Professional Practice
A supportive meeting of educators to share and create collectively.
What is a PLC?
The best personal tool for classroom management
What is the voice?
Three types of Assessment
What are As, Of, For
Allowing more time to complete work.
What is an Accommodation/Differentiation?
Rule #1 of teaching
What is "Have fun!"
Care, Trust, Respect, Integrity
What are the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession.
Planning how to get from one subject/environment to another subject/environment.
What are Transitional Activities (or similar)
A student and teacher-generated checklist for students to reference in completing an activity.
What are Success Criteria?
This hardest aspect of planning is something even experienced teachers struggle with.
What is time or timing
You don't want to get on the bad side of one of these two people in every school.
What is the Secretary or Custodian?
The governing body for teachers in Ontario.
What is the Ontario College of Teachers?
The students in your class should be involved in this at the beginning of a school year.
What is the creation of classroom rules/expectations?
A modified/accommodated student well below grade level is assessed by the expectations in this document.
What is an IEP/Individual Education Program?
These are the 3 categories of plans.
What are Long-term, unit, lesson
A teacher should readily admit this to students.
What is a mistake or "I don't know"?
Commitment, Knowledge, Practice, Leadership, Ongoing Learning
What are the Standards/Foundations of Professional Practice?
An effective one of these in each subject through the day provides a solid foundation for classroom management.
What is a lesson plan?
Students should have access to, and knowledge of this assessment grid before doing an assignment.
What is a Rubric?
All plans must include at least one, but usually several of these at the start of each plan.
What are Curriculum Expectations?
A satiric term for all the program names, acronyms, and fancy titles that are applied to aspects of teaching.
What is "edu-babble"?
The full name of the job-embedded process to help new teachers develop the skills and knowledge to be effective teachers in Ontario.
What is the New Teacher Induction Program?
In order to maintain classroom management, this attribute must be applied by the teacher.
What is consistency?
1, 2, 3, 4.
What are the levels of achievement?
This teaching/planning approach works to accommodate the needs and abilities of all learners
What is UDL/Universal Design for Learning
You must have this if the projector/smartboard/visitor/activity goes screwy on you.
What is a back-up plan?