SWAY
a SMART WAY to Learn
To Remember and Be Remembered
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Transform Your Teaching Career: Collaborate, Compete, and Grow with the WAY Game Community
There is a crisis in education. Teachers are quitting, which is hurting students, and the effects will ripple slowly into the fabric of society. SWAY is designed to reverse these trends. It is perfect for prospective teachers, student teachers, or teachers looking for practical classroom management tools. Stop reinventing the wheel - use OTL's {Other Teacher Lessons.}
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Anyone can learn anywhere, any time, for Free.
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My Blog outlines steps {and reasons} for playing the WAY Game, building Banks of SMART Digital Lesson Plans, and Entrepreneurial Project-Based Learning, which I call TeacherPreneuring.
[Fill in the blank] A lesson a day keeps ____ away.
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My role is to make this site easy to use while I reach out to those in need - prospective teachers, teachers who have quit, student teachers, substitute teachers, and classroom teachers - all invited to play and plan the SMART way. Make this site your own; you didn't invent this vehicle, but you sure can take your students on the ride of their lives.
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There are no edicts from above, simply tools and techniques from someone who remained in the trenches of public education for thirty-three years. SWAY is optional; take what works for you and integrate at a comfortable pace. When confronting roadblocks, think like McGiver: improvise and invent. SWAY is full of paradigm shifts that need to be eased into. Academic scrutiny is encouraged.
I'm a retired teacher, and this is my retirement project.
Courage, my friends.
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An Introduction to the Art and Science
of Teaching
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Surf the Site, read the Blogs, look at FAQ page, watch my YouTube Videos, and follow Instagram Posts. For a deeper dive, study the SMART Notebook Lessons provided. Do what's assigned in the Blog Posts, use them as daily lesson plans.
I promote the use of SMART Notebook software for teachers and a free Basic Version for students - a game changer when combined with Digital lesson Planning.
This site is a repository of a retired teacher's Tools and Techniques. Be a leader if you can; tell someone else if you can't.
Consider CAP Note Class Fundraising
Teacher compensation for innovation and extra work is built into SWAY. The third Pillar EPBL is designed to give students entrepreneurial, lifelong learning skills. Run a small business, put on a show, raise money for classroom materials and activities, give a gift to the parent volunteer, and give teachers a raise. Controversial - no doubt, but infinitely practical and necessary. More to come.
An Evolution in HOW Teachers Teach, Students Learn, and How Parents Participate - playway.ca is your textbook. Learn CAP Notes first.
Practical Solutions for Teachers - from CAP Notes to Game Cards
Create Your Story!
In every lesson, students are challenged to use higher-order thinking skills to learn to think like a teacher and share their learning through Mentorship and Game Cards. Students use CAP Notes each week to draft Questions and Activities for the WAY Game, collecting, trading, and sharing Game Cards on Game Day - memories and skills that last a lifetime.
Give the WAY Game a Try
Print Your First Game Card
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