• Goal setting,  Professional Development,  Teacher Reflection,  TGfU,  Uncategorized

    Professional Learning Part 6 – Reflection and re-write

    Window Shopper by Hindrik Sijens CC BY NC SA This year I have been blogging about the PE Professional Goals that I have set and my journey as I chronicle my way through the cycle of writing these goals, the actions needed to be taken to implement them, the student learning I have worked towards and then the lesson series and now I would like to share some of the reflections and teacher learning that I have taken away.  This is not the end… I have the next phase of this work which is to teach it all again to a different Grade 7 class in the coming months and…

  • feedback,  Goal setting,  peer coaching,  Student Reflection,  Teacher Reflection

    Goal Setting and Reflecting w Students – new idea

    I ask my students to set Goals frequently.  I often feel that this very important concept is greatly under used and not always used well in our PE classes.  Often we ask students to reflect on their work at the completion of a unit and ask them to set goals for the next unit or next time they have this particular unit and this can be difficult when most people find planning a few days in advance very challenging.  How do you grade or comment on this goal setting? I have moved away from Goal setting as a long term exercise and moved more toward setting goals that will be…