February+3,+2011

Mentorship: February 3, 2011

Goals: 1. Reconnect with one another. 2. Reflect on your successes, challenges and opportunities. 3. Dig deeper into differentiated instruction.

1. Welcome back & Goals
 * 9:00 - 9:15 [[file:FebMentorship.pptx]] **

a. **3 o'clock partner** - someone at your table who isn't your mentor or protege b. **6 o'clock partner** - someone in the same Division c. **9 o'clock partner** - someone you don't know d. **12 o'clock partner** - someone who teaches a similar subject area
 * Find some friends:** (have your partner sign your time, you sign their time)
 * division I - grades K-3
 * division II - grades 4-6
 * division III - grade 7-9
 * division IV - grades 10-12

a. Select a quote from the envelope on your table. b. Take a few minutes to reflect on your own about the quote [ Think & Write; Small Group Share ], in terms of: c. The person who travelled the furthest for Christmas holidays goes first. d. Repeat process with person 2....
 * 9:15 - 10:00 **
 * 2. A. Thinking about teaching: **
 * first impressions
 * connections
 * implications
 * Share your 3 responses
 * Go around the table - each member around the table offers a question or comment to the speaker

**2.B. Reflecting on your conversation about teaching** [Think & Write; Pair Share], [Partnering by common interest]
 * ** Personal Reflection: Before we break,
 * what for you is the most important point about your conversation this morning?
 * how might you adapt this activity for use in your own classroom?
 * Find your 6 o'clock partner** - share your thoughts


 * 10:00 - 10:15 - ** BREAK


 * 10:15 - 10:45 - Catching Up Conversation - The Wave [[file:the wave.docx]] **
 * touch base with your mentor/protege

1. Knowing your students: [|Learner Profiles]
 * 10:45 - 11:45 - [|Differentiated Instruction: Making a Difference] [|Online PD: Making a Difference] **
 * French Version: [|Faire une Difference] **
 * The Provincial Picture:**

a. Choose a subject area or area of interest:
 * 2. Making a Difference:**
 * [|Students with Disabilities]
 * [|English Language Learners]
 * [|English Language Arts]
 * [|Mathematics]
 * [|Science]
 * [|Social Studies]

b. Find 3 new ideas OR a set of ideas you have forgotten about that you would **use with your students next week**.

c. As a common table group, identify your strategy:
 * classify the differentiation strategy as differentiation of **Content, Process and Product**
 * briefly describe/illustrate the idea
 * tell why you think it is a good strategy

Record your ideas in one of the following ways: (Stixy - creat an account, then click on Edit Stixyboard options and invite others at your table to the Stixy - you can now co-create_
 * feel free to try out [|Stixy] OR
 * record your thoughts on a Word Document or
 * piece of chart paper// [Differentiating Product] //

d. Be ready to share your new ideas with the large group - share your Stixy (invite Lissa) or share your strategy verbally

[|One Step at a Time]
 * 11:45- 12:00 - Wrap Up **

http://educ.queensu.ca/e-services/it/resources/beginning-teachers.html