#78: How to Organize Your Course and Day-to-Day Plans - A Math Mentoring Moment

May 25, 2020

Jennifer L'Arrivee, a high school science and math teacher from British Columbia, discusses her mission to implement a content organizational structure that enhances retention and understanding in her classes. The hosts provide strategies for intentional planning, organizing daily activities, and structuring a course without feeling overwhelmed. They also explore the effectiveness of spiraling and using playing cards to create dynamic groupings in the classroom.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

Implementing a Content Organizational Structure for Math and Science Classes

02:35 • 5min

Jennifer's Teaching Journey

07:19 • 16min

Organizing Course Materials Through Spiraling

23:20 • 21min

Expressing Appreciation, Reflection, and Workshop Advertisement

44:24 • 5min

Using Playing Cards to Create Dynamic Groupings in the Classroom

49:45 • 1min

In this episode we chat with Jennifer L’Arrivee a high school science and math teacher from British Columbia. After learning about spiralling in our online workshop this past Fall, Jennifer is on a mission to implement a content organizational structure that will maximize retention and understanding in her science and math classes. Listen in as she picks our brains about best approaches to stay organized both with content standards and with classroom activities.

Stick around for this mentoring moment episode where we brainstorm with Jennifer how we can be more intentional with our planning, how to organize our day-to-day using google spreadsheets, and how to organize a whole course so you’re not overwhelmed.

You’ll Learn:

How to be more intentional with your planning;
How to organize your day-to-day plans;
How to organize your course so that you’re not overwhelmed

Resources:

Episode 36 - How to start the school year off right [Ali, can you grab this link?]
Peek into Jon’s classroom.
Google Spreadsheet day-to-day for workplace math [MEL3E]

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