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By webminder, April 12, 2010 8:45 pm

Multi-Age and More: Building Connections. by Colleen Politano and Anne Davies Peguis Publishers, 1994, 151 pp. ISBN 1-895411-65-3

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By webminder, October 24, 2009 10:42 am

Building the Desire to Inspire and Inquire

What a great day at H.S. Paul School – hope you didn’t miss it! We had a record-breaking registration of 350 which is very encouraging in our third year as an association.

Colleen Politano opened the day with her animated keynote address – A 7 Step Guide to MAC – Maximizing Advantages for Children – reminding us that the multi-age classroom is a strong pedagogical strategy and telling us how to create a learning environment where students can do and be their best. She furthered her message in two sessions (morning and afternoon). Were you there? Leave a reply with comments on how she inspired you.

The day followed with 19 sessions (am and pm) where participants actively inquired, and shared their experiences in the multi-age classroom:

• Multi-Age made Practical and Possible in the Early Years
• Running Records
• Electronic Portfolios to Encourage Active Reflective Learning
• Inquiry at the Seine
• Math Menus in the Multi-age Classroom
• Mimio in Multi-age
• Traveling back to Ancient Egypt
• Understanding Citizenship Through Co-operative Inquiry
• One School’s Journey into Reggio Emilio
• Managing Multi-age in the Middle Years Classroom
• Analyzing the Running Record
• The Inspiration of Reggio

What were your leaving impressions? How did your SAG experience inspire you for Monday morning or this school year? In what ways will you change how you facilitate your students’ learning experiences? How did SAG 2009 inspire your lifelong learning goals?

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By webminder, October 23, 2009 1:45 pm

What happened at SAG 2008?

• It was great to have sessions about inquiry that weren’t for a specific group.
• Publishers’ display and food area great! Lots of signs and maps to tell people where to go!
• MAME did a fantastic job of including an array of interests in its SAG day.

Inquiry in Action – Sylvia Marshall & Judy Walker

• Very effective, insightful and infectious! Beyond sharing principles, you shared your hearts.
• A very wonderful presentation with lots of examples, many great ideas and super displays.
• Eager, knowledgeable presenters – weren’t preachers, they too are learners; Meaningful, practical ideas and strategies.
• The session was truly inspiring. Many, many things to think about and begin having conversations with colleagues about.

ALERT – Luella Bartel & Megan Vankoughnett

• Great pace.
• Fantastic presenters. These are people who are/were on the frontline. They know what works.
• Entertaining and informative presenters.
• Excellen information. Provided strategies that I could use in my classroom right away. Examples were helpful because they were so specific. Engaging presentation.

e-Pearl – Leslie Dent

• Exactly what I needed!
• Presenter was very helpful and able to explain each section in a simplistic manner.
• Loved Wordle!
• Great experience, hands on learning.
• Very practical; great for addressing ICT and making students active participants in their evaluation.