Tuesday, October 13, 2009

October Induction Training

As a result of this professional development opportunity, I'm not sure I would make any changes to my lesson plans. We have been learning Kagan structures in Cluster meetings, and I have already been using them in my classes. Also, I have been writing, posting, reading, and reflecting on learning objectives (we call them learning targets at our school) since before school even started! Needless to say, the training was wildly repetitive. Every day I write them on the board, have a student read them at the beginning of class, and refer to them throughout my lessons... So I suppose I will continue to do what I have already been doing. Next month, I hope to have some real time to apply strategies and improve my lessons with the support of the professional development team.