December+12,+2011

**December 12, 2011**

 * First Year Beginning Educators and Mentors**

What Impact has the internet and technology had on (__)?
 * 1:00 Opening Activity--21st Century Education**

[|A Vision of K-12 Students Today]

[|Iowa, Did you know?]

Beginning Educators: Characteristics of Effective Instruction READ AND LEARN/DISCUSS: Jigsaw Activity Count off by 5's. Each member will read about one of the characteristics and share with the group. 1- 2- 3- 4- 5-
 * 1:30 Small Group Learning**

DISCUSS: Share with you group the definition and critical attributes of each characteristics.

WATCH AND LEARN: Watch the following video clips. While watching, note specific example of the CEI. After each video, create a list of the examples of each...be sure to label them with the characteristic.. Were there any examples that fit more than one CEI?

After you after completed reading and videos (or during), create a Looks Like/Sounds Like chart for each Characteristic.

[|Cell Lesson]

[|Academic Rigor/PBL]

READ AND LEARN/DISCUSS: Read It's About the Questions. As you are reading, indicate important points with an **!** and use a **?** to mark areas in the text that you are questioning. (Use each symbol atleast 3 times) How are you using questions to ensure reflecting, exploring, analyzing, and digging deeper to helping the beginning teacher become an effective educator? We are going to learn and discuss the difference of of consultation, collaboration, and coaching. We will see how all three stances are essential in a learning-focused interaction with our beginning educator.
 * Mentors: It's About the Questions/Continuum of Learning-Focused Interactions**
 * A Continuum of Learning-Focused Interactions**

WATCH AND LEARN: Using PD 360 Video clips, let's watch the three stances.

Consulting and Collaborating: [] Coaching: []

DISCUSS: How can we utilize deep questions to enhance the 3 stances in a learning-focused relationship?


 * 2:30-3:30 Mentors and Beginning Educators work together**