Omaha Workshop Schedule
V.J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School,
3131 S 156th St, Omaha, NE 68130
9:30 am – 10:00 am: Breakfast
10:00 – 10:30 am: Framing the Day
Community Moment: Where have you seen your practice (assessment, pedagogy, planning) change since February?
10:30 – 1:00 pm: Your Frameworks in Action
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Recap of Last Session & Opening Reflection: What frameworks and assumptions do we operate under? How does our teaching reveal them?
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Lesson Planning Template: What assumptions are at play about the purpose of education in these three templates and checklists? What do they have in common? Where do they differ? Why?
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Personal Debrief: What frameworks and assumptions do we operate under? How does our teaching reveal them? What have you discovered about yourself in this process?
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Build the draft template you want to use for yourself. What elements from the previous three lesson plans will help you plan?
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Gallery Walk the templates: What does this template help you pay attention to? What does this template leave out?
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Discussion: What is teaching within these different frameworks?
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1:00-2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00-2:30 pm: Revise the Lesson Plan You Brought
2:45-4:00 pm: Teaching Labs (Three People Teach)
15 minutes/person with 5-7 minute debrief asking the following two questions (3 people):
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What did you learn?
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What allowed you to look at the object of inquiry more closely? What prevented you from seeing it?
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To the teacher: Was this what you intended your students to learn?
4:00 – 4:30 pm: Debrief
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What have we learned? What are the three most interesting/impactful things you heard today?
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Which new questions do you have after this workshop?
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Over the next two months, what concrete changes will you be making in your practice?
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Where do we go next? What should we go deeper into during the summer?