BTSA 2012-2013
A collaborative area for resources to complete BTSA requirements ... links in blue
Context for Teaching & Learning
tools to identify different types of learners in your classroom
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synopsis of a course offered by Berkeley Extension and resources defining different methods of instruction to reach your different types of learners
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Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
​for learners in "the middle", direct instruction in learning strategies and college-bound curriculum
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resources for high achievers from a fabulous presentation I attended​
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​low achievers often read significantly below grade level, so overcoming this one obstacle through scaffolding or reading intervention can transform their lives and your classroom

Text-to-Speech Readers
To motivate my students to complete an assignment, I read 1/2 a chapter aloud. The next day my throat hurt too much to repeat the performance, then I remembered that there are built-in tools to read out loud. Then I remembered an online tool, and found a bunch of new ones (not the 1 I remembered)
- Natural Readers​
- Text2Speech.org
​​​CA Dept of Education​
all subject standards including frameworks and Common Core
> CSTP Continuum of Teaching Practice
> Unlocking the CSTP Standards
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Understanding by Design (backward design lesson planning)
>>good stuff on creating focus or essential questions
​lesson planning that aligns instructional activities, standards and assessment
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Rubrics
One of the best and easiest ways to assess student learning. Works best when provided at beginning of assignment/project so students know what will be graded and teacher teaches toward mastery. ​
>>Rubistar
>>iRubric
Assessment of Teaching & Learning
Inquiry into Teaching & Learning
helpful books that have improved my teaching pedagogy
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LAUSD BTSA
​A great explanation of each section of the Inquiry process
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Read about "action research" and "action learning"
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Developing a Focus Question
> Try to make your goal SMART or SMAART
> Anatomy of a Focus Question: a formula to create an inquiry question (shared by Julianna Sike, BUSD BTSA Coordinator)
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Lesson Planning
​I noticed that the suggested lesson plan format provided by BTSA loosely follows the 5E model of instruction​​
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>> Understanding by Design or backward design lesson planning might be helpful
>> backward design planning tempates
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>> I asked if other instructional strategies could be used; it was recommended to follow the model provided for consistency and since it was inclusive of how a lesson should flow