Keeping Up with Mrs Faalili

  Click on image to open up Personal Notes from PLD Name of Course/Programme/Seminar: Boys in Literacy - Cracking the code Provider/Presenter: Marshall Diggs If I was to summarise the key things I took away from this Professional Development what would they be and why? You can have  control  or you can have  growth  - but you can’t have both. Position myself to fit the needs of my boys. Make myself uncomfortable so they don’t have to be. Greatest contribution is not what you teach, but who you teach Boys will not invest into learning until I invest into them Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind Boys like competition but not when it exposes their inabilities Light fires not fill buckets It’s not what you teach but who you teach Interest based - not curriculum based Repeat, restate - but don’t rephrase How has this professional development challenged my thinking? Didn't really challenge, rather affirm what I'm doing with my boys. - Experiences to build language for wr...

Name of Course/Programme/Seminar: A balanced reading programme - reviewing the approaches Provider/Presenter: Sheena Cameron & Louise Dempsey If I was to summarise the key things I took away from this Professional Development what would they be and why? The importance of Shared Reading Guided sessions compliment the learning in shared reading Explicit teaching of reading is important at all levels Top 3 comprehension strategies; self monitoring, summarising and inferring Have a balanced reading programme Start reading lessons with proverbs to encourage critical thinking Reading process - critical thinking, cracking the code, comprehension How has this professional development challenged my thinking? This PLD reminded me of how important Reading is. It's excited me to get into my planning and teaching of Reading The need to reintroduce Shared Reading to my programme and to use shared reading to support the learning in guided reading. What aspects of my practice ...