Today was the final day of our participation in this year’s AGQTP project – the end of year presentations in Sydney. The project focussed on linking our collegial support program to school-based action research in the area of Element 5 of the NSW Institute of Teachers Professional Standards.
Element 5: Teachers create and maintain safe and challenging learning environments through the use of classroom management skills.
I’ve uploaded my workshop slides on slideshare. If you were at my presentation, or have any questions about the project, please leave me a comment!
Kelli McGraw 
#1 by Lyn on December 6, 2008 - 3:54 pm
Hi Kelli, great to see how slideshare works. The use of groups to foster learning is a longtime interest of mine so I was very interested in your conclusions. I especially like working with Mixed Ability groupings and Kagan Cooperative learning structures and principles. I think any kind of grouping requires scaffolding and social skills training – many kids don’t naturally have the skills to collaborate – or maybe they lose them at school!