1. Intentional Teaching The right way to teach

2. An Ideal? At your table, use the chart paper and markers to draw your interpretation of a good teacher…. We will add more tools that will make our teacher ‘ideal’ as we go through the next hour and a half Discuss

3. What is Intentional Teaching? Now, at your tables list: – What you think it means to be intentional – The qualities you believe we need to be intentional as teachers Discuss

4. Intentional Teachers and Children… What do we have to know about children? – Areas of development Physical Cognitive Language Social and emotional

5. More on children… What do you have to know about what children need to learn? – Content Math Science Language and Literacy Art Drama Technology Small and large motor skills

6. More about children… Individual needs Learning styles Children’s dispositions Individual interests

7. Helping children learn… Scaffolding learning through Adult guided and Child directed experiences – Planning learning – At Small Group – Large Group – During Choice Time Having discussions Setting up the environment for learning

8. Bag Check At your tables, get out the materials that are hidden in the bag How could you use these to plan – An adult guided experience? – A child directed experience? Also think about – When and where would you use them? – How would you introduce them to the children?

9. Intentional Teachers and the Environment

10. Belonging

11. Routines

12. Welcoming

13. Organized

14. Exciting places and quiet spaces

15. Intentional Teachers and Where We Work What do intentional teachers have to know about where they work? – The curriculum – The assessment system – Individual child profiles – Policies and procedures – Colleagues’ skills and abilities – Supervisors’ expectations – And the daily routine…

16. A day in the life… To be intentional is to… Plan – – Using what we know about children – About how they learn – About what they need to learn – About what they like to do – About their individual needs – About how best to use the environment to enhance their learning

17. A day in the life… To be intentional is to… Do – – Carry out your plans in appropriate ways to encourage and enhance learning – Using the environment – Using the materials – Observing the children – Interacting with the children

18. A day in the life… Review – – Reflect on how the day went – Whether you met your goals for children – What the children learned – What learning experiences went well – What excited and interested them – What to do next

19. Video: A day in the life… Watch the video and write down how – Teachers are being intentional during each part of the day – How teachers are enhancing children’s learning Discuss