Being the Teacher you want to be….. Carol Gair

1. Being the Teacher you want to be…..Carol Gair

2. Objectives By the end of the session colleagues will have: • Considered who they want to be in the classroom • Explored what/ and or who has inspired them to teach • Had an opportunity to consider their own vision as teacher • Shared some top tips for being the teacher they want to be

3. Task ~ In pairs What has brought you into teaching and what is keeping you here? What is your vision for you as a teacher? What do you want your classroom to be like? What does that mean, if you are going to turn your classroom into that vision? What actions are you going to take?

4. INSPIRATION??

5. Oprah Winfrey, Entrepreneur "Teachers are often the people who inspire us the most. I know I wouldn't be where I am today without my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Duncan. She so believed in me, and for the first time, made me embrace the idea of learning. I learned to love learning because of Mrs. Duncan."

6. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams • Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers. Josef Albers • I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. Socrates • The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William ArthurWard

7. Inspiring………becomes: Creating a “culture” of learning Clear and shared routines and ways of being to support learning Celebrating success with all, for all Challenging and stimulating learners Remembering what your vision is and living it………..

8. Bloom’s Taxonomy Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

9. A balancing “act” You the person You the teacher

10. It’s your 80th Birthday celebration What would you want people to be saying/sharing about you?

11. Made by Mike Gershon – mikegershon@hotmail.com AfL is successful when embedded in teaching and learning. This toolkit aims to help by presenting different facets, activities and tools for teachers to use in order to achieve this. I hope you find it useful! Assessment For Learning Tools Sources http://www.aaia.org.uk/pdf/Publications/AAIA%20Pupils%20Learning%20from%20Teachers'%20Responses.pdf http://www.aaia.org.uk/pdf/Publications/AAIAformat4.pdf http://www.aaia.org.uk/pdf/asst_learning_practice.pdf http://community.tes.co.uk/forums/t/300200.aspx http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t7669.html www.harford.edu/irc/assessment/FormativeAssessmentActivities.doc Paul Black et al, Assessment for Learning, (Open University Press, Maidenhead, 2003) Paul Black et al, “Working inside the black box”, (nferNelson, London, 2002) Paul Black and Dylan William, Inside the Black Box, (nferNelson, London, 1998) Assessment Reform Group, Testing, Motivation and Learning, (The Assessment Reform Group, Cambridge, 2002) Assessment Reform Group, Assessment for Learning, (The Assessment Reform Group, Cambridge, 1999) My head Other people’s heads

12. Discussion Toolkit Made by Mike Gershon – mikegershon@hotmail.com

13. Made by Mike Gershon – mikegershon@hotmail.com If you want to make the slides whizz through really quickly and then press escape to choose a plenary at random do this: Select all slides, change slide transition to ‘0’ seconds and uncheck the ‘advance on mouse click’ box. Start the slide show and it should work. The Plenary Producer Useful summary about plenaries - http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/education/education_online/key_documents/key_stage_3/tlf_plenaries_circle.doc Plenary Ideas from – The Creative Teaching and Learning Toolkit (and Handbook) – Brin Best and Will Thomas ’35 Ideas for Plenaries’ – Pimlico Academy – Chris Marshall http://www.teachit.co.uk/custom_content/newsletters/newsletter_oct06.asp http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/teachers/starters.html http://www.geographypages.co.uk/start.htm http://news.reonline.org.uk/rem_art10.php http://www.teach-ict.com/teacher/plenary/plenaries.htmhttp://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/UserFiles/ASK8/File/Secondary_Science/Secondary_Science_Resources/science-ideas-for-starters.pdf www.independentthinking.com http://www.bristol-cyps.org.uk/teaching/secondary/science/pdf/el_starters.pdf www.teachingthinking.net http://www.geointeractive.co.uk/contribution/wordfiles/starters%20list.doc www.psychexchange.co.uk www.teachinglinks.co.uk/Lesson%20Starters%20and%20Plenaries.doc TES resources site Edward De Bono – How to Have Creative Ideas (Vermilion, Chatham, 2007) My head Other people’s heads

14. Parts of a plant enterprising Thinking Skills principled curious Research skills confidence resilient compassionate Social skills Florence Nightingale Country Dance Functional skills Romans in Britain Learning skills Physical Sex Education The Tudors Cultural Macbeth Scientific Responsible citizen Successful learner Confident individual Sikhism The life cycle of a river Spreadsheets Mixing colours Friction