Thoughts and reflections on teaching and learning – Cohort 21 Member Blog
Written by Melody Russell
I see that the new round of Cohort 21 has begun. Although I am not involved this year, I find that I am appreciating last year’s experience more and more as time goes on. I spent a lot of time reading and re-reading the Ministry’s Growing Success Document and thinking about gathering evidence of observations […]
Written by Melody Russell
Cohort21 Reflection
Written by Melody Russell
I have had many conversations about my action plan with teachers and administrators from my school and from other schools (former colleagues, friends, and participants I met at an AP conference a couple of weeks ago). Particularly interesting to me were the three group discussions I conducted during prep periods with colleagues fortunate enough to […]
Written by Melody Russell
I feel good about my refined Action Plan. In our focus groups this morning, it became clear that the managing qualitative data is a challenge for all lots of people. We shared some of our thoughts on WallWisher while we were having our face to face discussion. Then over lunch, Jen Bibby mentioned the paper […]
Written by Melody Russell
I wanted my action plan to be a service project for teachers at my school. I want to examine tools available to help collect evidence of observations and conversations as part of assessment and evaluation required by the Ministry of Education in Ontario. All of the members of this Cohort21 work in independent schools in […]