Guest+Speaker


 * Guest Speaker**

A guest speaker is someone, usually from outside the school, who is invited to present ideas, alternative perspectives, opinions, or descriptions of real-life experiences, and may answer questions generated by students. Speakers may present alone or as part of a panel. Guest speakers can provide alternative resources and experiences for learning and enable students to learn detailed content from a primary source. Guest speakers generate interest and provide real-life connections to curriculum.
 * Description**

The teacher: • is aware of any school board policies regarding guests or speakers and informs the principal of planned guests or speakers; • alone, or with students, identifies and invites experts; • screens guest speakers and provides background and context for the visit; • teaches students the protocols for having guests in the classroom/school, including follow-up; • assists students in generating potential questions; • uses learning opportunities provided by the guest speaker to link with ongoing curriculum experiences; • arranges alternative methods of securing experts for curriculum support, such as teleconferences and on-line conferences and news groups.
 * Method**

Guest speakers: • may require orientation to age, curriculum focus, and developmental level of students (e.g., attention span); • provide opportunities for members of the community or agencies to serve as resources to the school; • should reflect the diversity of the local community.
 * Considerations**


 * Illustrations From The Mathematics Classroom**

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 * Elementary**

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 * Secondary**