Protocols in the Classroom: Tools to Help Students Read, Write, Think, and Collaborate - Softcover

Allen, David; Blythe, Tina; Dichter, Alan; Lynch, Terra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080775904X ISBN 13: 9780807759042

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2018

Synopsis

For nearly 2 decades, Looking Together at Student Work and The Power of Protocols have sustained educators in their professional learning. Protocols in the Classroom expands the scope of those books from teachers’ professional learning to include students' learning, providing teachers with the tools they need to use discussion protocols to support students in developing crucial skills and habits as readers, writers, critical thinkers, and active participants within the classroom community. This essential guide provides detailed descriptions of protocols for four critical purposes:

• Entering into and engaging with texts of many different types.
• Sharing perspectives on questions, issues, or topics.
• Giving and receiving important feedback on works in progress.
• Exploring one’s own unique learning style.

For each protocol the authors provide a clear set of steps, tips for teachers and students in facilitating the protocol, and a story of a teacher using the protocol with students. The book is filled with resources for getting started using protocols with students, as well as for deepening the use of protocols over time. It also relates protocols to other strategies for supporting students’ learning, including Accountable Talk, Thinking Routines, and Socratic seminars. The authors describe how protocols contribute to a schoolwide culture of discussion, inquiry, and reflection.

Book Features:

• Insight from authors with decades of experience using protocols with students, teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and others.
• The perspectives of classroom teachers who are using the protocols with their students.
• Classroom vignettes and facilitation tips for effective use of protocols with students.
• Guidance and resources for choosing the best protocol for your goals and the needs of your students.
• Key practices for effectively facilitating protocols, whether you or your students do the facilitation.
• Engaging activities and strategies to prepare students for the kinds of discussions protocols entail.

About this title

Book Description

“If you are a teacher and you’re ready, this book will grab you. . . . The payoff, I predict, will be that your students’ learning will become more visible to you than ever before. More importantly, it will become more visible to the students themselves.”
—From the Foreword by
Joseph P. McDonald
, emeritus professor, New York University

“Using protocols with students has the capacity to dramatically increase student engagement and critical thinking in the classroom. The authors have provided not only the ‘why’ of using protocols but have included clear steps about how to create the conditions and implement protocols effectively with students. Excellent examples, along with multiple protocols, provide the tools to get started immediately. This book is a phenomenal resource for educators and will serve learners of all ages.”
—
Kari Thierer
, executive director, School Reform Initiative

Protocols are a key part of our national charge to make education equitable: They ensure that all students have a voice and are engaged to think deeply. This is the perfect guidebook for teachers to use protocols effectively in their classrooms.
—
Ron Berger
, chief academic officer, EL Education

“It is clear that groups perform better when guided by clear norms and protocols.
Protocols in the Classroom
offers an unmatched set of practical and proven process tools to guide teachers and students in productive learning interactions.”
—
Jay McTighe
, co-author,
Understanding by Design
®

"This is a blueprint for authentic relevant teaching. Read
Protocols in the Classroom.
It reminds us we can inspire students to be lifelong learners through their experiences in our classrooms."
—
Gillian Smith
, founding principal, The Facing History School, New York City

From the Author

David Allen is an associate professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Tina Blythe is a researcher at Harvard Project Zero and consults for schools and organizations around the world. Alan Dichter is the director of the CUNY Affinity Team, providing leadership and instructional professional development for New York City public schools. Terra Lynch is a learning specialist in Austin, Texas, and a professional development consultant for Metro Learning Communities at New York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 080775904X
• ISBN 13: 9780807759042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160