New teachers will participate in a teaching institute where they will video tape two 7-minute lessons taught to fellow students and instructors, and receive feedback. The purpose is to practice teaching in a safe environment focused on growth and improvement. Teachers will prepare lesson plans addressing objectives, audience, and content before each lesson. After the first lesson, teachers will incorporate feedback into a second lesson using a different instructional method. Class members will observe and provide feedback to help teachers continue developing their skills.

1. New Teacher Institute
Welcome

2. video taping

3. •safe environment
•purpose is growth
•focus on improvement
•ignore the camera
•take a risk ??
relax

4. • 2 lessons per participant
• lessons will be 7 minutes
• work with 8 fellow students and 2 instructors
• need lesson plan before you begin
• teach lesson, watch video, personal critique, class critique
how the process works

5. how to prepare and plan
• choose comfortable content
• focus on instruction, not content knowledge
• have objective(s) - goal(s) of the lesson
• know your audience - age, ability, class size, gender, etc.
• is this a new unit or continuation from yesterday
• plan for you
• plan for students - learning styles and student needs

6. second lesson
• use critique from first lesson
• use your time
• different instructional method
• try something different
• if first lesson was new then try review
• if first lesson lecture based try activities

7. class members
• active participation as needed
• observe
• think about what you might do
• think about how a favorite teacher from your past might
handle the lesson differently
• one thing that worked well
• one suggestion - try to avoid repetition