Small Group Instruction Tools

These resources are from a professional learning session around small group instruction, designed and faciliated by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The learning and accompanying resources focuses on:

·  Exploring the characteristics of high-quality formative assessments that support your ability to effectively and efficiently make instructional decisions to ensure all students have access to on grade-level content

·  Three types of small group instruction, the common misconceptions, and best practices around this powerful instructional strategy.

·  How to identify characteristics of lessons or tasks that lend themselves to effective small group instruction with an eye towards formative assessment

·  Reflecting and planning for testing a new change idea as a result of your learning from the session.