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Parents and Teachers Want Another Lesson Design Study Conference
On a bright Saturday morning in April, more than 110 parents, teachers, and students attended the Parent Teacher Lesson Design Study Conference. They received a closer look at the UTLA Lesson Design Study—what is it? How does it affect students and teachers?
After a warm welcome by Edward Trimis, Principal of Manual Arts High, the host school, and representatives of conference sponsors—UTLA, CTA and Washington Mutual—ISCA Director Charlotte Higuchi presented an overview of the UTLA Lesson Design Study process. A panel discussion of the promise of lesson design study followed. Panelists were Manual Arts High School teacher Travis Miller, parent Carmita Grajales, and Foshay Learning Center Principal Veroníque Wills.Each panel member spoke eloquently on the impact of the lesson design study process.
From there, participants proceeded to their morning workshops. Spirits were high among the teachers who conducted the workshops as they were eager to show attendees what Lesson Design Study at ISCA is all about. The morning workshops featured lessons and assessments produced though lesson design study with ISCA. Attendees included parents, colleagues, school administrators, and students (who attended along with their parents). The presenting teachers guided parents andother teachers through a lesson that was developed through lesson design study, and the process of using a rubric to evaluating student work on a standards-based assessment designed to measure what was learned. They examined actual work from students in the classes of the presenting teachers. Morning workshops ran a gamut of topics from the art and history to genetics, k–12, advanced placement, ESL, general classes. Presenters ended the morning workshop with a discussion and survey of parents as to the value of the workshop and the conference.
Then attendees enjoyed a delicious Thai-Chinese lunch followed by afternoon workshops. These workshops offered a variety of topics of general interest to parents and teachers such as Setting Limits for Children at Home and in the Classroom, and saving money for a child’s education and other financial advice, presented by bank branch managers by Washington Mutual. The workshop Introducing a New Culture by Tantalizing the Senses stimulated an intense brainstorming discussion among its teacher participants that has resulted in the organizing of a multicultural fair at Foshay Learning Center, with 25 other teachers having signed-on to have their students be part of it. All were well-received.
On the survey, parents overwhelmingly wanted more conferences (Click here to veiw report). Several parents asked excitedly about when the next conference would be, and some shared that they “had never been to a conference like this”. It was gratifying that on the parent survey, the greatest tendency toward “strongly agree” was in response to the prompt ”I can use what I learned today to help my child in school.”—our main purpose in having the conference. ‘Til the next time.
Acknowledgements
The Institute for Standards Curricula and Assessments expresses its gratitude to the conference sponsors, without whose financial and in-kind support the conference would not have been possible, to the workshop presenters who gave it meaningful content, and to the many individuals who assisted in its organization and operation.
Sponsors United Teachers Los Angeles The California Teachers Association Washington Mutual Manual Arts High School Foshay Learning Center Muir Middle School
Speakers Edward Trimis, Principal, Manual Arts High School James Thrasher, Assistant Executive Director for Human Rights and Community Outreach, CTA Roseanne Hawkins, Vice President/Community Affairs Relationship Manager, Washington Mutual Linda Guthrie, Secondary Vice President, United Teachers Los Angeles Carminta Grajales, parent panelist Travis Miller, Manual Arts High School, teacher panelist Veronique Wills, Prinicipal, Foshay Learning Center, panelist
Workshops
John Carroll Myra Lebendig NBCT Ann Travis
War and Responsibility What is a Just War?
Monica DeFrancisco Antero Garcia
Choosing to Act: How Do People Fight Injustice?
Grisel Ayala Patricia Frias
The American Dream
Robert S. Hardy
What Does Exponential Growth Really Mean?
Pedro DeLeon
Stoichiometry: Gas Laws and Kinetic Molecular Theory
Lorien Eck NBCT JoAnne Sackett
Ancient India
Margarita Arias Juan Pineda
Character Sketch
Alicia Esparza Song Hwang
Genetics
Vanessa Rickmon-Brown
FolkTales: What Would You Do?
Marina Vergara
The Kissing Hand: The First Day of School
Jasmine Tigolo
Magnetism
Miles Myers, PhD.
ISCA Design Lessons Based on Student Work
Camilla George Phyllis Williams
Setting Limits in the Classroom and at Home
Cesar Chavez, WAMU Ramiro Gallardo
WaMoola for Life (Lessons in Financial Education)
Donnell Jordan, CTA
Ways to Help Your Child at Home
Julie Kim
Introducing a New Culture by Tantalizing the Senses
Travis Miller
Give and Take: Reading for Deeper Understanding
Gloria Hernandez NBCT
Complex Instruction
Individuals A.J. Duffy, President, UTLA Julie Washington, Elementary Vice President, UTLA Virginia Victorin, Washington Mutual Antonio Manning, Washington Mutual Michael Olivo, Principal, Muir Middle School Todd Engle, Assistant Principal, Manual Arts High School William Lupejkis, Assistant Principal, Manual Arts High School Juan Quintinilla, Title I Coordinator, Manual Arts High School Martha Peralta, Assistant Principal, Manual Arts-Crenshaw Community Adult School Dolores Coleman, Assistant Principal, Manual Arts-Crenshaw Community Adult School Carolina Barriero, Administrative Coordinator, UTLA Communications Department Col. B Persad, ROTC Teacher, Foshay Learning Cen ter Mr. Charles Melendez, Parent Center Coordinator, Foshay Learning Center Samuel Joo, Title I Coordinator, Foshay Learning Center Mark Taylor, Social Studies Dept. Chair, Muir Middle School Teresa Garcia, Teacher Carmen Sadek NBCT, Foshay Learning Center Monica Cardona, Title I Office Manager, Manual Arts High School Felix Najera, Title I Office Technology Assistant, Manual Arts High School Consuelo Dixon, Custodian, Manual Arts High School Jesse Rosales, Education Aide, Manual Arts High School Debbie Fiallos, student aide, Manual Arts High School Jose Chavarria, student, Manual Arts High School Yolanda Chavarria, student, Manual Arts High School Stephanie Lomibao, Washington Mutual
By Day Higuchi, Associate Director, ISCA, May 31, 2007
From there, participants proceeded to their morning workshops. Spirits were high among the teachers who conducted the workshops as they were eager to show attendees what Lesson Design Study at ISCA is all about. The morning workshops featured lessons and assessments produced though lesson design study with ISCA. Attendees included parents, colleagues, school administrators, and students (who attended along with their parents). The presenting teachers guided parents and
other teachers through a lesson that was developed through lesson design study, and the process of using a rubric to evaluating student work on a standards-based assessment designed to measure what was learned. They examined actual work from students in the classes of the presenting teachers. Morning workshops ran a gamut of topics from the art and history to genetics, k–12, advanced placement, ESL, general classes. Presenters ended the morning workshop with a discussion and survey of parents as to the value of the workshop and the conference.
Then attendees enjoyed a delicious Thai-Chinese lunch followed by afternoon workshops. These workshops offered a variety of topics of general interest to parents and teachers such as Setting Limits for Children at Home and in the Classroom, and saving money for a child’s education and other financial advice, presented by bank branch managers by Washington Mutual. The workshop Introducing a New Culture by Tantalizing the Senses stimulated an intense brainstorming discussion among its teacher participants that has resulted in the organizing of a multicultural fair at Foshay Learning Center, with 25 other teachers having signed-on to have their students be part of it. All were well-received.