Professional Development Follow Up

This week's blog has some follow up information related to our professional learning opportunity last Monday.

All resources have now been posted on the SEP Professional Development site. You may find the presentation (which includes the OER video), OER examples, and a proposal for Southeast Polk University. We appreciated everyone's engagement and collaboration on Monday.  Please let us know how we can provide support and follow up for your learning.

Below are some ideas for implementing Open Education Resources into a series of lessons that both build content knowledge and develop literacy skills. This lesson idea comes from Newsela Pro.

Is The Dream Fulfilled?

Created by Stella Hernandez

Essential Questions: 

• What impact or influence did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have on people?  
• How did he communicate with people who did not agree with him?

Supporting Question:

What word would BEST describe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Directions: 

Choose TWO (2) of the articles to read. *

*The articles for these lessons come from Newsela.  Other articles found online could also be used.   

Highlight IMPORTANT FACTS in RED.  

Highlight INTERESTING INFORMATION in GREEN.

  

Highlight and write an annotation on information that connects with the essential questions in YELLOW.  

Complete ONE writing prompt from the two articles that you read (based on the essential questions).

Extension Resource:
- National Geographic Kids: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered

- YouTube: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  

Article Choices from Newsela:

District Professional Development-January 20, 2020

We are looking forward to our day of professional learning on Monday, January 20th. Below is the schedule for the day.  The day will run from 8:00 AM-4:00 PM.

The district focus will be around 4 areas:

• Student Learning
• Standards-Based Learning
• Teacher Resources
• Teacher Learning

District professional development will be held in the HS auditorium. Please bring a charged laptop and something to write with for this session.

Building professional development will be held at each building and will focus on standards-based learning as well as building goals. If you serve multiple buildings, please report to the building you attend on Mondays unless otherwise arranged with your building principal. 

Below are some resources that will help with your work around standards-based learning:

Standards-Based Learning Map

Standards-Based Learning FAQ's


8:00-11:00 AM--District PD for Secondary Teachers
(Please report to the HS Auditorium with a charged laptop and something to write with).

• Student Learning
• ISASP Data
• Standards-Based Learning
• Work Group Updates
• Teacher Resources
• Open Education Resources
• Teacher Learning
• SEP University

8:00-11:00 AM--Building PD for Elementary Teachers

(Please report to the building you attend on Mondays).

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1:00-4:00 PM--District PD for Elementary Teachers
(Please report to the HS Auditorium with a charged laptop and something to write with).

• Student Learning
• ISASP Data
• Standards-Based Learning
• Work Group Updates
• Teacher Resources
• Open Education Resources
• Teacher Learning
• SEP University

1:00-4:00 PM--Building PD for Secondary Teachers

Elementary Collaboration 1.15.20

“Background knowledge plays a key role in students' reading comprehension — our findings show that if students don't have sufficient related knowledge, they'll likely have difficulties understanding text."

--Tenaha O'Reilly

"By reading texts in social studies, science, and other disciplines, students build a foundation of knowledge in these fields that will also give them the background to be better readers in all content areas."

--David Coleman

We are looking forward to our next elementary collaboration on Wednesday, January 15th.  We will meet from 2:30-4:00 and continue our work on building and structuring our curriculum to include a balance and connection between content knowledge and skills. 

K-2 teachers will continue their work with the Inquiry Design Model to support units in social studies.  Please report to the HS Auditorium and bring a charged laptop and something to write with to the session.

3-5 teachers will also revisit the importance of dedicated time and instruction in the content areas and see examples of the Inquiry Design Model for social studies. Please report to the JH Auditorium and bring a charged laptop and something to write with to the session.  Please also read the article Dismantling the Myth of Learning to Read and Reading to Learn prior to our meeting on Wednesday. 

PK Teachers will continue their work on integrating instruction within and across units.  Please report to the Media Center at Centennial Elementary.

All Special Education teachers will be meeting at the Clay Elementary Library, and the nurses will also meet at Clay Elementary.  Art, Music, and PE teachers as well as guidance counselors will meet at Centennial Elementary. Art, Music, and PE teachers may continue their work on standards-based learning.  Counselors will meet with Amy Anderson and Darell Butcher. 

The chart below indicates where all teachers should report: 

Session	2019-2020 Meeting Locations
Preschool	Centennial Media Center
Kindergarten	HS Auditorium
Grade 1	HS Auditorium
Grade 2	HS Auditorium
Grade 3	JH Auditorium
Grade 4	JH Auditorium
Grade 5	JH Auditorium
Teacher Librarians	JH Auditorium
ESOL	JH Auditorium
TAG	JH Auditorium
Elementary Instructional Coaches	HS/JH Auditorium
Counselors	Centennial Elementary
Music	Centennial Elementary
Art	Centennial Elementary
PE	Centennial Elementary
Nurses	Clay Elementary
Title I Math	Assigned by Coordinator
Title I Reading & Reading Specialists	Assigned by Coordinator
K-5 Sp Ed Teachers	Clay Elementary Library

We are looking forward to our learning together next Wednesday!