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Building Leadership Team. October 5, 2010 Whip Around: Share one positive thing from your morning LbD session and one take away from the afternoon sessions. Agenda. Review of Course Proposals, Changes and Deletions How will you talk as a department about teacher recommendations for courses?
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Building Leadership Team October 5, 2010 Whip Around: Share one positive thing from your morning LbD session and one take away from the afternoon sessions
Agenda • Review of Course Proposals, Changes and Deletions • How will you talk as a department about teacher recommendations for courses? • How will you plan for vertical articulation of concepts and skills? • How do you norm so that you know expectations are similar from class to class?
Goal #1 • North High students will be prepared for an ever-changing world and therefore will understand and respond to those challenges. They will: • communicate effectively using verbal, written, and technological means for various audiences and purposes • problem solve using creative and thoughtful methods • transfer their prior learning to new demands
Goal #2 • North High students will be capable, confident and self-directed learners. They will: • request opportunities to learn beyond what is required • transfer their learning to new situations in an out of school • pursue a personal direction based on an understanding of their talents and interests • persist as learners with confidence in their skills and abilities • perform proficiently on national, state and local assessments
Goal #3 • North High students will be curious, creative, critical thinkers. They will: • recognize patterns and connections in order to create thoughtful solutions • read, listen and respond as critical consumers of information and ideas • seek to understand multiple perspectives • discover and evaluate patterns and relationships in information, ideas and structures • reason inductively from a set of specific facts and deductively from general premises
Goal #4 • North High students will be socially responsible people. They will: • act upon their responsibility to others • act out of a strong sense of personal, social and civic responsibility • create a climate of non-violence, peace and social justice • make choices that support a healthy and responsible lifestyle • work skillfully with others to achieve common goals • seek to understand the views, values and cultures of others
What is your plan for Oct 19 early release development time? • Upcoming BLT meetings-Oct 19 and Nov 9: Data Protocol and Unit Plan Tuning