Describe your experience with the certification process. Identify the institute you attended. Include useful take aways from the institute and your apprenticeship.
After attending CLLI this spring (2023) I became very excited to begin delivering Content Enhancement Routines in the districts I serve. The one thing that was my "BIG" take away were all of the resources that are available on the various websites for SIM PD'ers. I am thrilled to see that other PD'ers are open to sharing their craft for others to learn and grow from.
My major take-aways from my time collaborating with other SIM PD'ers is that everyone's presentation style is different. There are so many different routines and ways to present them. My co-trainers in June focused on standards and it made it difficult for me to focus on the lesson itself that we were training teachers to use the routine on. I understand why they had a focus on standards, it just didn't make the training flow well (in my personal view). I was glad to see that several of the teachers in attendance also had an appreciation for this presentation style.Because my co-trainers hadn't used Lesson Organizer, I felt confident in leading that (our final) session on Lesson Organizer. The format that I used was based on the ppt I had downloaded from SIMville and the teachers guidebook. Teachers began preparing their Lesson Organizers that afternoon to use with students when school comes back in session.
Teachers came to their facilitated planning day with their curriculum guides ready to work with the SIM Certified PD'ers.