What’s Up Today? Joy Andrews – Resumè Building Peer Feedback Activity on Teaching Belief Statement & Break Part 1 Classroom Management

Peer Editing This is designed to be: A positive experience A way of sharing ideas A way of developing a stronger sense of how you see your teacher identity and pedagogy Focus comment on positives and ways of encouraging a more refined articulation of what appears in the text.

Peer Editing (thanks to Greg Bunyan) Process: Each triad should take some time to read each statement and underline statements that you think are particularly powerful, as well as those that evoke questions for you. Jot a few notes down on the margins to illustrate what you notice. 10 minutes Each person should go around the circle and talk about her/his own philosophy statement. The other two students should be “active listeners”, giving non verbal feedback until at least five minutes has been spent on the first individual articulating his/her beliefs. This can be followed by a short period (2-3 minutes) of questions seeking clarification: this is not about giving advice; it about helping to get clear on what the speaker believes. 25 minutes

Questions to get Started Tell me how that would look in your classroom: what would I see you do? What would I see the students do that reflect this philosophy? What metaphors help you think about learning? How might this image help your approach to teaching? Imagine we’re parents at your school. How would you express your approach to teaching and learning? What elements would be the most important to stress? Are these views expressed in your teaching philosophy? How will you keep track in terms of your teaching philosophy: that is , how will you review your own professional learning journey? What are some short or long term goals that you might have? Do you have any gaps in your teaching knowledge that you are concerned about? How might you address these gaps? Would this be useful to put into your teaching philosophy?

Statement of Teaching Belief due Wed Sept 21st Mail to : gtreloar@uvic.ca & alicemaundrell@hotmail.com Use this format for Subject line: STB Draft 2 for YourName Send as a Word, Pages or text document attachment

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