New Teacher Orientation

Day 2

Day 2 AgendaO9-9:20 Homework DebriefO9:20-9:40 TQSO9:40-10:40 QLEO10:40 BreakO10:50-11:00 EnergizerO11:00-12 Speed DatingO12-1 LunchOEnergizerO1-3 Unit Planning

Homework DebriefO Find your Fall Partner and discuss

your Year Planning homework:- What format did you choose?- What worked well?- What challenges did you encounter?- What questions do you have?

Getting to know each other…

Teacher Quality Standard

OWith your Fall partner, record answers to the following question on the handout:

If you were to walk into a quality learning

environment, what would you see?

Teacher Quality Standard

OAs a group, go through the TQS document and highlight similarities between your list and the TQS.

Digging Deeper: 4 Key Elements

OWe will give you a number and new table group.

JigsawOYou will become the

‘EXPERT’ in your area

OYou’ll have 20 min for discussion

OAfter 20 min you’ll rejoin your original table group.

Return to Your Original TableO What did you

learn?O Take turns

debriefing

As you listen…record your group’s thoughts on the sheet provided

Speed DatingOIMCODestinyOGoogle for EducationOSchool & Classroom WebsiteOSmartboard/Smart notebookOLearn Alberta

Morning Wrap-upO Debrief with Summer partner:

O One thing that you are taking away from this morning?

O One thing that you are excited about?

O What are you still wondering about? (Use Parking Lot)

Energizer

Stranded on an Island

Unit PlanningO Dean’s Videos

Unit PlanningO Exemplars – none of the templates are better

than another. Choose the one that works for you.

Common Elements of Unit PlanningO Curricular/Instructional OutcomesO Plans for assessment and

evaluationsO Teaching Strategies O TopicsO Learning ActivitiesO Plans for differentiationO Materials and ResourcesO Time Allocations

Time To Work

Exit SlipGo to the Google Doc and

answer the following questions:

OOne AHA moment

OA question that remains