creating essential agreements & a question parking lot liberty ms – myp professional...
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Creating Essential
Agreements & a
Question Parking Lot
Liberty MS – MYP Professional
Development 2010 - 2011
What do we agree upon in order to create an effective and efficient environment when we meet?
Establishing the Ground Rules – Collaboratively and Through Consensus
A way to focus, express intentions, and make A way to focus, express intentions, and make commitmentscommitments
Will empower your students by making them a part of Will empower your students by making them a part of the law-makingthe law-making
All students should be encouraged to collaborateAll students should be encouraged to collaborate
They should be established by consensusThey should be established by consensus
Agreements are only changed, added, and deleted by Agreements are only changed, added, and deleted by consensusconsensus
How Should They Be Written
Few in numberFew in number
Concisely writtenConcisely written
Refer to how something is doneRefer to how something is done
Collaboratively composedCollaboratively composed
Binding on all participantsBinding on all participants
There is no one way to to get these doneThere is no one way to to get these done
One Way to Focus the Creation Process is by creating school wide rules
But its not the beginning of the year
Do it when you come back from the holidaysDo it when you come back from the holidays
Review them anytime you feel students need Review them anytime you feel students need a reminder of what they agreed upona reminder of what they agreed upon
Review them briefly when there is a new Review them briefly when there is a new studentstudent
Question Parking Lot/ Burning Questions
Place it somewhere where students can easily Place it somewhere where students can easily place their questionsplace their questions
You can ask students to write their questions You can ask students to write their questions on post it notes and place them on the lot on post it notes and place them on the lot
Take time to review the lot and then answer Take time to review the lot and then answer those questions during classthose questions during class
Learner Profile
Again this is an opportunity to discuss some Again this is an opportunity to discuss some very important concepts that are probably not very important concepts that are probably not being mentioned anywhere else in their livesbeing mentioned anywhere else in their lives
They are the traits of a life-long learner…and They are the traits of a life-long learner…and this is not limited to just studentsthis is not limited to just students
The more they are discussed, understood, and The more they are discussed, understood, and practiced the more they will manifest on practiced the more they will manifest on campuscampus
What needs to be displayed in your classroom?
Illustrated learner profile – student generated is best. Have them consider the subject you teach and what each of those traits would look like in that field (have them do it during advisory)
Your language objective
Your content objective
Your Area of Interaction
Your Unit Question
Essential Agreements
Question Parking Lot