Day 2 New Teacher Orientati on
Jan 15, 2016
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