Date: October 1, 2015
Location: High School
Purpose/Rationale:
Part of loving what we do is knowing that what we do is important, even essential. By defining our vision of who we want to be and how we want to be, it helps us prioritize how we focus our energy. By focusing our energy, we find greater purpose and joy in our work.
This professional development day will provide an opportunity for teachers to take steps toward reaching their visions. By returning to our August vision boards, we will be able to evaluate our progress and create an action plan to move forward. The format of the day includes elements of teacher choice in what content they will learn as well as elements of accountability. Teachers will share the content knowledge they have gained in the breakout sessions with their grade-level/department teams.
Essential Question: How can having a vision help us enjoy our work? What steps will we collaboratively take in order to reach our vision?
Objectives and Success Criteria: (Deliverable)
Part One:
- Each teacher will develop their expertise by attending breakout sessions.
- Each teacher will be able to describe their vision for the year and several steps they plan on taking to reach that vision.
Deliverable: Revise Vision Board, Personal Commitment Statement
Part Two:
- In grade-level/department teams, teachers will refine their visions and plan out objectives for our Early Release Professional Development Days. (These plans will be submitted for approval from the curriculum director and principals.)
- As a district, teachers will build a culture of excellence and refine a vision for the year.
Deliverable: Team level Early-release PD Plan
Format: Opening, Breakouts, Team Planning, Closing
Schedule
8:00-8:30- Opening Moment- Vision/Joy
8:45-9:45- Breakout One
10:00-11:00- Breakout Two
11:10- 12:10- Breakout Three
12:10-1:10- Lunch
1:10-2:10- Breakout Four
2:10-3:30- Department/Grade Level Work
3:30-3:45- Closing Moment
2:10-3:30- Department/Grade Level Work
- Share from Day, refine common vision
- Map out year’s early release PD
- Create plan for October 14th and December 9th time allows
Breakout Descriptions:
*Grade Levels are just suggestions.
Closely Reading Graphs with Zombies- Michelle Anderson
Room 119
Use this engaging approach to help kids think and read data closely.
Checking In- Darin Gonzales
Room 107
Session 1: Elementary Mentors and Mentees
Session 2: Secondary Mentors and Mentees
Digital Did You Know- Kelly Depew and Camille Grover
Elementary
This is a session where you can ask questions and get some answers about AR, computer lab sign up, Destiny Library Catalog, student logins, and Wonders online...
Is it printing a certain AR report? Or maybe you're very confused with signing up for a computer lab time. Did you know that students can use their very own district login? You can set up your class for that. Maybe you would just like some time to browse your Wonders online class and do some troubleshooting there. Or maybe you'd like to search for certain topics or names of books on our online library catalog. If interested, get your questions ready... Camille and Kelly will do their best to help make this time useful for you.
Engagement with Document-Based-Inquiry- Sara Crystal
If you are looking for a way to get your students reading, thinking, and writing, DBI’s are a great format. By using a guiding question along with interesting sources, students build literacy and content knowledge at the same time. Some teachers might remember the St. Louis DBI and the Man Gulch Fire DBI. This is a strategy that is both fun and rigorous.
Fluency in Service of Comprehension- Sara Crystal
Elementary
Are you tired of running your students through timed practices and tests without seeing results across the board? This session will examine what fluency is and will offer several practical and meaningful strategies to improve student fluency in reading and math computation.
Incorporating STEM into ANY Lesson- Sara Tolman and Brett Welch
Session 1: K-5
Session 2: 6-12
Explore the possibilities of authentic, globally connected STEM projects that flatten curriculum walls, engage students through curiosity, and ignite their natural desire to solve challenging, worthwhile problems. Learn how to tweak lessons, activities, homework and language just enough to create an environment where STEM is a natural but effective part of your curriculum.
Moodle and More- Shannon Youngman
We will go over an introduction to Moodle, that includes setting up lessons and activities for students, and linking these via staff webpages. We will also cover resources that can be used with interactive whiteboards. Please bring something or know of something that you would like posted to your Moodle page so that you have something to work with.
Moving to Milepost- Lisa Senecal
Milepost incorporates personalized learning plans, intervention management, performance indicators, and manages content and delivery. Come see the possibilities in the Silverback Milepost Demo Sandbox and hear personal testimonies from educators who have been using Milepost to personalize student achievement. In the sandbox a demo class can be viewed with access to the Gooru assignment piece. Come explore this exciting new opportunity to increase student achievement by helping students perform to their individual best.
Power of Photography- Michelle Slagel
Description Coming Soon
Strategy Spotlight- Marvin Mumm
Room 114
Want to enjoy teaching the Idaho Core in your content class? Learn several strategies to integrate the Idaho Core while also teaching your content standards.
Web Design- Jon Lund
Session 1: Beginners
Session 2: Intermediate
Discover new ways of communicating and supporting your instruction with your web-page in this hands-on session.
Why Did He/She Do That? - SWPBIS Team
In this breakout session, participants will get a sneak peek on why some of our challenging students are so, well, challenging. Attendees will get an opportunity to think differently about their student interactions exploring the importance of avoiding a power struggle with a difficult student.
Words Matter- Sara Crystal
Come learn more about what the Idaho Core says about vocabulary and gain several strategies for teaching academic vocabulary (Tiers 2 &3) meaningfully.