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Warm-up: Time Capsule Letter Each September, teachers are filled with hopes and goals of what lies ahead. New challenges and opportunities will present themselves throughout the coming months. Write a letter to yourself about your hopes and dreams for the school year. Think about what opportunities and challenges you might face. Describe how you’ll make the most of the opportunities and how you’ll address the challenges. Consider what goals you may have. What do you hope to accomplish this year? This letter is for you only. It will be sealed in an envelope for you to open at the end of the year.
New Staff Orientation Monday, September 14 Village Elementary School
Agenda Warm-up: Time Capsule Letter Wiki 101 Follow-Up New Staff Survey – Reporting Out Preparing for Open House Professional Learning: Inside and Outside of the School Walls Goal Setting Artifact Bags/Next meeting: November 6th
Wiki Follow-up • Create an account • Editing pages • Adding files • Bus Drills…other sign-ups • Article – coming soon…
New Staff Survey – Reporting Out • ELA Workshop Practices • Literacy Learning? • Writing • Dimensions of Learning and Lesson Design • Balanced Math/Math Workshop • Parent Communication/Parent Conferences • Struggling Students • Blogs and Wikis • Technology Options at the Village
Open House • Top Ten Tips for a Successful Open House • Advice from our staff • Questions and answers
Professional Learning: Inside and Outside of the School Walls Quickwrite: What are some ways you learn about your practice while at work?
Professional Learning: Inside and Outside of the School Walls • What is a PLN, anyway? • Plurk • brudd • Twitter • brudd • Facebook • Personal, not professional • Suggestions for privacy • del.i.cous • http://delicious.com/brudd
Goal Setting • Meet with Tracie and Ben • Instructional Framework/school-wide goals/grade level actions • To improve student learning teachers will utilize multiple data sources to adjust instruction in reading. • To improve student learning teachers will utilize multiple data sources to adjust instruction in mathematics. • Develop a more thorough understanding of Concept Based Instruction. • In-services and goals • Observations
Artifact Bags • “Homework” for next time