What I Learned at Skyview...

Be supportive of learning at all times. Positive support to each student. WWKJD (What would Kristin Jongejan do?). Smile a lot!

Find a teacher to co-plan!!! Helps make the teaching deeper, more thoughtful and more meaningful. Collaborate.

Use a tool-kit (summary of important learning). Keep year to year.

Work in groups. Expect learning to occur.
All in the group work together.
Answers must be the same
Use group to help understand different ways to know

Use Inquiry/Investigative approach so learning has meaning that the students have discovered. If teaching using a traditional curriculum, must supplemtent this.

Focus on the learning. "I don't want you to memorize this, I want you to understand it." (so you can re-create it if you need to use it)

State the Big Idea - often. For the day, for the week, for the unit, etc.

Do NOT talk too much!

Self assessment by students of how they feel about their learning. (5 fingers up they are a 'master' (they could teach the class). 1 finger up means they are not getting it at all).

My job as a teacher is to...
- teach you math
- care about you as a person
- teach you to care about others (like we did the jog-a-thon)
- and to teach you to be responsible (you will need to be responsible in your job)