Sally Avern's Professional Journey

As you can see from the reading I have highlighted what I think are my own next steps. Those parts of my practice that I know can do with improving.  I can definitely work on these parts, I think I will start with feedback. We all know that good feedback is the key to success, so perhaps I can make mine more effective. I think if this is incorporated with my goal of helping the students be reflective as well, it will be easier. If I can help them reflect and then guide my own feedback around that at the same time (at the end of each lesson) then it will be hitting '2 birds' as well as making sure it is something the kids can use.  Again: these are my 'how to' next steps. If I want to be using/giving effective feedback and helping the students to be reflective. I need to build it into everyday.  Make sure I am using the splitscreen approach to boost the metacognitive process' of reflection. (This is what we are leaning and HOW I best learn).  As part of my Science an...

 This sharing circle was incredibly effective, the students were engaged, the lesson was focused on effective feedback for the 'focus students' for that day.  After writing, students sat in a whole class circle and one at a time (5 students only) read their work to the group. The student explained where they thought they were and why the rest of the class could agree or disagree, including reasoning about where they fit and feedback about what they could add.  The writing wall/learning wall/bump it up wall was heavily used in this lesson. Teh students then could go straight away and add what they needed, They had time RIGHT AWAY to edit their writing.  Each day is a different group of focus kids so they each get effective feedback 1x a week.  Which is the hard part- how do I give effective feedback to every kid for writing- this is how!  Question: how does this work for my low kids that will have a panic attack when it is their time? We could use the 2 star...

 The Literacy Continuum is obviously going to be helpful for me to use to work out where to go next for lots of my students- Especially in a curriculum that I am not very familiar with.  It also shows how to use the early start information (which we didn't do this year due to COVID, but will in the future) to plan on the continuum.         EARLY START --> CONTINUUM --> GOALS      " There are many supporting videos and powerpoints that will further support your understanding of Early Start and the Literacy continuum. There is a brand new video on using the literacy continuum to develop literacy goals. Early Start data is entered straight into OneSchool through the curriculum tab."   (Margaret Martin-Saunders, 2020) Next Steps: Find and watch the Goals set from continuum video.  Find the resources suggested in the learning areas to help with activity types.