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Gizmos Institute for Coaches and Specialists

Gizmos Institute for Coaches and Specialists

Audience: Math and/or Science Coaches or Specialists | Prerequisite: This workshop is ONLY for individuals who will be coaching teachers on the use of Gizmos in the classroom. Coaches and Specialists should have attended Introduction to Gizmos and Expanding the Gizmos Experience before this workshop.

About the Workshop

Districts with Math/Science Coaches or Specialists already have a great resource to support their teachers in exemplary math and science instruction. This workshop is designed to harness the power of those coaches and specialists to build a strong Gizmos implementation. Coaches/Specialists learn to support Gizmos teachers and model effective classroom instruction with Gizmos including pre-lesson collaborative lesson planning and post-lesson group reflection discussion. Coaches/Specialists also build skills with coaching language and probing/guiding questions.

Workshop Flyers - Onsite & Webinar

A downloadable flyer with the workshop agenda will be available after clicking on each button below.

Onsite Agenda & Flyer

Resources for Teachers

Helpful resources for you to download.

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Agenda Downloads
Share the agenda with the teachers that will be attending the workshop and add the date, time, and location to use as an informational flyer.
Coaching Resources
Best Practices for Teaching with Gizmos: Keep this slide from the workshop to help guide your Gizmos lessons.
Pre-conference briefing email: Share the details and expectations of the Gizmos lesson modeling with your teachers
Samples: Refer to the observation, modeling schedule and reflection samples as you complete ones during your modeling sessions with your teachers.
Using Gizmos Ideas and Benefits Sketch Pad: Use as a note-taking tool.
Lesson Planning Support: Review all of the web pages that were shared during the webinar.
Workshop Resources
Classroom Modeling Teacher Feedback: Provide a way for teachers to give feedback about the whole class Gizmos modeling session that they observed.
Classroom Modeling Observation Tool: Complete as you observe a Gizmos lesson from your teachers.
Gizmos Collaborative Lesson Planning Tool: Fill in each section as you plan a Gizmos lesson with the teacher that you will be observing.
Lesson Teacher Reflection and Action Plan: Allow teachers the opportunity to self-reflect on the Gizmos lesson they taught for observation.
Observation Feedback Sheet: Provide feedback to your teacher on the lesson that was planned as a collaboration with their coach.
Post-Conference Observation Feedback: Use for feedback on the Gizmos lesson observation during the debrief and post-conference meeting.
Teacher Needs Assessment Survey: Administer a needs assessment for teachers before the coaching cycle begins so that you’ll have information about their confidence levels and desires as they relate to their professional growth with Gizmos.

Everybody's Talking About Gizmos

Hello, Ms. D. I apologize about emailing you during the weekend, but I couldn’t wait to tell you. Gizmos is so much fun, and I absolutely love it. I actually learn something and I like the fact that it is interactive. Thank you so much for making us do Gizmos.

- Gizmos Student, American International School, Abu Dhabi

I really love Gizmos as they help students grasp difficult concepts that can’t always be seen. They make abstract ideas come to life.

- Gizmos Teacher, Foothills School Division, Alberta, Canada

Another great feature of Gizmos is that I can manipulate them to accomplish my desired learning outcomes for my students. Sometimes I take a Gizmo that is meant to be an entire lab, and I cut it down into a smaller, briefer activity. But, other times, I combine some of the smaller labs into one and have the students access the various Gizmos from the class home page for a bigger assignment. In that way, Gizmos are always able to accomplish my desired outcomes.

- Teacher, Stuarts Draft High School

Any time I’ve used Gizmos, my students have a deeper and more meaningful experience with their learning. It leads to more inquiry and great classroom discussion!

- Grade 3 teacher

As a teacher, this platform is a time saver for me, as there are ready-made tasks and STEM hours, but I also like that I can modify assignments at any time.

- Teacher, Wicomico County School District