Tuesday, June 27, 2006

27 June 06 Prof. Development Meeting

What we garner/infer from a brief examination of the data from the past two years:

  • Proud of learning gains
  • Concern about not moving 2s to 3s.
  • Proud of writing scores
  • Concern on increasing expectation to include grammar and spelling.
  • Need science scores to focus on learning gains. (district-wide concern)
  • Percent meeting high standards in writing – ok.
  • Need to focus on reading and writing proficiency.
  • Proficient expectations are not as realistic as increasing learning gains.
  • Higher expectations on learning gains.

05-06 High-Impact Strategies That Worked:

  • Small group instructionWebQuests
  • Frequent Assessments
  • Cooperative Learning
  • AIP Chats
  • Instruction Focus Lessons
  • Team/Teach Collaboration
  • Beginning of Interdisciplinary Units
  • Field Studies
  • Regular Grade-Level Meetings
  • Instructional Focus Calendars
  • SRI Progress Meetings
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Building Relationships
  • Un-official schoolwide recognition of student/class/teacher success
  • DAR Testing
  • Literacy Center
  • Sequencing Objectives (not textbook pages)
  • Home/School Relationships

Possible 06-07 Strategies:

  • Educational Technology Training
  • Blogging
  • Podcasts
  • Teacher Websites
  • Blackboard
  • Instanet
  • Reading Across the Content Areas
  • Vocabulary – Academics/Social
  • Structured Re-teaching
  • Lesson Plan Protocol
  • Student Work Protocol
  • Collaboration (in-school and with neighboring schools)
  • School-wide rubric for specific skills
  • TRAINING IN WHAT A REAL PLC LOOKS LIKE
  • Ruby Payne
  • Peer Observations (In and Out of school)
  • Building Home/School Relationships
  • Post-FCAT Instructional Objectives

Top 5 High-Impact Strategies for 06-07:

  1. Technology
  2. Reading Across Content Areas
  3. Structured Reteaching
  4. PLC Training
  5. Lesson Plan/Student Work Protocols

What does the opening day training look like?

8:30-9 Breakfast

9-10 Coop Learning/McREL

10-11 Lesson Plan Protocol

11-11:15 Break

11:15-12 Blackboard

12-1 Lunch

1-2:15 Content Area Reading Overview - Vocab

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:15 Lesson Plan Developed by Content Area

3:15-4 Lesson Plan Protocol

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