KEY BENEFITS

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Educators need to apply theory and research to practice in their own classrooms and schools. By engaging in collaborative lesson inquiry cycles, a team of 4–7 educators:

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• Engages alongside each other in classroom practice

• Develops a shared repertoire of lesson and activity tools

• Contribute to the joint enterprise of challenging and supporting English Learners 

 

WHO WILL BENEFIT

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A team of 4–7 teachers who share a subject area. The team could teach the same course or subject (e.g., Math 8 or early literacy) or could form a team across grade levels (e.g., K–1 or 6–8).

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SERVICE DESIGN

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Together a team will:

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• Plan and enact high-challenge, high-support lessons for English Learners.

• Observe what works for whom, why, and under what conditions.

• Refine the lesson iteratively through observation and discussion.

 

For teams to have a clear focus to observe for student talk, thinking, and learning, the team selects a focus from the following for each cycle:
 

• Sustain academic rigor with English Learners by connecting ideas and practices.

• Engage in quality interactions with English Learners through participation by design.

• Sustain a purposeful language focus with English Learners that expand autonomy.

 

As shown below, a collaborative lesson inquiry cycle includes substantial preparation over videoconference to identify key goals and standards, as well as follow-up to offer individualized and collective implementation support. Two intense in-person days on campus and in classrooms ensure all lessons are grounded in practice. 

 

The following is a sample timeline: