Systems Thinking

Principles of Systems Thinking

• Relationships
• Communication
• Responsiveness
• Sustainability

The Systems Thinker

• Recognize
• Create
• Act
• Adopt

Unstoppable Learning

• Planning
• Launching
• Consolidating
• Assessing
• Adapting
• Managing
• Leading

The Business of Learning

• Content
• Instruction
• Lesson Design
• Assessment

Systems Thinking

• See the big picture
• Observe elements influencing others
• Identify emerging patterns
• Act on the patterns to strengthen structures within the system
• (Fisher & Fry, 2015)

Change

• How do you think the information and experiences from CRISS training will help you deal with the changes occurring in schools, in the students you teach, and in your role as a teacher?

Chapter 10 Program Implementation

• Five Star Schools
• Framework for Teaching Inventory and Level of Use Matrix
• Framework for Learning
• Journals, Portfolios, Walk-throughs,

Chapter 11

• Teacher research
• Student research

Chapter 12

• Electronic Resources
• Resources for the Classroom
• Reaching out to Parents
• Resources for the School/District

CRISS Level 1 Goals

• Reflect on your learning process and help you transfer that understanding to your teaching
• Understand how the CRISS Framework for Learning facilitates student metacognition
• Understand how to integrate the CRISS Framework for Teaching into your own classroom instruction

Next Steps

• Incorporating CRISS into lesson plans (Administration support)
• Follow up sessions for teachers and administrators
• What do you need to do next? As an individual? As a staff?

Workshop Evaluations

• Complete BOTH sides of the evaluations in the Materials Packet