Wednesday, 02SEP15

UAI Whole Staff PD

• Agenda for Wednesday, 02SEP15, 10AM-2PM
  The main objective of this PD day is to provide subject and grade teams work time to coordinate efforts and unit plans for Unit Zero and for the first Inquiry Unit of the year. Kiri and your Team Leaders will be working with you to best prepare for the launch of the school year.  Teachers should plan to bring with them the necessary materials for planning.
  
  
• Subject Team To Dos
• Finalize Template for Inquiry Units
• Develop Subject Team Agenda Template
• Integrate Assignment Recovery Practice
• Support CBM Implementation

• Grade Team To Dos
• Finalize Unit Zero
• Develop Grade Team Agenda Template
• 5 Min - SEL Data Review
• 5 Min - Assignment Recovery Review
• 40Min- Rest of Meeting
• Integrate SEL into Grading System
• Set Up Schedule for Initial PODs

• 10:00-10:15 Breakfast and Reconnect after Summer
• 10:10-10:30 School Goals and Policy Shifts for 2015-2016
• Goals for The School Year
• Resources from the June PD
• 10:30-12:00 Grade Team Work Time
• Recapping the Grade Team Commitments for Unit Zero
• Making Space for Social Emotional Learning Lessons
• Creating/Completing The Grade Team Calendar

• 12:00-12:30 - Mini Lunch Break

• 12:30-1:00 Subject Team Work Time
• Subject Team Agenda Template
• 10 min Assessment/Unit Arc Data Analysis
• 40 min Subject Team
• Inquiry Unit
• Making Time for Inquiry Group and Responsibility Teams - Prior to presenting a final brief to their Responsibility Teams, students need to have collaborative inquiry experiences to develop high-quality, fact-checked briefs.  How can we structure our Inquiry units to make sure this happens?  Can't wait for the PD? Click here to see one way you could map out your units for the year.
• Assessment - thinking about assessments both within the classroom and longitudinally across grades.  How are we assessing both skills and content throughout the scope and sequence of our content areas?
• Remediation and Enrichment - what are we planning to do as a subject team to incorporate workout plans into the expectations of our Inquiry Cycles?
• Course Resources and Materials- How can we best support the department to share and develop materials that help all teachers provide a diverse array resources for student inquiry in our subject?
• 1:00-2:00 Classroom Set Up Time (at least 1 hour)