Planning for Mastery: Pre-Teaching Tactics

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The day is full, the curriculum bursting. How do you make sure students grasp a lesson? Veteran educators from a Dispelling the Myth Award winner show how they carve out time to fill the knowledge and skill gaps kids bring to a lesson. Call it the successful teacher’s paradox: Making time to pre-teach ensures mastery, and avoids taking time later for remediation. Hear how teachers can make time for pre-teaching in the most hectic schedule—and how lesson design and strategies ensure students learn what’s taught.
Presenters: Aileen Flaherty, assistant principal; and Kate O’Donnell, resource teacher, Graham Road