Feedback, Tim Gunn Style

Delivered to Burlington High School faculty, 2021

This PD was part of our year-long Deeper Learning curriculum. Having had a very rough year so far and coming back from a break, I recognized the need to have fun and be a little ridiculous while learning. This was the result.

The session began with an introduction to the Ethos of giving non-critical feedback, using Project Runway host Tim Gunn as a model and an exemplar. Participants quickly divided into working teams, and content was delivered intermittently during appropriate breaks in their process. This was employed to model good teaching practice of delivering learning in small, executable segments before boredom and apathy can creep in. The day culmintaed in a Fashion Show, where participants showcased their designs...and hammed it up for the videos.