Protocols-What,+Why,+How

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**The WHAT, WHY, and HOW of PROTOCOLS**
 * **What? ** Guidelines for conversation Vehicle for building collaborative work || **Results ** Some of their own impressions about student work are confirmed They are likely to gain new insights into the thinking of their students The strengths and weaknesses of their assignments ||
 * **Why? ** Creates a structured environment for: speaking, listening, questioning Makes the most of limited time Promotes deep, meaningful conversation about teaching and learning || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Other teachers who participate ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Develop a sense of the kind and quality of the work going on inside their school <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Learn about students they will teach in future years <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">See how students they taught in previous years have developed <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Gain new ideas for their own classrooms <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Begin to develop a shared understanding of standards in different domains and the steps students go through to meet them ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">How? ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Incorporate into your study group meetings/grade level meetings/staff meetings <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Connect it to crucial teaching and learning issues in your study group/grade level/school <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Optima-Regular; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Practice it regularly ||