HOW TO BE A NOT YET TEACHER

Every learning challenge is an empowering opportunity to grow. Peg shares how teachers can help students celebrate the academic experience and all it has to offer. Learn specific ways to cultivate a not-yet classroom where productive struggle is encouraged, obstacles are valued, and students see themselves as capable learners and risk-takers. Peg will demonstrate how to design classrooms and routines that normalize productive struggle as part of the learning process. She will show you how to write and apply rigorous learning intentions and scaffolded success criteria that are student friendly, and finally we will discuss how to communicate with colleagues, students, and parents and guardians to foster positive relationships. (Based on Peg’s book: Not Yet…And That’s Ok: How Productive Struggle Fosters Student Learning