For use with new Instructional Technology Resource Teachers! This 90 day plan will help you adjust to your new role!

Phase 1
Day 0-30: Listening and Learning
During this phase you will enter your new role and take this time to listen to and learn from your schools/districts' stakeholders. During this time you will develop your coaching mission and vision based on the needs of your school community

Phase 2
Day 31-60: Focus and Frame
During this phase you will work on creating and implementing frameworks that support your mission
and vision. You will most likely start leading professional development as teachers return and communicate your coaching vision.

Phase 3
Day 61-90: Empower and Accelerate
During this phase you will work with the frameworks put in place during phase 2 to support teachers and improve instruction. Reflection will guide you as you move forward after entry.

Classroom discussion involves students talking to one another about a text, important topic, or issue.  Classroom discussions allow students to improve communication skills by voicing their opinions and thoughts. Teachers also benefit as it allows them to see if students have learned the concepts that are being taught.This resource includes a one-page overview of the strategy as well as activities to support the strategy. 

Differentiation involves tailoring teaching methods, materials, and assessments to meet the diverse learning needs of individual students within a classroom.*In this instance, differentiation will differ from scaffolding in that differentiation may result in different products based on student needs while scaffolding has students working towards the same goal or product. This resource has an overview of strategies and activities to support differentiated instruction.  

Effective questioning entails asking the appropriate question (regarding difficulty, format, type, or comprehension) at the appropriate moment. Questions should serve one or more educational objectives, prioritize essential content, and stimulate thinking at a particular cognitive level.This resource includes a one-page overview of the strategy as well as activities to support the strategy.  

In explicit teaching, teachers show students what to do and how to do it.  The teachers decide on the learning intentions and the success criteria and demonstrate them with modeling.  In a flipped lesson, the teacher provides this explicit instruction in a video that students can watch and rewatch.  Worked examples modeled by the teacher support students’ independent practice. This resource includes a one-page overview of the strategy as well as activities to support the strategy.  

Feedback provides students with information about their performance and progress toward a learning target or goal. Effective feedback is timely, specific, and actionable. This resource includes a one-page overview as well as several activities to support the activity.  

Formative assessment is an instructional strategy that gathers ongoing feedback on student learning to inform and adjust teaching practices.  This resource has an overview and several supporting activities to support formative assessments. 

Lesson goals explain what the students need to understand and what they must be able to do. These goals are written in a way that supports the student’s understanding of the success criteria, commits to the learning, and provides an appropriate mix of success and challenge.This resource includes a one-page overview of the strategy as well as activities to support the strategy.  

Scaffolding* provides structured support, such as tools, strategies, or guidance, to help students learn and master new concepts or skills, gradually fading that support as students become more proficient and independent learners.*In this instance, scaffolding will differ from differentiation in that scaffolding has students working towards the same goal or product while differentiation may result in different products based on student needs. This resource includes an overview and activities to support scaffolding. 

Summarization involves condensing large amounts of information into a concise summary while retaining the main ideas and essential details.  This resource has a one-page overview and activities to support summarization.

Great list of ways that Teams and Teachers in your division can collaborate with their ITRTs. Patrick Hausammann of Clarke put this together and it is a great starting point for your own list!

Patrick Hausammann of Clarke developed this chart to explain the work done by ITRTs and Tech Support personnel. It's a great starter for your own list to share with administrators, teachers, and others.