Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Spectacular Student Work

 Celebrate Success! 
A quick walk around our building will highlight the talents of our students.   Here are just a few examples of the many ways we celebrate student success.

 Pursue High Standards! 
Check out how Valley students have brought the community into their ideas:
BLANK TALES                            POETRY TRAIL                                  DES MOINES S5

 Find a Way-- Exhaust Your Resources! 

Collaborate with Colleagues:

Click HERE to access the Professional Development BINGO sheet, which includes ideas to meet PEER REVIEW requirements. (Accessible only within WDMCS Google domain.)

Use THIS LINK to submit  your 1/2-day with an Instructional Coach or PD/CF (goes to Bill Bird for approval):  Make sure when you put it into Subfinder to use the "REASON" (not code)--DEMO TCHR VISIT

Classroom Strategies:
  1. Behavior Expectations and How to Teach Them | Edutopia: "Instead of looking at students as willfully disobeying all the good manners they've been taught, what if we put a process in place to teach our expectations for student behavior with the best practices often reserved for academic work?"
  2. Strategy For Deeper Student Conversations: Conver-Stations: "Move students during small group discussions to deepen conversations"
  3. Student Participation Strategy: Talk Moves: "Encourage collaboration and participation."

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Entrepreneurs, Experiments, and Renaissance Art (WEEK 15)

 Celebrate Success! 



 Pursue High Standards! 

Sally Harris highlights history and it's application in ART!

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 Find a Way-- Exhaust Your Resources! 

Collaborate with Colleagues:

Use THIS LINK to submit  your 1/2-day with an Instructional Coach or PD/CF (goes to Bill Bird for approval):  Make sure when you put it into Subfinder to use the "REASON" (not code)--DEMO TCHR VISIT


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