10. A new scope and sequence
I’ve been
I’ve been
teaching for
teaching for
quite a while
quite a while
@killarahs
@killarahs
I’m pretty new to
I’m pretty new to
teaching
teaching
I’m new but teaching for a
I’m new but teaching for a
while
while
HT - I’ll just hang around
HT - I’ll just hang around
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E - excited - what excites you about this proposition
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W = What do you find worrisome about this idea or proposition?. WHat’s the downside?
Program gathered dust on the shelf - no-one referred to it just the text
oDifferent Approaches in different schools
oStatic
oSeparated from resources
•Dependence on Text books
oThe textbook is the syllabus – right?
oThe answers are always in the back
oSafe
•Importance of involving faculty in programming
oIt needs to be a collaborative document
oOwernership - know where each piece fits - otherwise disjointed
oI ended up writing almost all the Unit Plans at Coffs
oElectronic version didn’t work
oPrinted out copies
Unit plans had resources electronically linked
oBut people were using the paper versions – and links don’t work well on paper
oReflection statements were tokenistic
oAnnotating the programs didn’t work – no one did it
•New curriculum offers an excuse
oLine in the sand
oOpportunity to rethink our pedagogy
oA challenge
Less time to get to know the staff and their strengths at a new school
•A fresh approach to programming
oHow good would it be if programs were truly collaborative
oIf the units of work were dynamic documents with interlinked resources
oIf the documents were useful!
oLearn from my previous mistakes
oUnfortunately the BoS programming tool doesn’t yet allow true collaboration
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•Scope and Sequence generated by a team of 3
oA long term staff member
oA newly qualified teacher (retrained engineer)
oA teacher with experience but new to the school
oGiven free reign – with no reference to the textbook!
•Use of Program builder
oVery easy to generate scope and sequence - even colour coded for different strands
oNice to produce templates into which outcomes and descriptors are automatically generated
oTemplate customisabliity – we included Inquiry questions
oExport format a bit icky
•Set Up of [email_address] - Google Drive account
oNot waiting for rollout across DEC
oWill be easy to transfer to Google Apps in DEC – hopefully!
oAll staff created their own gmail acouunt (If they didn’t have one)
oA structural outline created
oUnits generated from Program Builder reformatted, uploaded, and covereted to Google Docs
•Staff nominated which unit they wanted to create for Year 7
oThe first thing many did was pull out the textbook!
oRedirected back to the syllabus
oI have produced instructional videos on how to upload files and link to them from within the program
oWarning Google Drive doesn’t really work on IE8 – was on most of our staffroom computers! Solution get the local administrator password and install Chrome!
•Many year 7 units are now finished! (so I have been told!)
oNow for Year 9, Year 8 & Year 10
oNext phase is to get people looking at each other’s work and adding to the ideas & resources
oConcept of Learning Activities – individual teacher planning choosing activities from within the unit that suit the learning needs of their class
oOf, For and As learning
oWe included this in our assessment overview to allow an easy Gap analysis of where we are focusing on predominately one type of assessment
oNeeds a change in pedagogy and focus to succeed
N - what else do you need to know or find out about this idea
E - excited - what excites you about this proposition
S = what is your current stance or opinion on the idea or proposition? How might you move forward in your evaluation of this idea or proposition?
W = What do you find worrisome about this idea or proposition?. WHat’s the downside?