Integration Workshop
MINISTRY OF ADVANCED EDUCATION,
EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
PRESENTERS:
MICHELLE CLARKE & JOANNE MORTENSEN
A Snapshot of You:
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Sites of this Size
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Staff Size
five
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Staff Size Varies from
What Integration Means to You:
 Worlde!!!
Integration Reservations:
Comfort Level
5
Comfort Level
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Number of Instructors
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Workshop Goals:
H1N1 Video & Group Activity
 How can we take a topical issue, like H1N1 and make
it the focus for a subject specific lesson?
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Expert groupings
10 minutes
 Discuss how you would teach this topic to your
students. What curriculum outcomes could be met
using H1N1?
H1N1 Video & Group Activity
 How can we take a topical issue, like H1N1 and make
it the focus for an integrated lesson?
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Integrated groupings
20 minutes
 Share the ideas and curriculum connections you
discovered in your subject specific groups and record
these using the large planner(s) of your choice. Post
them on the wall when finished.
Nutrition Break
 10 minute break
 Optional Glo Germ Experiment
 See Joanne or Michelle for a squirt of fake germs
 Wash your hands at some point during your break
Integration is nothing new.
What is new?
Part 1: Integration Theory and Practice
 Chapter 1: Theoretical Perspectives of Integration
 What does integration mean?
 The Benefits of Integration
 Why Integration is Important
 Chapter 2: Levels of Integration
 Theoretical Model by Fogarty and Stoehr (1995)
 Model Summary chart (included in your info packages)
Part 2: Putting Theory into Practice
 Chapter 3: Embedding Integrative Practices
 Where Do I begin?
 Steps to Integration: Summary Chart (included in your info
package)
 Chapter 4: Program Considerations
 Things to Consider
 Program Considerations: Summary Chart (included in your
info package)
 A Word About Resources
Part 3: Assessment and Evaluation
 Chapter 5: About Assessment and Evaluation
 Distinguishing Between Assessment and Evaluation
 Assessment
 Evaluation Schemes
 Authentic Assessment
 Designing Assessment Tasks and Tools
 Assessment Tools and Samples
Appendices
 Appendix A:
 Technological Literacy: Computer Skills and Knowledge
Checklist
 Appendix B:
 Integration Planners: Samples and blank planner templates
Inspiration
YouTube Inspirational Video
Planning a Theme Party
 Brainstorm themes
 Reconvene in your integrated groupings from the
morning and develop one of the generated themes
into an integrated unit.
 Record your planning on the planner of your choice
and post on the wall.
A Networking Tool for You
 ABE Integration wiki:
http://abeintegration.wikispaces.com
 Please feel free to use/access/contribute to this wiki
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Wiki Highlights:
 Easy Links to the Curriculum and Integration Guides
 Directory of ABE instructors – it’s easy to join!
 Helpful Integration Articles from experts in the field
 Integration Example Lessons, Activities & Units
 Online Toolbox and Fun Stuff!
Thank You!
 Thank you for attending this workshop. We hope you
are taking with you some ideas and some inspiration
about integrating curriculum in your classrooms.
 Evaluation forms and prize draw!