Wrapping up Sem 1 unit plans

All Semester 1 unit plans need to be modified to ensure Stage 2 is in the GRASPS format ad Stage 3 in the WHERETO format.
As this had been done for one unit in October, it was continued and completed for unit plans in all courses.

In Stage 2 I found that I had already documented the assessments in terms of the acronym GRASPS. The process of including the letters made me read through all assessments again. This exercise led to a re-think following which I attempted to clarify the descriptions further.

The WHERETO format for the Learning Plans in Stage 3 was more of a challenge. Salle Q's in-service session in November provided guidance in this area. I used the suggestions generated during the in-service to provide more details and to re-align the learning plan in most units.
An interesting insight I had of my learning plans was that in several cases the sequencing of the plan fit into the acronym with very few changes required. In other learning plans the E (Explore) and R (Revise) sections were long and interwoven.

What I do recognize, even though I may not agree with the use of WHERETO for every plan, is that the exercise focuses attention on the delivery of the curriculum in the classroom and encourages me to tweak, modify and eventually improve my teaching so as to ultimately affect student learning positively.