1. Entry Task
      2. Objectives:
      3. CALENDAR
      4. Organize by Criteria
      5. Review of Student Learning Context
      6. Professional Growth Plan Goal


      Professional Certification Class Agenda

      February 26, 2008

      4:00-7:00pm



      Entry Task

      · Place Reading Reflection of “Students at Bat” article in the middle of your table.
      · Place all continuums in front of you.
      ·
      Quick write –
       





      Objectives:
      · Teachers will have an understanding of calendar and commitments until end of course
      · Teachers will have an overall understanding of 1 a & 1 e
      · Teachers will have an understanding of assignment criteria and revision of content for Student Learning Context
      o
      General Assignment Information
      · Teachers will understand requirements of a Professional Growth Plan Goal
      o Define Growth Team and their role in goal setting
      o Identification of Growth Area
       





      CALENDAR
      o Feb. 12 - Email
      · SLC Drafts Due
      o Feb. 26 - Class Focus: 1a & 1f - How to write a goal - Choose growth team
      · Due:
      o In-class drafting of 1ST Professional Growth Plan Goal (PGP)
      o SLC Drafts Returned with Comments – submit as revised – target completion March 12
      o PGP – 1st goal due (email to Tessa)
       
      o March 5
      · Optional Lab – Instructor coaching available
       
      o March 12 – Class Focus:
      Standards 1e & 1g
      Standards 3a, 3b
      · Due:
      o PGP Goal #1 Drafts Returned with Comments – revise
      o PGP Goal #1 “at standard” by end of this class
      o March 26 – Email
      · PGP Goals 2 & 3 - Drafts Due
       
      o April 16 - Class Focus: Standards 2a, 2b, 2c
      · Due:
      o PGP Goal #2 & #3 Drafts Returned with Comments – revise PGP Goal #2 & #3 “at standard” by end of this class
       
      o May 14 – Class Focus: Portfolio & Action Research/Implied Inquiry Project


        

      Review of Standard Criteria 1a & 1f – Text to be linked later
      v Reading and discussion related to 1a & 1f
      o Article - Leveraging Literacy
      o Article – Getting the Most out of Technology
      o Book Chapter – Strategies that Work


       





      Organize by Criteria
      v Binder or Expanding Folder
      o Organize article, writing, quickwrites to utilize during CORE
       





      Review of Student Learning Context
      o
      Instructions
      o
      Ideas
      o
      Example
       


      – General revision notes:
      v Before submitting work – please review both General Assignment Information & match to Example
      v Scoring Observations:
      o Need to match guidelines regarding labeling assignments
      § including name, etc. in header
      o Section headers and content do not mirror SLC example (district then comments)
      o New data in comments section instead of stating how the data impacts their school and classroom decisions
      o Quotation marks and citations missing for data, mission and descriptions taken directly from data source
      o Submitted though Incomplete assignments - data only and no commentary – or only data that was copied
      o Missing classroom information
      § Not including physical set up in classroom section
       





      Professional Growth Plan Goal
      o Role of Growth Team
      o
      Components of Goal -
      § Reference to prior class work
      §
      Model
      § “Students at Bat” implications for evidence section
      § 1st goal to standard before teacher reviews others
       


      Send draft of Professional Growth Plan Goal to Tessa by end of class tonight
      · – Check receipt with Tessa before you leave
       


      Homework
      v RSVP if you plan to attend Goal Work Session by Monday, March 2
       

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