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.

Reject the Flipped Classroom

Some interesting thoughts about rejecting this classroom model. What are your thoughts?

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Module #1: Importance of Formative Assessment

NCFALCON Module #1: Importance of Formative Assessment

The Guiding Mission of the NC State Board of Education "is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and post-secondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century." This "looks like": Critical Thinkers and Self-Directed Learners.

What does your department BELIEVE is OUR role as high school educators in helping our kids achieve this goal? (please do not talk about the student's role...discuss our role as educators). Describe at least five ways YOUR department plans to help our kids accomplish this mission. Also describe what "critical thinkers and self-directed learners" looks like in your classrooms.

Pedagogical DNA

If we are to change our pedagogical DNA (see Pedagogical LINO), what instructional planning steps are necessary for educators to become co-constructors of knowledge with their students? Describe how a reciprocal learning environment looks in a classroom.

Voting for Student Email

Schools, technology, test scores...REALLY?

When thinking about our 1:1 initiative and after reading this post, how will/should the learning environment at DMHS adapt?

Schools, technology, test scores, and the New York Times | Dangerously Irrelevant

Technology October PD session

Please vote for what you'd like to learn during our October Technology PD session.

Jermaine « The Spicy Learning Blog

Jermaine « The Spicy Learning Blog

So, how do we feel about this post? What can educators do to engage this kid? Is that our responsibility?

WELCOME

WELCOME to our blogspot. We will use this blogspot as a place to share ideas and collaborate around teaching and learning topics. I look forward to reading all the posts and to sharing some of my observations and experiences!

Against the Wind: 10 Things I Wish I had Never Learned about Teachin...

So, do some of these thoughts ever cross your mind? What are some things you "wish you had never learned" about teaching?
Against the Wind: 10 Things I Wish I had Never Learned about Teachin...: "Inspired by 10 Things You Wish You Had Never Learned, I decided to make a similar list for teaching. A little change of the title and a new..."

Pink Bat: What are our solutions?

What 'pink bats' do we have? What problems do we see that might have solutions in front of us? How can we change our perceptions? Many thanks to Vickie Essick for sending me this video!!! Thank you!

Students with Disabilities

When you think you can't, or that you might have a hard day...watch this and realize YOU make a difference in the lives of ALL kids! Somewhere, someone believed in these kids! YOU are those people that believe! Never let our kids give up!

Boys in Schools: What are YOUR thoughts......

I found this TED talk this weekend and some of the ideas around Boys and Education struck me particularly the discipline data, students with disabilities data, and the number of boys we see our office vs. girls. I would like to know your team's thoughts about her implications for schools and our classrooms as they relate to educating boys at North Asheboro Middle School.