Monitoring during holidays(Term3)

 My learners requested me to come for holiday classes during the holidays. I decided to contact according to their availability as they had various commitments(work, training, course, etc). The first, week focused on Calculus and the second week was on Algebra if needed. This holiday class is only for those who will be sitting for externals. There 22 learners in this class with 20 external focus learners.16 out of 20 learners attended with the ongoing support of the whanau.

My learners worked on past papers and they dived deeper into every question and now they know there strengths and weaknesses. They told me I am at this level miss so now I need to focus on these questions in order to pursue the endorsement. I am overwhelmed with their conversations and few of them are working more than I expected. I am waiting for the Mock examinations(term4/week2) for the final update.

Term3 Update -Monitoring

There are 22 Learners in this class as one of them has left. I have been monitoring every learner very closely to get the most of every learner. I have been flexible this year in due to COVID I have divided them into five groups with the help of the whanau as they have various commitments. The first group comes in the mornings(8am to 8.30am), the second group comes on Wednesdays after school, the third group comes on Thursday after school, the fourth group comes on Friday after school, and the Fifth (one student) comes on Lunchtime as she founds it really hard to fit with thee groups. 

As a result, 20 out of 21 learners have moved to 11 credits now, There are two external and 12 students who will be sitting Calculus (one )external, and 8 students who will be sitting two external. Currently, my learners are working on past papers to sit the Mock examination(derived grade examination) in Term4/week2. Also agreed to come during the upcoming holiday break classes.

Next step: Holiday class monitoring

WFRC #7/3: identify informal & formal ways you are monitoring the effects of your changed practices/intervention on learner outcomes. Explain the reflections and tweaks you are making along the way WFRC #7/4: Describe how you will keep a record of each of the above in a manageable way (‘cos you won’t otherwise remember all your many micro-decisions and why you made them)

  Tweak: How to collaborate and create integrated lessons to improve literacy, skills, and rewindable learning using Miro Online whiteboard.

Over the next five weeks, I am going to start classes with “Miro ” which incorporates literacy skills, Algebraic skill This is also to go through rewardable learning techniques and make sure students recall what they have already learned. I will also present exemplars of contextual questions to unpack keywords, skim reading techniques, matching activities, and video clips. Last week I set all my lessons for Calculus on Miro and trailed with my class virtually due to COVID. learners engagement was huge and 

I am also going to maintain a log to check student progress and keep a record of this on an excel spreadsheet. Testing of progress will be conducted at regular intervals so that if changes to teaching techniques need to be implemented they can be. 

Change  of plan: Link

Next step: Monitoring continues 

WFRC #7/1: Restate your inquiry question and your theory of action/chain of events (so you keep your eyes on the prize) WFRC #7/2: Describe how you will collect information about the implementation of your changed practices/intervention (so it is clear what you do differently)

 My Learners have completed all the internal and now working on the second externals.

There are two external Algebra (4credits) and Calculus (5credits). I have enrolled most of them for one external and few of them for both externals in due to COVID time constraints and their carrier pathways.

My learners struggling with contextually based questions, careless mistakes with skills, and rewind the learning. Recently my daughter introduced to this cool idea of Miro Online which will address all the issues, lessons are the interactive and enjoyable and ideal tool for remote learning. The three areas are indicated on the flow chart with the respective implementation strategies.

Tweak: How to collaborate and create integrated lessons to improve literacy, skills, and rewindable learning using Miro Online whiteboard.

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Next Blog:I will discuss monitoring and keeping records of these strategies