PLCs and Changing the Education Paradigm

Let's start with completing this form...... MSL CASA Guiding Questions

What does this video by Sir Ken Robinson have to do with PLCs and improving student learning at DMHS?

Leigh Jones, an Introduction.......

Common Core and Teacher Effectiveness

RSA Animate about Common Core State Standards READY Initiative in NC Ppt Based on this explanation of the Common Core and on the information about the NC READY initiative, please describe four positive outcomes of the common core state standards and NC's model for teacher effectiveness and four concerns NC educators might still have concerning common core state standards and NC's model for teacher effectiveness.

Common Core PD: Thoughts?

I'd like to know your reflection of what you did today during your PD session. Please pair up with someone in your department and post a brief but descriptive reflection of what you learned and what you can take away and use immediately in your classrooms (if anything).

Blooms and Assessment

During our PD session today, we explored the value of our assessments and using Revised Blooms question stems, we analyzed one assessment that was given to our kids. We also worked together with someone NOT in our department to analyze our assessments and then create questions that combined both contents. Reflect on what you learned or thought about today's PD and what you might take away from it.

Module 2: Learning Targets and Criteria for Success

Please post three overarching learning targets for our staff using the Dimensions of Learning framework and describe at least 5 criteria for success that we can expect to see in classrooms as it relates to the NC Teacher Evaluation Instrument and the Dimensions of Learning Framework. Remember, for the 'criteria for success', use "we will" statements.

An Introduction to Project Based Learning 6-12

Below is the link to a video about Project Based Learning. Please reflect on the questions below and talk with your colleagues about their thoughts. We will discuss this video and your answers to the questions at our next meeting.

1. One of the students in the video said, "I learn better by learning from my own experiences." Do you believe this is true? If so, how do you facilitate this in your classroom? If not, explain why you feel that way.

2. As the professor from MIT is talking about curriculum, he says, "this means that you put kids in a position to use the knowledge they gain." Describe at least two ways you do this in your classroom that does not involve tests or quizzes.

3. Describe the differences between a traditional setting classroom and a project based learning classroom.