COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE SUPPLEMENTS
To complement our existing lesson plans and to augment the experiences of educators in our community of practice, supplemental activities and professional development experiences have been created by The Good Project and COP teachers for teachers to learn from and to use in their classrooms.
Anita Tjan from Ataturk University shared how to use and create Pecha Kuchas at the February 2024 COP.
THE SAMR MODEL
Shafaq Irshad from Beaconhouse School System presented on the SAMR model at our December 2023 COP meeting. She shared how technology can be used in the classroom to enhance student learning.
LENSES FOR FRAMING DILEMMAS
We share four different “lenses” or “frames” that you can use to analyze and discuss a dilemma.
ASSESSING YOUR CLASS’S VALUES
Use this PDF to find out your class’s aggregate most important and least important values, without a computer.
CRITICAL THINKING FOR THE GOOD PROJECT DILEMMAS
Presentation by Livija Pribanić at Srednja strukovna škola Vinkovci in Croatia taught a lesson on critical thinking and dilemma discussions for the March 2023 COP meeting.
SIX THINKING HATS
Katerine Hurtatiz from St. George’s School in Colombia presented on the Six Thinking Hats at our November 2023 COP Meeting!
MEASURING GROWTH IN REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT
In May 2024 our study champion Meenakshi Iyer helped our community learn more about how their school system is creating measures of reflective judgment related to the lesson plans.
EXPLORING “GOOD WORK” WITH STUDENTS
Presentation exploring the core concepts of The Good Work project and walking participants through a “See, Think, Wonder” routine using a Good Project dilemma.
ETHICS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Professional Development presentation on the meaning of ethics within Moral Foundations theory and three normative philosophical frameworks.
Access Google Document of Dilemmas here.
HOW MORAL IS THIS?
A worksheet based on Jonathan Haidt’s Moral Foundations framework where students get to rate different vignettes based on how “morally wrong” they feel each situation is.
SIX THINKING HATS HANDOUT
Associated handout for the Six Thinking Hats presentation
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Livija Pribanić at Srednja strukovna škola Vinkovci in Croatia presented about different ideas to keep in mind when thinking about AI in the classroom for the January 2024 COP meeting.
SHAPING TOMORROW
Plenary presentation by Dr. Shelby Clark on preliminary student data about the type of “good work” role models they identify and the character strengths and behaviors they ascribe to these role models.
CHARACTER THROUGH COMMUNITY PRESENTATION
Presentation at the John Templeton Foundation Character Through Community Meeting in Charleston, SC on the goals, measures, and aims of the study focused on the community of practice.
RECIPROCAL TEACHING
Katerine Hurtatiz at St. George’s School, Colombia presented on “reciprocal teaching” and how it can be applied to Good Project dilemmas at January’s COP meeting.
GOOD WORK BINGO
A Bingo card full of ethical, engaging, and excellent behaviors for students to focus on during their school day.
HEXAGONAL THINKING
Presentation by Peggy Dunstan from Mountain View High School in Virginia on how Hexagonal Thinking routines can help promote deeper thinking and connections amongst students for the October 2023 COP meeting.
GOOD WORK IN ACTION
2024 Workshop at the Project Zero Classroom Professional Development session on some of the core “good work” concepts and findings.
THE MAGIC OF A BLANK PAGE
Study Champion Anna Orlowska presented at our March 2024 COP meeting on the “Magic of a Blank Page” where everyone was excited to learn about the idea of “Bloom’s Balls!”
3 MOMENT 3 ROUTINES
In April 2024 study champion Lety Esparza helped the community learn more about thinking routines during our monthly COP meeting.