Recent Technical Assistance Projects

Title: Paterson School No. 2 Lesson Study

Sponsor/Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Target Audience: Paterson School No. 2 (PS2) staff

Collaborating Agencies: Global Education Resources (GER), The Greenwich Japanese School (GJS), and Teachers College/Columbia University

Dates: 1999 - 2005

Description: RBS has provided long-term and intensive assistance to PS2 as the school pioneered implementing the lesson study approach to ongoing teacher professional development. In the process, RBS also has learned a great deal about lesson study in action. Specifically, RBS has:

• Learned about lesson study along with PS2 staff under the tutelage of GJS and GER.
• Served as a knowledgeable other, observing lessons and providing feedback to teachers.
• Participated as part of a lesson study group, working on developing a grade 7 lesson on symmetry.
• Helped organize and sponsor lesson study open houses at PS2.

Outcomes: PS2 has engaged in lesson study for six years, beginning with volunteers and evolving to school-wide practice of lesson study. The focus has been on mathematics, with a few lessons in science. PS2 has served as a model for other schools interested in implementing lesson study, and its open houses have played an important role in providing insight into lesson study at a U.S. school

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