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1. Knowing Your Students Slide Deck No. 1 Ministry of Education, 2009 PUT TITLE HERE

2. Knowing Your Students This first slide deck introduces: • Learning for All K – 12 and its link to Education for All K – 6; • The theme “Knowing Your Students’ • Provides a workshop framework to begin to unpack the theme ‘Knowing Your Students’

3. Learning for All K – 12 • Special Education Policy and Programs Branch is leading the development of a K – 12 resource guide as a follow-up to Education for All K – 6 • The working title of the document is Learning forAll K – 12/L’apprentissage pour tous: de la maternelle à la 12e année

4. Learning for All K – 12Our Shared Beliefs Through province wide consultations with parents, educators and educational stakeholders in spring 2008, the guiding principles of Education for All K – 6 were confirmed as essential to any effort to improve the achievement of all students and to close the achievement gap

5. Learning for All K – 12 The two key tenets of Learning for All K – 12 are: • Personalization • Precision

6. Learning for All K – 12 Personalization of Learning • Share a personal learning experience that had a positive impact for you as a student when you were in school • Reflect upon the factors that made this experience positive

7. Learning for All K – 12Personalization of Learning • Share a personal learning experience that was unsuccessful for you as a student when you were in school • Reflect upon the factors that made this experience unsuccessful

8. Learning for All K – 12Personalization of Learning Brainstorm what you know about personalization of learning?

9. Learning for All K – 12Personalization of Learning If personalization starts with knowing your students, what are some of the benefits in “knowing your students”?

10. Learning for All K – 12 If personalization of learning starts with knowing your students, what are some of the challenges in “knowing your students?”

11. Learning for All K -12 Sources for knowing your students: • The Ontario Student Record (OSR) • Consultations with previous teachers • Consultations with parents and/or students • Interest inventories • Classroom observation • Assessments (e.g., diagnostic, pre-tests, conferencing, student portfolio, etc.)

12. Learning for All K – 12 Personalization starts with: • Knowing your students • Knowing where they are at in their learning • Knowing where they need to go in their learning • Knowing how to get them to where they need to go in their learning

13. Learning for All K - 12 • Reflect upon your current teaching assignment • Develop a plan, individually and collectively, about how you can know your students better in order to improve your connections with students and effect positive change in their learning