GWHS Instructional Framework
-
Environment
Teachers create a supportive, student-centered classroom through a focus on relationships and effective lesson planning.
Standards
Students engage with inquiry questions aligned to grade level standards with exemplar answers to clarify learning goals in each lesson.
Rigor and Engagement
Students engage in a minimum of three unique AVID WICOR or IB approaches to learning (ATL) activities in each lesson to increase rigor and engagement.
Evaluation
Teachers monitor student work throughout each activity to assess understanding, provide feedback, and allow for corrections.
Metacognition
Students take an active role in learning in each lesson through processing, summarizing, and reflecting.
Components of an Effective Lesson
-
Introduction
- Inquiry question aligned to grade level expectations
- Agenda
- Academic Vocabulary
Instruction
- AVID WICOR Activities/IB approaches to learning
- 10/2 Model
- Scaffolds and differentiated instruction
Wrap-Up
- Summary/Answer the essential question
- Metacognative activities