1. Lessons from the Field: The QFT with Special Student Populations
Andrew P. Minigan

2. Introduce Yourself Share Where you teach Who you teach
What you’re hoping to get out of this breakout session

3. Texas City on the Border of Mexico
One science teacher revised their lesson plan for the afternoon, and used the QFT “to show that it can’t work.”

4. “I’m embarrassed to say that I underestimated our kids
“I’m embarrassed to say that I underestimated our kids. I didn’t believe they could do this kind of thinking. I see now just what they are capable of doing with the right tools.”

5. Some Scaffolds Can Be Helpful
But that does not necessarily mean that the QFT has to look like the Hagia Sophia

6. Peruse Resources & Blogs
Resources – Start here
Using the QFT with Special Student Populations (ppt)
Using the QFT with Special Student Populations (doc)
Lesson Planning Workbook
Blogs
“How does the sun’s power get into you?” Using the QFT to Explore Energy with First Graders
Building Student Engagement in a Special Education Classroom
Circles + Squares

7. Discuss in Your Group What you are learning– key takeaways
How you might use what you are learning to inform your work

8. Discuss with Another Group
What you are learning– key takeaways
How you might use what you are learning to inform your work

9. Reflect