MARCH IF PRESENTATION

Collaborative Examination of Common Assignment

It was decided at our last meeting that we would do some work with the common assignments to get ready for the "Collaborative Review" sessions in May. Please arrange to bring a 3 copies of 2 samples (a "2" and a"3") from the same assignment.


One of our goals is to come up with good examples of a "2" and a "3" for each grade for teachers to use during the May "Collaborative Review" sessions.

Please respond to this post with a description of which levels (9, 10, 11, 12) you will be able to bring.

TOPICS FOR THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS

Based on the the feedback received I have put together this somewhat tentative schedule for the rest of the year. What do you think?

• February 14th - BLOGS
• March 13th - Collaborative review of common "Essay" Assignment.
• April 10th - Socratic Seminars
• May 22nd - Looking forward to next year
  
• Oregon Historical Society will be hosting us at the museum down town and sharing their vast array of resources!

PD Ideas For Future Meetings

The ideas that we came up with on January 17th are listed as th e1st comment in this post. After the meeting at your school/building please add the ideas your colleagues come up with by commenting on this post. Of course, you can comment on your own anytime!

January IF Presentation

Conversation around proposed "Collaborative Lesson Planning" sessions

After reflecting on our conversation around "My cunning plan" to set up an opportunity for teachers to do collaborative lesson planning I have a concern and a request. Please give me as much feedback as you can on both.

Concern: I felt like the protocol used after the reading in which we shared our questions and made comments did not encourage full participation from the whole group. Did it feel the same to you? Suggestions for protocols to use in the future to get help us get broader participation?

After having more time to think about the "Proposal for collaborative work sessions" document
could you please provide additional feedback.

Those of you that missed the meeting can find all the documents including the one referred to above at http://cms9.pps.k12.or.us/.docs/pg/12147

Please talk to your colleagues and give me feed back ASAP so I can use it to shape the plan.

November 15th Presentationa and Materials

You can find all the materials necessary for having fun with your colleagues during this month's exciting PD session by clicking HERE. The agenda is here also.

Please remember to bring your laptops. They will be very important for our activities this month.