As Consortium schools, we have students present Performance Based Assessment Tasks (PBATs) in place of taking Regents in all subjects. A recent visit to another Consortium school left me with some thoughts/questions on how teacher mentoring can help students with these presentations. Other schools have...
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Here's some quick thoughts from last week's Learning Partners' end of the year share fair. The format of the event was like a science fair in that people could check out what other schools worked on during the year. College Preparation
IEP Goal Tracking
Discussion
Other
Today, we had our 2 partner schools come look at how we use technology in our classrooms. I took away several great thoughts from our debrief following the visits. I list them below. *Note: some specific tech recommendations are simply ideas I heard, but have not tried on my own, so I'm not sure exactly how they may work. In the Classroom
As a School (Tech Committee)
Specific Tech/Project Ideas
After visiting several classrooms at the International High School at Lafayette today & debriefing with Brooklyn International High School, I am thinking about brining several ideas back to my school and my own classroom. I have categorized some thoughts below.
In the last Rhonda Bondie PD I attended, we talked about 2 big things: 1) problem-solving Think-Talk-Open Exchange 2) self-regulation & student motivation. Below are some ideas I want to try in my classroom.
Group Discussions: Solutions to Problems & More Applications
Motivation & Self-Regulation
This year, Chancellor of NYC schools, Carmen Fariña, started an initiative in which schools share best practices with one another called Learning Partners. This week, all of the participating schools attended a "share fair" to showcase what new ideas we have implemented in our schools as a result of visiting our partner schools. After speaking with other schools at this fair, I came away with a few ideas that could be implemented in my classroom, in my school, or that may be useful to other teachers or schools. I've listed them below. School-Wide Initiatives
Classroom Ideas
What is service learning?
For my class, I want to have an "Activist Afternoon," where I invite experts in activism in to talk to my students & engage them in conversation about activist methods. *This will be BEFORE they begin their research-based service learning projects.
Today, I attended a PD that addressed bridging the gap between various types of diversity in the classroom using group routines. Rhonda Bondie's ideas are research-based and many teachers have found success using her teaching strategies. Below, I've outlined my takeaways & some ideas for how I plan to apply them in my class. Her website is here if you want to check out her stuff! Grouping Philosophy
"Routines"
Seminar Application
What is Rigor? (Rhonda Bondie's definition)
Phase One: "Constructive Conversations" (this was the name of the Internationals Network workshop I attended today that seems like a building block to seminars)
Phase Two: Socratic Seminar! (these resources are from a seminar conducted by Lori Sandler and Rose Golder-Novick, 2 amazing teachers at my school - all resources attached below were created by Lori)
While I am teaching Gender Studies content, my class also serves as a literacy course. I attended a Professional Development this summer that was extremely helpful in offering concrete strategies that can be used with the whole class! (They also offered great resources for individual and small groups. I'll probably create a post for these ideas too.) Here are some of the ideas I plan to use in my classroom this year:
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