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OverviewSOAR Teaching Frames for Literacy provides a unique approach to planning, implementing, and elevating instruction that drives improvement in teaching and learning. SOAR focuses on the high-impact teaching practices that research identifies as key to student learning. In this book, the authors present and unpack these practices within the context of Teaching Frames. The frames provide a common language and a set of tools to foster informal self-evaluation, as well as teacher-to-teacher and coach-to-teacher collaboration. All stages of implementation are illustrated with classroom examples from the authors' 15 years of research and professional development throughout the United States. School principals, coaches, and classroom teachers can use Literacy Classrooms That S.O.A.R. to support professional learning and growth across schools and districts. Book Features: Instructional strategies with step-by-step guidance for implementation. Vignettes that demonstrate how to implement SOAR in a variety of contexts. Visuals of instructional resources that teachers can use. Rubrics that can be used by instructional leaders, literacy coaches, and professional learning communities. Question and answer sections to help teachers differentiate practices to meet the needs of all students. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan O'Hara , Robert Pritchard , Debi PittaPublisher: Teachers' College Press Imprint: Teachers' College Press Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780807764794ISBN 10: 0807764795 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 November 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Foreword Douglas Fisher vii Acknowledgments ix 1. Introducing the SOAR Teaching Frames 1 A Research-Based Approach to Elevating Instruction 2 Elevating Teaching Practice in Support of New Standards 3 Step Inside Ms. Aguirre’s Classroom 3 Step Inside Ms. Rahim’s Classroom 5 The SOAR Practices 7 SOAR Teaching Frames 10 Findings From Our Work in the Field 12 Conclusion 14 2. Disciplinary Discussions 15 Using the SOAR Lens to Plan and Reflect 16 Step Inside Ms. Vu’s Classroom 24 Implementing the Disciplinary Discussions Teaching Frame 29 Additional Implementation Considerations 49 Conclusion 51 3. Disciplinary Interactions With Complex Text 52 Using the SOAR Lens to Plan and Reflect 52 Step Inside Mr. Ortiz’s Classroom 60 Implementing the Disciplinary Interactions With Complex Text Teaching Frame 65 Additional Implementation Considerations 86 Conclusion 87 4. Disciplinary Uses of Evidence 89 Using the SOAR Lens to Plan and Reflect 89 Step Inside Mr. O’Connor’s Classroom 96 Implementing the Disciplinary Uses of Evidence Teaching Frame 102 Additional Implementation Considerations 120 Conclusion 122 5. Disciplinary Communication 123 Using the SOAR Lens to Plan and Reflect 123 Step Inside Ms. Alvarez’s Classroom 131 Implementing the Disciplinary Communication Teaching Frame 134 Additional Implementation Considerations 156 Conclusion 158 6. Supporting Teachers to Build Literacy Classrooms That SOAR 159 Fostering an Ability to Teach with Metacognition 160 Supporting the Collective Growth of Teachers Through Professional Learning Communities 163 Step Inside Rockville School 165 Building a Culture of Professional Growth Districtwide 167 Step Inside South End School District 167 Conclusion 170 Appendix A: Conversation Prompts and Responses 172 Appendix B: American Symbols 173 Appendix C: Buffalo Soldiers 174 Appendix D: Formative Assessments of Student Talk—Disciplinary Discussions 176 Appendix E: Formative Assessments of Student Talk—Disciplinary Communication 178 Appendix F: Implementation Rubric—Disciplinary Discussions Teaching Frame 180 Appendix G: Implementation Rubric—Disciplinary Interactions With Complex Text 185 Appendix H: Implementation Rubric—Disciplinary Uses of Evidence 186 Appendix I: Implementation Rubric—Disciplinary Communication 187 References 189 Bibliography 193 Index 195 About the Authors 203Reviews"The SOAR Teaching Frames have been an invaluable tool as we work to transform teaching practices in the Robla Elementary School District in Sacramento, California. Robla serves a community where families face the challenges of poverty every day, and nearly half of our students speak a language other than English at home. The SOAR Frameworks provided us with a tool to help students find their voice. Classrooms are now filled with many points of view and more high-level thinking. Our entire school system is more coherent as these teaching practices have become part of the school day in all grades."" - Ruben Reyes, superintendent, Robla Elementary School District" The SOAR Teaching Frames have been an invaluable tool as we work to transform teaching practices in the Robla Elementary School District in Sacramento, California. Robla serves a community where families face the challenges of poverty every day, and nearly half of our students speak a language other than English at home. The SOAR Frameworks provided us with a tool to help students find their voice. Classrooms are now filled with many points of view and more high-level thinking. Our entire school system is more coherent as these teaching practices have become part of the school day in all grades. - Ruben Reyes, superintendent, Robla Elementary School District Author InformationSusan O'Hara is former director of the Center to Support Excellence in Teaching at Stanford University. Robert Pritchard is a professor emeritus of education at Sacramento State University. Debi Pitta is vice president of professional learning for EPF for Teaching. All three are former K-12 teachers with more than 40 years of classroom experience and extensive experience supporting districts to build instructional capacity. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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