Showing posts with label staffmeeting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label staffmeeting. Show all posts
Thursday, March 25, 2010
staff posting to the Blog
I have given all teachers a business card with a login that will allow them to add their thoughts to the blog. I have heard some great ideas about possible names and also heard the ideas that teachers are implementing in their classes regarding Independent Learning trials. I hope they start adding ideas soon!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Second Staff Meeting Reflection
Yesterday I exposed myself to the staff...and it was not pretty! I videoed a lesson I took in a senior classroom and focused the camera on the students. I wanted to really see what they were doing while I was "teaching" them. The results were scary. In the 5 minutes the video played I saw yawning, frustrated faces. It was evident that I was selecting the students who I knew could answer the questions and, hence, not slow down the flow, but the rest of the class were not engaged on any meaningful level.
So, what of this? Well, it highlighted several important points. The teacher must understand the needs of the children...not as a whole class, but as individuals. These individuals can be grouped for management purposes, but we need to be thinking about their needs as leaners. I would also encourage teachers to be thinking about ways to lessen their whole class teaching opportunities...not the quality, but the frequency. Having a WALT that we need the whole class to work on, (The use of adjectives for example), should be delivered in ways that reflect the eneds of the students. Rich texts, challenge, examples, modelling, prompting and other best practice techniques should be evident in the lesson. Don't forget about differentiation!
So, what of this? Well, it highlighted several important points. The teacher must understand the needs of the children...not as a whole class, but as individuals. These individuals can be grouped for management purposes, but we need to be thinking about their needs as leaners. I would also encourage teachers to be thinking about ways to lessen their whole class teaching opportunities...not the quality, but the frequency. Having a WALT that we need the whole class to work on, (The use of adjectives for example), should be delivered in ways that reflect the eneds of the students. Rich texts, challenge, examples, modelling, prompting and other best practice techniques should be evident in the lesson. Don't forget about differentiation!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
First Staff Meeting term 1 2010
Today we looked at where we were in the Journey that is Independent Learners. The staff added their faces to the pyramid in the staff room to indicate were they were in their personal knowledge of this teaching and learning style.
These topics were ones which created the most debate or questions as the teachers were writing personal goals for their own learning:
Subject Compartmentalising - This links to STRESBusters, the creation of busy work, out of class projects, (like Inquiries),
Time Management - Planning for teachers, individual planning for students, and groups...who would this be managed?
Success Criteria - what about quality? Why use it? What about the students who are just "not gonna"?
Tracking systems
Goals
Differentiation
Timetabling
How does this benefit the Inquiry process?
These topics were ones which created the most debate or questions as the teachers were writing personal goals for their own learning:
Subject Compartmentalising - This links to STRESBusters, the creation of busy work, out of class projects, (like Inquiries),
Time Management - Planning for teachers, individual planning for students, and groups...who would this be managed?
Success Criteria - what about quality? Why use it? What about the students who are just "not gonna"?
Tracking systems
Goals
Differentiation
Timetabling
How does this benefit the Inquiry process?
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