I find it is always just as you feel like you are finally starting to get on top of things - that something knocks you side ways and makes you question what you have been doing. Today that something is a whole mix of little things - colleagues planning, professional reading and feedback from my students.
My children love POGIL, and they love to tell other people how much they love POGIL - they are extremely confident and familiar with their learning - and I am beginning to wonder if because of that they are starting to let their guard slip - that or we are in Week 8 of an 11 week term - or realistically maybe a mix of both.
As I am the only teacher in my school currently trialling POGIL styled learning across all subjects my planning, and how I have presented it - both to the kids and as a professional record - has changed each week as I try to find the best way. I was sure I was finally starting to see the light with what I had done when the kids mentioned that it is difficult for a reliever to come in and pick up my planning and for the programme to run as smoothly as it does when I am in the classroom - which is natural with the style of planning that I do as it leaves a lot of room for student direction. The problem here however is that I have a release teacher in my classroom once a fortnight for PRT release.
Over the weekend I have changed how I do my planning and whilst it is still spread out over a variety of sources for the children these have all been hyperlinked into my main planning document for weekly planning and there is a more detailed weekly overview with opt in workshops clearly marked also.
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