Thursday,+November+24,+2011

** 9:00 - 9:15 - Welcome and Setting the Stage [[file:MentorshipNov2011.pptx]] **

 * Helium Stick

** 9:15 - 10:00 - Catching Up **
Parent teacher student conferences: - put ideas into at least 2 of the 4 boxes - when done, continue with the conversation posted below in Part B
 * Part A: Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences [[file:P-T-S Conferences.pdf]] **
 * 1. With your mentor/protege team, discuss the following questions:**
 * have these occurred yet?
 * If so, how did they go?
 * What did you do that worked? That you would change for next time?
 * If they haven’t occurred? How are you preparing for them? Is there anything you are worried about?
 * 2. Use the handout provided and your own background experiences**
 * 3. Enter your thoughts into the following document:** []
 * Part B: Your Own conversation - [[file:November Conversation.docx]] **
 * Student Lead Conference Videos- Archived Webcasts from Ontario (grade 3, 6, and 9 highlighted- to see examples from various levels) **

**10:00-11:00- Diverse Learners in the Classroom- Dawn Normoyle (Student Servicesss)-**

1. Diverse Learner Needs

2. Q & A in relation to Student Services 3. Where the students we work with? Answers to some of the questions we have 1. What does to his mean for teaching and learning? 2. Placemat Activity into three Groups:
 * 11:00 - 11:50- Differnentiated Instruction & Universal Design for Learning- Big Ideas (Carmen Christie-Bill) **

a) **Red Pen:** Differentiated Instruction Strategies: **The "What" of Learning?** b) **Black Pen**: Differentiated Student Expression and Engagement with Learning Activities: **The "How" of Learning?** c) ** Orange Pen **: Differentiated Assessment Strategies: **The "Why" of Learning?**

Table Group Sharing of Placemats 2. Resource sharing: a) UDL Guidelines, Checklist and tech supported examples
 * ** Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (MI's) **
 * ** [|MI Lesson Planner] **
 * ** [|Revised Bloom's Taxonomy] **
 * ** Chapter 2: Purposeful Planning **


 * **How can we balance our instruction to support student needs in our classrooms? **
 * **Getting to know your students, knowing your curriculum, and use of differentiation strategies: **
 * How do we differentiate Instruction (teachers)?
 * Considering 5 senses- what if you have a student who has an impairment? Do others in class benefit from accommodations also?
 * How do we differentiate learning experiences (students)?
 * How do we differentiate Assessment (students)?
 * **Supporting Resources for exploration: **
 * Link to PDF of entire book that you can download, or can download chapter by chapter: **Making a Difference- Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction**- Alberta 2010
 * Developing Learner profiles, Differentiated instruction, Differentiated Learning Experiences, Differentiated Assessment Purposeful Planning, Leveraging Technology...
 * **Universal Design for Learning (UDL): **
 * Educator Checklist- Options for multiple means of: respresentation, Action & Expression, and Enegagement
 * UDL Guidelines- where you can serach for specific tech assisted examples in relation to a barrier in reaching an outcome
 * **Bloom's Taxonomy** "new" version- how are lessons being planned to allow for students to engage in multiple "level


 * **Animal School **

**3...2...1...**
 * - Wrap Up and Feedback **

- (also found in the LiveBinder on the homepage)

**Afternoon - planning with your team**
 * **you are welcome to stay and plan or return to your schools**