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Facilitators

Aug 24

Mission / Beliefs

Arts Integration, Character Development & Writing

Arts-Based Strategies, Lessons & Units

Strategy-of-the-Month

 

VAK Self-Survey
 
Expectations Balloons
 
Balance & Focus Ruler
 
Input Presentation PPT
 
Participant Creation

KPR Criteria (annotated)

KCC Academic Standards

TED / RIA ?

New Standards Writing DVD

Video of Writing (Audra Knight)

Video of Multiplication Facts

Overview of Strategies

Benjamin

Teacher Leaders

September 24

Explore PD credit for our sessions

Visit Children's Theater - KPR PD provider....

Collaborative Lesson Development / Format & Components - within grade level Long Range Plans (1st & 4th)

Collaborative Analysis of Student Work - Writing

Formative Performance Assessment (Rubrics, Writing Rubric, Activate Students as Learning Resources for Each Other)

Strategy-of-the-Month

STEM - Poems for Two Voices

Classrooms - Gisting, Human PP for math, Tableau?

Activate SS self-Responsibility / Activate Ss as learning Resources for other Ss

 

Consider Program Review Standards, for:

Formative Assessment

Collaboration

Instruction

 

Thinking / Mindsets / Mental Models

Teeth

Multiple/Malluable Intelligence and Fixed / Growth Mindsets

Coverage vs Encourage Thinking Mindset, AND UbD 'Uncoverage' Mindset

Food Dye Catalyst
 
Input Presentation
 
Character & Writing (Dinner Dilemmas)
 
Character - Class Meetings
 
Participant Creation 

Investigate forms for Professional Development 'credit'

Kahn Academy - especially 4th Grade Math

Formative Assessment Reading & Video (s)
 
Dixie ES Student Goals & Digital Portfolios (Digital Arts?)
 
Annenberg Videos http://www.learner.org/

Benjamin

Teacher Leaders

October ?

   

Teacher Leaders

November / December ?

   

Teacher Leaders

February 4
 
 
 
 
Strategy-of-the-Month

   

Benjamin

Teacher Leaders

       
       
       
       

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