On Friday, I was so pleased to be able to return to one of my favorite days of the year, High-Interest Day at Brookfield Elementary School. This is a day where I have been able to bring the concepts of physics to k-5 graders. You may be asking yourself, "Elementary students doing physics?" YES! Not just experimenting, but understanding the concepts behind the physics of electricity and sound. This is a very special day I have had the opportunity to be involved in since 2017. So, how are we able to bring the concepts of electricity and sound traditionally taught to high school 11th and 12th graders to the elementary level? There are a few keys 1) make it a hands-on experience 2) remove the mathematical calculations and make it practical. In the past, I had the luck of bringing a handful of my physics students with me to guide the elementary students through the concepts that they had learned over the course of the year. But in my new role as a Teaching and Learning Speciali
I am part of our building's personalized learning leadership team. One of our goals has been to support staff in the implementation of PL elements in their classroom. To this end, we hope to go beyond explaining what they elements are and to delve into how they can be achieved in a classroom. Today, we had the opportunity to do just that. Our team approached several teacher who we knew were having success with PL elements in addition to those who grants for PL proposals they submitted in the spring. We ended up with a wide range of options that spanned almost all content areas. NAME DESCRIPTION Chris Demos (Biology) Standards Guided Learning, Assessment AS Learning, Progressions Towards Deeper Learning : Learn how Chris has implemented a structure in which students are held accountable for demonstrating how they have met course standards by providing evidence and defending that evidence. John Wilkinson (Physics) Personal Learning Goals, Progressio