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Intentional Teaching. The right way to teach. An Ideal?. At your table, u se 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.
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Intentional Teaching The right way to teach
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
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
Intentional Teachers and Children… • What do we have to know about children? • Areas of development • Physical • Cognitive • Language • Social and emotional
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
More about children… • Individual needs • Learning styles • Children’s dispositions • Individual interests
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
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?
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…
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
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
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
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