Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Creativity are at the core of the HALO Curriculum Project and lead Professional Learning development and execution. These are guiding principals for all learners, not just our classroom students.
Learning experiences will be designed to promote collaboration with an emphasis on facilitated discussions and group work.
Utilizing discussion protocols
Facilitating group design challenges to influence real organizational solutions
Promoting and creating space for interdepartmental collaborations
Design thinking principles will be promoted to guide the creation process during learning opportunities.
Iterative process for instructional frameworks
Promote supported risk when implementing beta concepts and practices
Emphasize ongoing opportunities to reflect
Promote project based Instructional design to promote learning by doing
Staff will have opportunities to share learning and reflection through open dialogue, feedback forms, and future experiences that spiral in concepts.
Feedback forms for courses
Google Spaces for ongoing cohorts
Recordings/resources posted for staff access
Participants will be active in the learning process by being involved in creating the core elements of the experience through a facilitated process and/or using the principles to design a product that will be later assessed.
Developing rubrics for student projects
Planning projects for courses
Brainstorming needs and support plans
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