
    – growth plans
  • onsite coaching visits
  • school implementation visits
  • administrative coaching
  • school-based professional learning communities
  • peer coaching
  • PowerTeaching lesson studies
  • data review and goal-focused planning
  • teacher-developed action plans


Next Steps

Do you want to learn more about PowerTeaching? For more information, please call one of our staff members at (800) 548-4998, ext.2372, or fill out the information request form online.

 

 



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