PD Schedule for Tuesday
The PD schedule is nearly complete. Missy has been working on some personalized PD courses (some of you will see this in your row). She will explain this personally or in teams.
For anyone or any groups that will be doing one thing for the whole time, I'm starting to put those into separate areas of the sheet. Hopefully, that will make the sheet a bit easier to read.
Reading - Writing - Math Success Stories
I'd like to get a collection of success stories in reading, writing and math. What's working for you? Have you tried a new strategy that's working well? Please share those stories with me. I want to share your successes with others. Thanks.
Last Friday's Speaker and Assembly Schedule
I heard positive feedback about our Scott Fitch presentation. Thanks for any advice you can give to kids about using these tools responsibly. It seemed like the slightly shortened schedule worked OK, although bells would be nice if we could ever figure that out. Please give me some feedback on that. Thanks.
Here are some good looking opportunities:
ASCD Webinar this Friday: Making Academic Vocabulary Stick
Students at the Center
The new ASCD book by Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda, explains educators
can help students develop the intellectual and social strength of
character necessary to live well in the world. The way to do this is
increasing the say students have in their own learning and prepare them
to navigate complexities they face both inside and beyond school. This
book rethinks traditional teacher and student roles, goal setting,
lesson planning, assessment, and feedback practices. It means
establishing classrooms that prioritize
Latest BOCES Bulletin from Barry Derfel
Articles:
Seven Steps to Make Your Classroom More Like a Google Workplace
What can teachers learn from the workplace culture of companies like Google? A new paper suggests that one way to improve students' happiness and performance is to revamp the classroom to look more like one of the United States' top companies.
