M3 Activities
M3: Frames of Reference
- Alignments: 9i
- Description: Synchronous classroom activity. Students explore their understanding of their frames of reference (e.g., culture, gender, language, abilities, ways of knowing), the potential biases in these frames, and their impact on expectations for and relationships with learners and their families.
- M3 Frames of Reference
M3: Which Decade?
- Alignments: 9j, 9o, 10l
- Description: Synchronous classroom activity. The teacher describes a specific situation/court case, and students are to guess the decade/era based on the historical and political events that were occurring during that time, including the dynamics or attitudes expressed. Suggestion: This might be a fun gamified in-class activity where students can vote on the decade/era.
- M3 Which Decade
Knowledge. The teacher understands how personal identity, worldview, and prior experience affect perceptions and expectations, and recognizes how they may bias behaviors and interactions with others.
Knowledge. The teacher understands laws related to learners’ rights and teacher responsibilities (e.g., for educational equity, appropriate education for learners with disabilities, confidentiality, privacy, appropriate treatment of learners, reporting in situations related to possible child abuse).
Disposition. The teacher understands the expectations of the profession including codes of ethics, professional standards of practice, and relevant law and policy.
Knowledge. The teacher understands schools as organizations within a historical, cultural, political, and social context and knows how to work with others across the system to support learners.
