Charlie Giglio of Gloversville High School (NY) mixes research with passion to inspire creativity and innovation in his students. See below for a closer look.
Giglio, Charlie (Gloversville High School)
Lighting a Fire
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Inch by Inch, Row by Row
Sam Chapin of Deerfield Academy (Massachusetts) plans a class like nurturing a garden, in which questions are the water, prior knowledge is the soil, and the content is the fertilizer for student growth. See more in the image below.
Chapin, Sam (Deerfield Academy)
Options, options, options
For Seth Berg from Telluride High School (Colorado) planning means drawing from a range of lesson options. See the image below for what those options are. (The image was damaged slightly by rain while in the mail.)
Seth Berg, Telluride High School
Hitting the mark
For Mayme Hostetter from the Relay Graduate School of Education (New York), getting class right gets better with practice.
Mayme Hostetter, Relay Graduate School of Education
Template included
Petrina McCarty-Puhl from Robert McQueen High School (Nevada) puts standards at the middle, and has two wings to students success: teacher strategies and student learning habits. Click on the image below for the full picture.
Note: Petrina included a transparency sheet taped across the front of the butterfly–the image can be used as a template, too.
Petrina McCarty-Puhl, Robert McQueen High School
Planning is a journey
Maryann Woods-Murphy from Northern Highlands Regional High School (New Jersey) takes us along on the journey of planning. Click the image below for the full picture (including the river of wisdom)!
Maryann Woods-Murphy, Northern Highlands Regional High School
A Recipe for Learning
For Michael Welch of Cohasset High School (Massachusetts), planning is mixture of many considerations. Click below for the full image.
Michael Welch, Cohasset High School
From warm up to cool down
For Sean Keller, a class plan is like a practice. Click below to see what a full class looks like.
Sean Keller, Deerfield Academy
Planning by analogy
For architecture teacher David Payne, planning a class means understanding the horizon, placing your anchor points, and filling in the details. Click below to see the full image.
David Payne, Deerfield Academy
Making a difference
Frank Henry knows that the best work ripples into students’ lives in many small ways. (Frank notes that while the composition and poetry are his, the calligraphy and watercolor work are credited to his daughter, Clare.) Click below to see the full image.
Frank Henry, Deerfield Academy
Planning Process Illustrated 