1. The ever changing role of teachers: Is teaching still relevant? Access Employment conference Sharon Rajabi sharon.rajabi@tcdsb.org

7. Demands on teachers... Increased achievements for all students Increased achievements for all students Increased levels of accountability by funders Increased levels of accountability by funders New or renewed curriculum New or renewed curriculum Budgetary pressures Budgetary pressures Increased levels of diversity in the classroom Increased levels of diversity in the classroom Massive amount of information Massive amount of information Slid e 24

9. Are we preparing our learners for the google age?

10. Educators should become more the curators than creators...

11. Rules of Engagement O’Rurke :2002 Technical Technical Practical Practical Cultural Cultural Critical Critical

12. Higher-order goals demand what some analysts have called “meaningful learning” (Good & Brophy, 1986) that is, learning that enables critical thinking, flexible problem solving, and transfer of skills and use of knowledge in new situations. (p. 2) Higher-order goals demand what some analysts have called “meaningful learning” (Good & Brophy, 1986) that is, learning that enables critical thinking, flexible problem solving, and transfer of skills and use of knowledge in new situations. (p. 2)

13. CEOCFO CEOCFO COOCIO CAOCLO

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16. To see the world not as you see it but as others do To see the world not as you see it but as others do

18. Not so much what we know but what we don’t know Not so much what we know but what we don’t know As humans, we’re pattern seeking animals even when patterns don’t exist. As humans, we’re pattern seeking animals even when patterns don’t exist.

21. How?

22. Project-based learning Project-based learning Projects include many individual tasks; the umbrella of the project allows opportunities to critique and transform practice in ways that individual tasks do not Projects include many individual tasks; the umbrella of the project allows opportunities to critique and transform practice in ways that individual tasks do not Long-distance exchange projects Long-distance exchange projects Learners debate and discuss issues related to culture, identity, education, etc. Learners debate and discuss issues related to culture, identity, education, etc.

23. A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. ~Thomas Carruthers A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~Thomas Carruthers A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ~Mustafa Kemal Atatürk translated from Turkish translated from Turkish

24. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward ~William Arthur Ward