EQUAL (Effective QUality for All Learners) Project
• Teacher Showcase
• Lesson-Modeling Workshop
EQUAL (Effective QUality for All Learners) Project
. Teacher Showcase
. Lesson-Modeling Workshop
In continued collaboration to improve teacher quality through the EQUAL Project, The University of Oklahoma Center for Effective Schools, CCE, conducted a Teacher Showcase and a Lesson-Modeling Workshop in association with the OU College of Arts and Sciences, Rogers State University College of Liberal Arts and Cameron University College of Education. The goal of the EQUAL Project was to ensure that teachers have the subject-matter knowledge and teaching skills necessary to help all children achieve high academic standards, regardless of individual learning styles or needs.
The showcase was held on September 6, 2007 at the University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education Forum. Participants in the EQUAL Project came together to present the integrated lesson plan they were developing. Each participant had the opportunity to discuss the strength of the content standards covered by their lesson plan with Dr. Gordon Uno and Dr. Teri Murphy from the Arts and Sciences faculty of the University of Oklahoma.
On October 12, 2007 participants gathered once again in Salina, Oklahoma at the elementary and middle schools to model their integrated lessons with students. Dr. Lynn Arnn, Cameron University, and Professor Peggy Dugan, Rogers State University, observed and give valuable feedback to the teachers to strengthen the research-based instructional strategies used in their lesson plans.
Lesson plan development began at the Summer Institute held June 18 through June 22 at the Northeast Technology Center in Kansas, Oklahoma. Math and science teachers from grades 3 through 8 received instruction in curriculum alignment, test disaggregation, benchmark assessments, integration, differentiated instruction, and research-based instructional strategies.
