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Planning and Preparation Are Key

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I recently walked into the staff room at KVS and observed two of our teachers prepping for their lessons.  One teacher was creating a poster of the digestive system while the other teacher was busy writing one of her lesson plans.  As a teacher educator, to witness two teachers making the effort to plan and prepare their lessons in this manner makes me very proud.  I have been working at KVS for two and a half years and there is definite improvements in the dedication and professionalism of our teaching staff.  Teachers are regularly seeking out supplementary materials and lesson plan ideas that challenge their students.  Great things are happening here!
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Early Childhood Program Development: Theory & Practice Workshop

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A recent workshop with the early years team at KVS focused on the key theory and research that provides the foundation of understanding about how children develop and learn.  The key theory and research included key findings from Maslow, Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Gardner, play-based research by Smilansky, brain research, and resilience research.  Helping our teachers understand the theory and research will greatly assist them in knowing what they are doing and why in the classroom. As our teachers become more familiar and comfortable with this research and theory, it will gradually help them firmly establish the foundation for their new curriculum, which will ultimately determine how they make decisions and plan their daily practice. Linking theory to practice Looking at the implications of theory in the classroom
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Introducing Instructional Strategies and Tactics at KVS

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June 2017 During a recent workshop with teachers at Kopila Valley School, I began by inviting teachers to complete the statement, "Students learn best when instruction is...".   The goal of this activity was to highlight that students learn best when instruction is: Appropriately challenging Based on real-world problems and situations Purposeful Meaningful and interesting Students learn, understand, and remember better when they have a chance to practice skills and explore new ideas in a meaningful, interesting context.  Facilitating more engaging and active learning lessons also makes teaching more fun and fulfilling. Teachers were introduced to numerous concepts and ideas related to Instructional Intelligence (Bennet, B., and Rolheiser, C., 2001). With a focus on instructional tactics and instructional strategies, it was my intention to help teachers come up with more interactive, thoughtful, and interesting lessons to help improve student participation and...
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Welcome to my new blog

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I have shifted my blog from jaddonpark.net to jadpark.blogspot.com.  I hope to continue to post about my work and other related topics in the fields of comparative, international, development education, early childhood education, teacher development, and school improvement. Thanks, Jaddon
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