Taking Center Stage – Act II (TCSII)

A Portal for Middle Grades Educators

Professional Learning Activities

Recommendation Four
Relevant and Engaging Learning
in the Middle Grades

This Professional Learning Activity (PLA) is designed for you and your colleagues to use and adapt so that it fits your unique needs and challenges. It is recommended that you read through the entire PLA prior to beginning the cycle of inquiry.

After completing this PLA, you will have a greater understanding about:

• Recommendation 4—Relevance and how it connects to your existing work/practice.
• Your areas of strength in relation to Recommendation 4.
• Any gaps you identified in regard to your implementation of any components of Recommendation 4.
• Opportunities for implementing a new practice and/or improving an existing practice.

This professional learning activity contains four phases that make up a continuous cycle of inquiry:

1. Identify: Reflect on current practices and identify areas of strength.
2. Investigate: Research content on TCSII for Recommendation 4—Relevance to discover successful strategies based on an identified area of improvement.
3. Implement: Create a short-term action plan, take action, and evaluate the results.
4. Interact: Reflect on lessons learned during implementation, discuss experiences, share knowledge gained, and deepen understanding of concepts in TCSII as they relate to Recommendation 4—Relevance.
   

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