Preparing For The Amle 2015 National Conference My Intent

As an individual responsible for training or educating adult learners your feedback from those students or participants is sometimes lacking. In a training environment many participants treat them very loosely because there are no consequential test following the training and most times there is very debriefing from direct supervision; instead meeting notes tend to follow for reference. The location of those notes tend to be the most important information to the participants. In contrast, the lecture hall in an educational setting tends to have a greater percentage of engaged attendants. Students tend to participate more due to sense that is actually a part of their grade. Dr. Geis did admit that online does have less engagement than the traditional classroom but still greater than a corporate training session. In the en it was concluded that personal interaction has more engagement; however, students have a much greater retention and expectation from teaching or training.

Through classroom visits, I am able to provide constructive feedback and advice to colleagues regarding their practice in order to help them improve their teaching and learning strategies. In this way, I am able to ensure that the learning experiences of students throughout the department is constantly being improved.

In summary, this course has really educated my view of being a teacher as well as being able to interact with today’s diverse and fluctuating educational setting. Therefore, the discussions were very good ways in understanding how

This independent reading report focuses on Tools For Teachers by Fred Jones. This book is excellent at describing the nuts and bolts of teaching. It is a refreshing balance to the theoretical works of Vygotsky and Piaget, and it is a solid start for people who are focused on the tangible, practical aspects of what to do at 8am on their first day of classes, when the “Zone of Proximal Development” just doesn’t seem helpful enough. Dr. Jones, a psychologist from UCLA, based his methods off of countless hours of observing natural teachers. When he’d interview these naturals and asked them why they were successful, he found they weren’t able to articulate the tangible things they were doing. This book is Dr. Jones’ best shot at this articulation. It’s a practitioner’s manual; backed up by evidence, but not overloaded with jargon. It is the best educational book I have ever read. In this report, I will describe how Dr. Jones defines classroom management, detail the primary tenants of his system, discuss the differences and similarities of Dr. Jones’ system to the research and ideas we’ve learned about in class, and present how the ideas from Tools For Teaching have practical application in my own future classroom.

There are so many opportunities and lessons I have been taking away from this observation experience. First, being the importance of structuring a classroom

Nonetheless, the AVID Socratic Seminar could be useful method to deploy in the classroom as well. However as a future teacher I want to utilize hands on methods that get the students engaged in the classroom. That’s not to say that the AVID Socratic Seminar lacks engagement from the students it does that by allowing students the opportunities to “examine” a common piece of text, whether it is in the form of a novel, poem, art print, or piece of music. Unlike the above two strategies this one involves a stationary setting. I prefer as a teacher to engage students and get them to move around and be interactive in their

I’m interested in going to the conferences this year because I enjoyed going to the EagleMUNC conference last year. This was my first conference and it was a great experience. Getting to go in and participate in a conference with students from different states and even different countries was an awesome experience and I would love t be able to do it again. I enjoy doing in class simulations and debates in history so getting to go and participate with other kids with similar interests

To determine the success of my attendance at the PLA Conference, I plan to submit a report on everything that I have learned from the event. This report will answer the pertinent questions on whether the learning objectives that I have outlined above have been met and what specific changes and improvements I will be personally taking based on the knowledge gained from the event. I also plan to hold a refresher workshop for Project Outcome, after which I will be asking for feedback from the library staff about the workshop and the practical application of the said program.

In the twenty first century, teachers have to collaborate with other professionals to promote student learning and establish a learning environment where students interact positively and share their knowledge. There are many different activities that teachers have to implement in the classroom so students can maximize their learning. In order for students to learn and achieve their goals in the classroom, teachers have to implement effective strategies and meaningful activities that motivate students to work collaboratively with other students. Communication skills are necessary for collaboration in the classroom and listening techniques must be modeled by the teacher implementing effective questioning strategies (Friend & Bursuck, 2009). In

I may often guide my students as they approach problems, encourage them to work in groups to think about questions and issues, and support them with advice as they tackle adventures, problems, and challenges that are embedded in real life situations that are both satisfying to my students and interesting in terms of the result of their work. I believe that learning is promoted and supported through collaboration among learners and teachers. As a result, learning become easy to occur in the lesson when we incorporate these approaches. I strongly believe that it is in interaction with others that children learn how to think. It is important to give students the opportunity to become responsible for their own learning, and this will allow students to be more likely to be self-motivated and develop self- efficacy. As students interact with their environment, they connect information learned through experience to prior knowledge, and so build new knowledge and understandings. As an educator, I recognise the value of the experience and knowledge that learners bring to the classroom context. It is my responsibility and role to provide experience that assist learners to further their existing knowledge of the world (Duchesne et al,

Being able to adapt learned concepts, as part of a CSL program, into a real world setting and give back to a community that has given so much to its students is always an incredible experience. This is part of the reason why choosing my CSL placement was such an intuitive process. I chose to work alongside a classmate and develop and interpretive program that would target the grade six students of Ecole Charlie Killam. I was given the opportunity to harness my passions by putting concepts learned in class into action to solidify them and put a face to a name. Furthermore, so much can be learned through pretend play about the world around them and their role in it. It is important to present a presentation that harnesses a variety of teaching techniques so that different learning styles are represented.

Book: Schmoker, M. J. (2011). Focus: Elevating the essentials to radically improve student learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Furthermore, all of the thirteen lessons of the intervention are taught by the certified GREAT instructors and they are all taught within one hour just as planned. All of the instructors took part in all of the training courses needed to teach this intervention effectively and accurately. A major component of this program is to have teachers facilitate the program with the GREAT instructors. When teachers are involved during the GREAT lectures, the lessons are conducted more smoothly, students are more attentive to the context of the lectures, and the participants are more respectful towards the instructors (Esbensen et al., 2011). In the classes that do not have the full support and attention of the teachers, the

The purpose of this speaker's message was simply to challenge us to think about the "how" students will acquire and demonstrate knowledge and consider "why" we choose certain modalities to learn content in our classrooms. The biggest immediate takeaway I have is to make sure that I am empowering my students to take ownership of their learning. What that looks like varies from class to class, but it is an important first step in ensuring my students are active learners and innovative

The film The World in Claire’s Classroom, 2000, shows us an alternative first and second grade classroom dynamic that Claire helps facilitate by her teaching style and beliefs.While certain parts of the film are socially problematic, in regards to some methods when learning about other cultures, Claire practices very progressive teaching methods and concepts that our class has covered. Because of using these varied teaching methods, Claire is also creating a more indepth and engaged learning environment that appears to have a positive impact on her students. Two concepts that I will be introducing and comparing to Claire’s classroom are Self-directed Learning and The Four Aspects of Engagement. Both of these concepts connect to multiple