Arts cell clarifies language and returns to basics

A wonderfully creative lesson plan was presented by the intern! We are all excited to see the inter-disciplinary integration and presence of various learning styles in this Gr. 9 Art lesson. The plan allows for many elements of good teaching practice to be integrated - the cell members immediately recognized where they could give input on additional strategies. We soon discovered, however, that it was more important to find a destination in our minds for the students rather than tweaking the “getting there”, as it was harder to figure out the “getting there” without being clear about the “where it is that we want the students to arrive at”. The discussion helped us realize that we have grown accustomed to using certain terminology in our lesson planning that is clear to everybody in our cell, but not be as clear to teachers outside of Lebone. We need to make sure that we break things down clearly in order to not overwhelm a prospective teacher with input and strategies and terminology. We have found ourselves going back to basics once again by clarifying the goal of the lesson together.