"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place."
-- Margaret Mead
"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place."
-- Margaret Mead
"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place."
-- Margaret Mead
"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place."
-- Margaret Mead
By Teachers for Teachers
Sharing the wisdom of practice
Monday, August 8th Schedule and Materials
How do we best serve our students?
Photo by Poznyakov - courtesy of Dreamstime.com
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
-- Albert Einstein
Monday's Schedule and Assignments
Meeting Times and Locations
11:00 a.m. Registration
Cluett
12:00 p.m. Opening Meeting
Living Room
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Welcome
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Nancy Dickson, Director of Professional Learning, CAIS
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Pam Mulcahy, NENTS Director, Holderness School
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Opening Reflection
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Bobby Fisher, Director of Spiritual and Ethical Education, Pomfret School
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1:45 p.m. Journaling Exercise
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Why did you decide to become a teacher?
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What are your hopes, fears and expectations for the year ahead?
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What are your hopes, fears, and expectations for the week?
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What would you like to get out of this week?
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Einstein once said: "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Recall a teacher/coach/mentor who fulfilled this role for you.
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Be prepared to share with your cohort at 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Cohort Meetings
Cohort Rooms
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Heather
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Pam
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Scott
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Yulie
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Welcome/get to know you exercises - Be sure to have your object!!
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Discussion on being a teacher
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Classroom space assessment and design
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Share hopes and fears for the week
3:30 p.m. Moving into a New School Community
Cohort Rooms
5:30 p.m. Opening Reception
Living Room
6:00 p.m. Dinner
Common Room
7:15 p.m. Learning and the Brain
Library
- Scott MacClintic, Director of Innovation, Loomis Chaffee School
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Link to note-taking sheet (Will force you to download copy to your Google Drive)
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Exit Ticket - to be completed after session
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Link to Scott's Prezi
9:30 p.m. Optional Social Time
Homework:
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Collaborative writing assignment to add to shared Google Doc
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Make a list of key ideas and observations from today’s workshops to share in discussion tomorrow.
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Reflective writing (in your journal):
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Keeping in mind the teacher you identified earlier, and what you learned about your own learning preferences and how your brain works, did that teacher effectively teach you? If not, why were you drawn to them?
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Can you identify another teacher (who may not have made your list earlier) who did effectively teach you? What did they do differently?
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Add questions and to-do items to your Beginning the Year Checklist
Journaling Exercise
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Journaling
Session #2
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Building community
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Facilitating purposeful discussions
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Project-based learning and field trip
Learning and the Brain
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Lecture
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Archiving information
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Formative assessment
Pedagogy Modeled
Session #1
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Giving directions
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Building community