Today we held an institute day. Often people ask me what do we actually do on institute days. Institute days are a time for we educators to “recharge” our professional batteries. Lear about current research or practices, work together with colleagues on curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Today, in keeping with our “Big 5” focus areas:
- Common Core State Standards
- Charlotte Danielson Frameworks for Teaching/STEP Evaluation
- Technology
- Organizational Culture
- Superintendent’s Task Force for Middle Level Education
We focused on Common Core State Standards and Charlotte Danielson Frameworks for Teaching. In the “Prezi” I am sharing with this blog, readers can see a glimpse into “real” professional development content and process. We reviewed the examples of teaching with the rubric used by Danielson (my work was teaching about Domain 3 to 8 groups of teachers in 30 minute work sessions). As always, we welcome comments and we use internal feedback to guide and improve future professional development.