Category: Master Teaching Fellows

A resource page for Master Teaching Fellows

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GHS co P Ed Group

Our GHS  CoP focuses on conversations improving education all around.  Our group includes our science dept, wonderful active librarian, an aide and a social studies teacher.. so far.  Our topics are a bit general but overall we are enhancing our knowledge on how others in the field improve education.  Our first meeting involved a discussion on

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses    I have pasted the link.    http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/free-thinkers/all/

This was an article we each read independently and discussed in our CoP.  In general we all thought it was inspiring and deserved further attention.

Next , we watched this TED Talk and enjoyed a conversation on Child driven education. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

Our third meeting included a peer presentation on how to  develop and manage standard based teaching.  One of our science staff is hugely excited about his new unique strategy.  Several of us have shared our ideas and hope to peruse this discussion.

Next month our objective is to try and develop interdisciplinary lessons that enhance teaching methods that will UNLEASH a greater number of Geniuses.

That’s all for now.

Cathy

 

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CoP_Science_Mahar

Called a PLC at Mahar, I like to refer to our Science Department PLC as a CoP. Our CoP goals are to improve student engagement through better science teaching. We will be meeting once a month and will focus on sharing and “tuning” inquiry based laboratories and lessons. I hope to bring an introductory lesson on bio-mechanics to the next meeting for collegial sharing and tuning. The CoP includes 7-12th grade science teachers from all science disciplines and we envision our collective experience and breadth of knowledge will lead to lively discussions and improved pedagogy, which should, in turn, lead to better student involvement and learning.