2021 #VWEDU: DTA: "Engaging Students in Goal Setting and Monitoring Progress." How much coaching and monitoring could be provided by a DTA?

"Engaging Students in Goal Setting and Monitoring Progress." 

How much coaching and monitoring could be provided by a DTA?

Effective education teaches goal setting and planning

• Watch on YouTube
•  A fourth grader models the goal setting process through a coaching dialogue.
• Coaching and monitoring need constant attention to detail.
• That takes time.  A DTA can take the time if the teacher cannot.
• Learning objective for students.
• Student can set a concrete objective and prepare a credible plan for reaching it.

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That's how a teacher does it (planning)

• Starts with a list of actions required for a credible plan.
• Asks the student to provide concrete details
• Evaluates student response.
• Provides coaching hints if the response is inadequate.
• The plan includes a schedule that the teacher can monitor.

How a  DTA would do it.

• The teacher tells the student to work with the DTA>
• The DTA has the same list of actions the teacher has.
• The list is adjusted for level of student preparation.
• The student is asked to fill in the items with help as needed.
• Help can come from the DTA, parents, or teacher.
• The DTA offers a Help button on each item.
• The Help button offers commonly needed suggestions.
• Teachers with experience in teaching this task will know the suggestions.
• Teacher can monitor each student's work and give feedback as needed. 
• The plan includes a schedule that the teacher can monitor.

How a teacher does it (monitoring)

• A schedule is a list of concrete subgoals and when they are to be completed.
• Concrete means one can make an objective determination of completion.
• The subgoal could be: Pass a test or turn in assigned homework.
• The teacher keeps a record and will inform a student who is not doing well.

How a  DTA would do it.

• Some subgoals would be completed under the supervision of the DTA or a LMS.
• (A DTA might be part of a LMS.)
• The DTA would automatically record those; the teacher would enter the others.
• The student would always have a current record of progress.
• The record could be used as a basis for gamification.

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