Teacher Refresher Course

Professional Learning Program

Program Learning Leaders:

Welcome and Check-IN

Today

• Session 1: Learning from our school visits + Unit Designs and Learning Sequences

• Session 2: Ideas Cafes - choices

• Session 3: Assessment of Learning and Learning Evaluations

Debriefing our School Visits

• Stories of Practice – What is one great example of teaching and learning that you saw (personal reflecting and writing)

• Form Triads – at least one secondary per group

• Pass the story comments and questions – read, comment, query

• Share any examples of Unit Designs/Lesson Plans/Learning Sequences you obtained

Designing Units of Work

• Re-visit the pre-reading. We will be referring to pages 4-8.

– Underline any words or terms that are new to you

– Circle any concepts that you think would take some time and effort to understand

– Tick the things that are already part of your practice

– * Something you’d like to try

• Now sit with a partner and share your reactions to the text. Identify 2-3 things you’d like clarified a bit more. Sort on the wall.

What goes into a Unit Design?

Group Challenge: Using the examples (including the one from us), come up with a Unit Design structure and example drawing your experiences from yesterday.

Your Unit Design will be evaluated against the criteria on page 6 by another group.

Time for task – 40 mins

(You will have the chance to strengthen after the Ideas Café. Evaluations will be after lunch – 10 mins per group)

TRC Learning Framework

Running Reflection Scaffold

MORNING TEA

Ideas Cafes

• You have till 45 mins per café x 2

• Each Café has been designed with the following components

– Identify the group’s questions and form smaller study groups

– Choose one item to view together and one reading that is of interest to you personally

– Make notes on anything that helps you gain clarity in response to your question

– Share and discuss with your study group. Prepare key findings for the larger group.

LUNCH

Revisit your Unit Designs

• You have 20 mins to strengthen your design

• Pair up with one other group – present your design

• How has the group applied the P.6 criteria in their design – identify strengths. Offer one new idea to strengthen.

Mock Interviews• In new Triads, each choose one question you’d like to

respond to. (You will also be asked a second question that your interviewer comes up with)

• Take 5 mins to prepare your answer and a question you’d like to ask (for when you are the interviewer).

• One person asks the 2 questions, one person observes and gives feedback on the strengths of the answer.

• Rotate roles

Learning Journey Maps

• In Table Groups – create a map of the mountains you have climbed, the rivers you have crossed and the ravines you fell into + any other wonderful escapades!!!

• You have 20 minutes

Final Reflections

• Revisit your Learner Profiles from before the course Q 6-12

• Add to your reflections from last night if there is any more from today

• Day 5-6 Insights and Connections