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.
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It must feel good to know you are moving in the right direction. Besides the objective, are you students always aware of the purpose for what they are learning, meaning the "why" instead of just the what and how? How do you communicate that to your class? Next month we will move onto active engagement strategies and we will build in more time for development. Your students are so lucky to have you...keep up the good work :)
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