Teachers Teaching Teachers 2017

My life before PZC

• I felt overwhelmed by the amount of material I had to teach.
• I felt terrible by the amount of grading I had to do.
• I worried that my students were not going deep enough in their learning.
• I knew reflection was important, but how was I going to give my students time to think when I had so much to cover!!

I found Project Zero :)

Have you ever asked yourself these questions?

• Why can’t my students seem to remember anything from the previous unit once we move on to the next one?
• How can I help my students see that their grades aren’t arbitrary?
• How can I convince my students that what we are studying is important?
• What are my students really getting out of my class?
• Retrieved from Tina Blythe (2016)

Project Zero is a framework to help you examine and shape your own classroom practice according to your goals, your particular teaching style, and your students’ particular approaches to learning.

http://www.pz.harvard.edu/

What is UNDERSTANDING?

What's your challenge?

Micro Lab Protocol

Go back to the wall.
Reflect
Add
Change
Re-organize

Look closely:
What have you seen that you already knew?
What ideas did get EXTENDED?
What is still CHALLENGING for you?

How does UNDERSTANDING look like?

My life after PZC

• Last year for the first time in 20 years, I was able to cover everything I wanted, and I still had two weeks to review.
• My students knew what they were doing and why.
• For the first time in my life, I looked forward to grading their essays.
• We understood the power of WE.
• We are happier!

My Journey:
From CONTENT
to TASK
to:
What am I learning?
Why am I learning this?
How am I learning this?
How can I show that I understand it?
How did this change me?

C.I.R.C.L.E
Creating
Intentional
Reflective
Collaborative
Learning
Experiences