What is High Quality Instruction? What does it mean for me?

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What is High Quality Instruction? What does it
mean for me?

• Donna Eustace
• Education Technology Consultant
• Kentucky Department of Education

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Lets BrainstormWhat is High Quality
Instruction?






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Session outcomes include

• Establishing an awareness of HQI work happening
  at KDE.
• Understanding the 5 Components of HQI
• Reviewing the general characteristics of each
  component
• Reflecting on the current work

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Background

• Partnership with Harvard, KDE and school
  districts (Jefferson, Daviess, Boone and Kenton
  Counties)
• Instructional core
• Coherent vision (Student, Teacher and Content)

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Assertions (Tony Wagner)

• Student Achievement will not improve unless and
  until teaching improves. Higher standards, more
  testing, smaller schools, etc. do not, by
  themselves, improve teaching.
• Teachers, working alone, with little or no
  feedback on their instruction, will not be able
  to improve significantlyno matter how much
  professional development they receive.
• The challenge of change leadership is to create a
  system for continuous improvement of
  instruction, supervision, and instructional
  leadership.

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The factors within the control of districts and
schools that have the most significant impact on
student learning is

• High-quality instructional practice
• Well-designed curriculum, assessments and
  instructional materials aligned to standards
• Strong school leadership

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• "You don't change performance without changing
  the instructional core," states Anrig Professor
  Richard Elmore. "The relationship of the teacher
  and the student in the presence of content must
  be at the center of efforts to improve
  performance."

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What is the instructional core?
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Why begin with High Quality Instruction?

• As a common point of reference for discussing
  effective practices in teaching by describing the
  roles of teachers and students
• Allows discussion of HQI around a set of
  research-based descriptors of effective classroom
  practice.

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5 Components of High Quality Instruction (HQI)

• Learning Climate
• Classroom Assessment and Reflection
• Instructional Rigor and Student Engagement
• Instructional Relevance
• Knowledge of Content

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Quick thoughts about the definitions

• Read over the definitions of each component
  (note your connections, significant words, etc.)
• Share at your tables
• Capture group thinking
• Be ready to share with the entire group

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Lets Review a General Template Characteristics
of Each Component

• Read over the general characteristics of the
  component assigned to your table (note your
  connections, significant words, etc.)
• Share at your tables
• Capture your groups thinking (may use word)
• Be ready to share with other tables. Determine
  who will speak for the group.

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Examples Science, Math and Technology

• Descriptions of characteristics
• Resources

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Suggestions/Concerns?

• Recommendations?
• Next Steps?
• Wiki at http//hqi4edtech.pbworks.com/FrontPage

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Thank you!

• Donna Eustace
• Donna.Eustace_at_education.ky.gov
• [phone]