120 likes | 261 Views
PLC/PD Day October 7 th , 2013. The Public Schools of Petoskey Part I Life-Ready Students: Read, View, & Discuss. Please ask a PLC volunteer to write short notes from your discussion on the separate question sheet and give it to your PLC administrator and Lynn. Thanks!.
E N D
PLC/PD Day October 7th, 2013 The Public Schools of Petoskey Part I Life-Ready Students: Read, View, & Discuss
Please ask a PLC volunteer to write short notes from your discussion on the separate question sheet and give it to your PLC administrator and Lynn. Thanks!
Question #1. (Brainstorm) In an era of national & state standards and benchmarks, what do our students need in order to become life-ready citizens?
School Improvement Linked to PLC/PD Days & Other PD • Standards & Curriculum (MAISA, CCSS, NGSS, C3) • Student Data Analysis & Actions • Research-Based, Best Instructional Practices • College, Career, and Life-Ready Students
Life-Ready Foundations Today’s Discussion
GRIT Angela Lee Duckworth: What is Grit? As a group, please enlarge the screen and view: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365008073/ or http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/09/26/angela-duckworth-grit/
Promoting Grit, Tenacity & Perseverance: Critical Factors for Success in the 21st Century U.S. Dept. of Education (February 2013) If you would like to view the full report, you can find it at: http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/files/2013/02/OET-Draft-Grit-Report-2-17-13.pdf The Gist Provide opportunities for worthy, challenging goals. Honor effort & teach “effort control” as a process. Support a growth mindset & a belief in capacity building. Allow “good” failures and use them as challenges to improve.
“Resilience is more influenced by how a teacher teaches than what a teacher teaches.” (S. Truebridge & B. Benard)
Question #2. How do/will we help our students build or find their own personal GRIT?
Education in the 21st Century is Not for the Faint-Hearted! Question #3.How will each of us continue to build our own GRIT& support one another in the process?
PLC/PD Day October 7th, 2013Continues The Public Schools of Petoskey Part II The Document Camera in My Classroom: View & Discuss
The Last Online Event Today 1. Go to http://www.petoskeyschools.org/phone/pd/doccamhelp.pdf. 2. Choose “Record a Lesson” (or another of your PLC’s choice). 3. View the discuss the value it can/does bring to the classroom. Question #4. How can/will we use this feature in the near future?