Day 2

New Teacher Orientation

2 Lies and a Truth

• Form groups of 4: fish cards• Think about your life

– Tell 2 lies– Tell 1 truth

• Can your table group figure out the truth?

Homework Debrief

• Find your Spring Partner and discuss your Year Planning homework:- What format did you choose?- What worked well?- What challenges did you encounter?– What questions do you have?

• Find your Winter Partner.• As a pair, discuss and

record your thoughts about homework.

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Gary Olsen, Higher Education

Your Thoughts on Homework:

Homework: Part B

• Go to your school website and see if there is a homework policy. You may find these in student or parent handbooks.

• Assignment: – Create a draft homework policy that you could

share with parents and students

Teaching Quality Standard

Teacher Success

• Complete the chart provided as a table group

• Decide on 4 main ideas found within the activity. Highlight the 4 ideas in your chart.

Here’s What, So What, Now What?

HERE’S WHAT

What does teacher success look and sound like?

Once your table is complete:

• Look at your TQS (Interim: bullets 1 & 2) in the Professionalism Section of your binder.

– find similarities between the document and your ideas – be prepared to share!

Professionalism

• Living in a small town• Dress• Communication ~ colleagues, parents,

students• Digital Citizenship• Other

Debrief: Fall Partners

• Find your Spring Partner:• What is one thing you are taking

away from this morning?• What is one thing you are

excited about?• What is one thing you are still

wondering about? (put your questions on the Parking Lot)

Mix n’ Match

• IMC• Learn Alberta• Teacher Professional Growth Plans

(TPGP)

Instructional Media Center

Unit Planning

• Teacher Effectiveness Framework – Curriculum Alignment (1B)– Knowledge of Prerequisite Curriculum (1C)– Lesson and Unit Structure (1d)

• Exemplars – none of the templates are better than another. Choose the one that works for you.

Common Elements of Unit Planning

• Curricular/Instructional Outcomes

• Plans for assessment and evaluations

• Teaching Strategies • Topics

•Learning Activities•Plans for differentiation•Materials and Resources•Time Allocations

Planning Resources

• Learn Alberta– Tools 4 Teachers

http://www.learnalberta.ca/T4TBrowse.aspx?lang=en

• Teach AnyWarehttp://www.teachanyware.ca/html/course_prev.html

Time To Work

Closure

EXIT SLIPS

– One AHA moment– A question or two