Appropriate Physical Intervention (API). Never really, had I ever really considered that this would be a necessary area of my professional development as a teacher. However, in my current setting as a teacher of students with special needs, it was quickly becoming apparent that this type of training would be very useful in my classroom almost everyday.
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I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Loose Parts Play learning session this weekend by motivention. It was a fabulous. I loved every moment of it. It also helped me gain insight to the vision that R.E.S. was trying to take within their classrooms. So what are Loose Parts? They are alluring objects and materials that children can move, manipulate, control and change while they play. Children can carry, combine, redesign, line-up, take apart and put loose parts back together in almost endless ways. The materials come with no specific set of directions, and they can be used alone or combined with materials. (Daly, Beloglovsky 2014 p. 3) Loose parts provide so many learning opportunities such as:
Today I had the pleasure to attend a fabulous workshop! I am so glad I was able to take this opportunity to go to a workshop held in my own town. It is not often that renowned speakers come to little communities like Foremost to deliver their workshops. Not only was Lisa Murphy a fabulous speaker and educator, she had hands on activities for us and spoke to us from the heart and in a real way that was very impressionable. A lot of what she had to say was not really to new to me, but gave me a bit of a refresher. How ever she helped me change how I think a little, and gave me a new perspective on the importance of play. I would highly recommend that any early educator that gets an opportunity too, to take in one of her workshops. Stalkers welcome she says! www.ooeygooey.com Facebook Page - Ooey Gooey, Inc. Instagram - @OoeyGooeyLady Twitter - @OoeyGooeyLady We continued with our 7 Habits of Highly Effective People training today. We were only able to work through one of the habits, Habit #3 - Put First Things First; the habit of integrity and execution. I feel that Habit #3 is one of the most important habits to learn and one of the habits I struggle the most with. Planning and prioritizing, I am slowly getting better at. However, it following through with what I had planned is where I struggle the most! The Time Matrix (see picture) is an eye opener and convicting. I myself definitely need to work harder at being in quadrant 2 (aka - Q2). One thing I never thought of doing before and believe it is good way to plan one's time is by prioritizing based on one's personal mission statement and the roles that come out of it. It is a new goal of mine to try and plan this way. This year one of Ecole St. Mary's initiatives is to be a 7 Habits school and as such all the staff will be officially trained in Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I am so grateful that I was considered as staff as a PSIII student and will also be completing the training. Today is Day 1 of a three day program. They will be done over school PD days.
The 7 Habits are not exactly new to me because way back when I was a teenager, the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens was very influential. However, there is a big difference between knowing the 7 Habits and applying them to your daily life. Hopefully, this time around it will become a bigger part of my routine. The habits we are learning today are Habit #1 - Be Proactive and Habit #2 - Begin with the End in Mind. Well, I better get to it! I believe while hanging out with my fellow birds on Twitter, I came upon some free professional development opportunities. I learned of SimpleK12 and the frequent PD webinars that they offer to educators on a wide range of topics. You can attend the webinars right from the comfort of your own home. There is no video interaction, so there is no need to look professional. Wearing PJ's is "A" OK with SimpleK12, in fact it is what they promote! Today, I participated in four different webinars:
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