Cranbourne Secondary College PEDAGOGY TOOLBOX – Click on each phase of The Gradual Release of Responsbility to access strategies to support your teaching and learning.

Opportunities to Respond

Individual Response – Opportunities to Respond

An OTR is an instructional question, statement, or gesture made by the teacher seeking an active response from students, and addresses the number of times the teacher provides requests that…

Formative Assessment…

Partner Response – Opportunity to Respond

Partner response means when a question is posed, a student responds to a peer/partner or team. This is appropriate when the response is long or longer. The partners/teams should include…

Opportunities to Respond Professional Reading

1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023

Effective Teaching and Learning Practices professional reading. Introduction to Opportunities to RespondDownload . ETLP Opportunities to respond articleDownload . Instructional Strategies to Increase Student Engagement and Opportunities to RespondDownload

Formative Assessment…

Verbal Responses- Opportunities to Respond

1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023

An OTR is an instructional question, statement, or gesture made by the teacher seeking an active response from students, and addresses the number of times the teacher provides requests that…

Formative Assessment…

Guided notes – Opportunities To Respond

1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023

https://youtu.be/7jA2mcXQUVo Essential Teaching and Learning Principles Guided notes offer an alternative to traditional note taking. They are teacher-prepared handouts tailored to the content and format of lessons with blank spaces…

Administrative Notes

VIT Effective Mentoring Program: Session 2

This session is for current VIT mentors and staff wishing to take on mentoring in the future. It is the second of two sessions presenting the key elements of the…

Responding to and reporting critical online incidents in a school setting.

17 Nov 202217 Nov 2022

Rotational PL week 7 resources Responding to and reporting critical online incidents in a school setting PowerPoint Presentation RRO Online incident assessment tool Quick reference guide for responding to online…

Professional Learning Opportunities

VIT Effective Mentoring Program: Session 1

This session is for current VIT mentors and staff wishing to take on mentoring in the future. It is the first of two sessions presenting the key elements of the…

Digital rights and responsibilities of students and teachers

30 Oct 202230 Oct 2022

In this session we will look at some of the key trends, opportunities and challenges being experienced by young people online. We will discuss how we can support students to…

Professional Learning Opportunities

Term 4 External Professional Learning Opportunities

9 Oct 20229 Oct 2022

With the beginning of a new term there are once again some great professional learning opportunities on offer for staff from external providers to support the ongoing development of our pedagogical practices.…