Appendix

Appendix

Workbook based question ideas:

1. What workbook activity/prompt/questions for this module did you find particularly challenging?  Why?

2. Which area of the module do you feel the workbook failed to provide enough space or prompts to allow for an appropriate amount of reflection?  What questions or concerns would you like to think about and discuss regarding that area? 

3. Which of the resources from the “Want to Explore More?” section looks most appealing to you?  Could you commit to exploring it and beginning our next meeting with a summary?

4. Was there a post-assessment question for this module that you found particularly challenging?  Explain your thinking regarding the question. 

General Application question ideas:

1. What aspects of the topics and examples explored in this module are already present in your current classroom routines? What benefit would there be in emphasizing these aspects even more?  Could some of these be scaled back without losing their current benefits?

2. If you currently only touch on these tangentially, if at all, what aspects of the topics and examples explored in this module would be the easiest to apply to your current classroom routines?  Which would be the hardest?  Explain.

3. Where might the topics from this module be reflected in your current curriculum materials?  Where might there be conflict?  How might any inconsistencies be reconciled?

4. Which aspects of the concepts from this module would you like to push back against?  Are there instances where you have experienced or observed actions in a classroom that might clash with the module's ideas? 

5. Pick one of the suggestions from the “Committing to Action” section at the end of the module that you could apply to your practice.  What will you need to do to ensure it gets done?  Who can you partner with to help you?

6. Do you know a colleague or a national personality that has some expertise in this topic?  What would they add to this discussion?  If you could ask them one question about this, what would it be?

7. What classroom management actions and steps would be most helpful in optimizing a classroom environment for the strategies from this module?

8. How should the ideas and concepts in this module impact the way students are assessed, both in the classroom and at a larger, standardized level?  How might that influence how you approach assessment in your classroom? 

9. What barriers currently exist, at the district or building level, that could make the implementing of these concepts more difficult?  What conditions could make it easier?

10. Think about a prompt or activity that you have used in the past that goes against the ideas presented in this module.  How does it differ? 

11. Did you experience any of the ideas or concepts from this module as a student?  How did it work for you?  What was difficult?