PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES
The Thinking Classroom Tenets, also known as future-ready skills are:
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Students doing the thinking and owning the learning
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Students understanding relevance to encourage real-life application
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Students making connections
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Students interacting with learning and engaged in the learning process
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Teachers providing authentic practice to engage the learners in thinking
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Teachers including time for thinking and reflecting
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Intentional planning of learning experiences
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Inclusion of activities that offer sense making and problem solving
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Questioning and discussions that spur critical thinking
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A safe environment that encourages and embraces risk taking (SD 27J, n.d.).
We Can Choose What We Study is the Poetic Principle (The Center for Appreciative Inquiry, 2016). Teachers will engage in a blended learning experience using a padlet.
Goal
Teachers will engage in understanding of the first Thinking Classroom Tenet using the Poetic Principle
Evidence
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Padlet Comments
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Professional Growth Blog Reflection
Learning Experience
Materials
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Padlet: Thinking Classroom Tenet 1https://padlet.com/della_palacios27/k1xsjai8q3w1
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Laptop for each teacher
Before Face-to-Face Development
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Teachers will select an article, video or piece of art explaining the Thinking Classroom Tenet, Students doing the thinking and owning the learning.
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Teachers will post the article, video or piece of art on the Thinking Classroom Tenet 1 Padlet.
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Follow the link to the padlet.
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You do not need to create an account.
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Double click anywhere on the padlet.
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Add the article, video or piece of art around the theme Students doing the thinking and owning the learning.
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During Face-to-Face Development
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Teachers open the padlet.
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With a partner, teachers read or watch at least three of the posts.
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Respond to the post with a comment, question or connection.
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The person who originally posted will share out why he/she chose the article, video or artwork and a synthesis of the responses.
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The development will end with time for teachers to independently reflect on the learning in their professional growth blogs.