Thursday, March 28, 2024

2023-2024 Ontario Ministry of Education Inspection-Notes as Teacher

 Greetings, 

It's that time of the year again, INSPECTION. For those who don't know, Ontario (as many other-if not all) Canadian offshore schools based internationally are inspected by the their province's respective ministries. In Canada the education system is differentiated to accommodate the learning needs and diverse populations of the Canadian provinces. This means where in a place like BC (as an example), might have a literacy test that holds weight towards their students final grade, Ontario might not. Why? Generally speaking this weighs a lot on the decisions of policymakers and the overall expectations of the universities/colleges that students from that province are generally applying to. 

Yes, its a bit of a convuluted situation, I digress. Our school, being an Ontario school, has a yearly inspection where in 2 teachers are selected to brunt the burden of representation for the department. This means, nothing out of the ordinary really other than meeting with the inspector after they observe your class. It doesn't pose much inconvenience but for teachers who might be course content developing to accommodate a group of learners that wasn't as one expected-its uncomfortable to an extent. Where you think you should be and where you think you are in regards to the LRP (long range plan) that will be referenced (as the inspector isn't there to get the full picture of the department or the regiment that your leadership might run) the expectation is that you can speak to your situation confidently and relative conviction (you should generally know the subject and what to look for), if the inspector were to find little old PE/ENG/SOC.SCI. Bono in Calculus and Vectors, there might be questions as I might having them draw circles and make posters or infographics look and sound nice but generally speaking aren't demonstrating the requirements of the course. Sure one can "fake it" (as they say), but at the same time, I guess the expectation is that our leadership wouldn't actively put our department members in such a position-unlike other places I have worked in the past. That being said, the inspector will expect to see the following, 

Course Outline & Long Range Plan:

Check out this one from the EWC4U class I have been building this semester,

Check out this one from the ENG4U class I have been building this semester,

Professional Portfolio: 

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.70fcc20d-3779-474e-8f08-2950ad2211e2&share_token=4nFA4GAMSH-ipb300OzmDg&mode=share


Lesson Plans:

Check out samples from the EWC4U class I have been building this semester,

TpT: 


Check out samples from the ENG4U class I have been building this semester,

TpT: 


Student Samples of AAL (Assessment As Learning)

Check out samples from the EWC4U class I have been collecting this semester,

Professional Portfolio:

Check out samples from the ENG4U class I have been collecing this semester,

Professional Portfolio:


Student Samples of AFL (Assessment For Learning)

Check out samples from the EWC4U class I have been collecting this semester,

Professional Portfolio:

Check out samples from the ENG4U class I have been collecing this semester,

Professional Portfolio:

Student Samples of AOL (Assessment Of Learning)

Check out samples from the EWC4U class I have been collecting this semester,


Professional Portfolio:

Check out samples from the ENG4U class I have been collecting this semester,


Professional Portfolio:

Samples of AOL (Assessment Of Learning)

Check out samples from the EWC4U class I have been building this semester,

TpT:

Check out samples from the ENG4U class I have been building this semester,


TpT:

Examples of Work Habits:

Find the template on TpT:


EWC4U exemplars provided, (Seesaw)

ENG4U Exemplars provided (Seesaw)

Sample Conversations (For Purposes of Triangulation):

Find the Template for the Learning Goals on TpT:

Find the template for K-W-L on TpT:

EWC4U: See Learning Goals K-W-L
*will have on friday*

Temporary Example:


ENG4U: See K-W-L Chart for Literary Theory
*will have on friday*

Temporary Example: 


Sample Observations (For Purposes of Triangulation):

EWC4U: See Timeline Documents

(Interview With a knowledge Keeper-"Student is independent")

(Movie Review-"Student Actively Seeking Feedback")


ENG4U: See Rubric Examples from Debates 


Sample Products (For Purposes of Triangulation):

 EWC4U: See Film Review

Professional Portfolio:


EWC4U: See Interview with a Knowledge Keeper

Proefssional Portfolio:


ENG4U: See Rubric Examples from Debates 

Professional Portfolio:


Attendance:

Not going to provide this document as it contains student identifiers and to be honest-its an attendance sheet (documents Absences;Presence;Lates)

See template on TpT:


Admin Doc Access:

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