Early Release Wednesdays
Thank you for your participation in last week's Early Release Wednesday. Jodi O'Meara helped us deepen our understanding of the Response To Instruction and Intervention model. If you would like to refer back to her presentation, here is a link. Also, she brought our attention back to the Teacher Collaboration Tool that was shared at our September Early Release Professional Learning. I encourage you to use this document as you are collaborating within your co-teaching partnerships and grade level teams on specific student needs.
THREE CHEERS FOR OUR WELLNESS COMMITTEE! Based on the feedback you provided the committee, you were overwhelmingly satisfied with incorporating wellness into our professional learning time. Stay tuned...there are more opportunities coming your way soon.
To help us better understand the effectiveness of the Early Release model, please take 5 minutes to complete this survey. Your feedback will be very helpful as we look ahead to professional learning next year.
Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities
Upcoming Professional Learning and Development
- Making Thinking Visible
- The MTV Book Club will wrap up their book study in the next two weeks. Way to go!
- Mark Church will be joining us the week of February 8th - if you are interested in having Mark visit your class or meet with you either individually, as a co-teaching partnership, as a grade level team or as a department, please let me know. Clayton and I will be developing his schedule early next week and will do whatever we can to make sure you have time with him.
- Mark will be working with all of us at our Wednesday Early Release Day on February 10th.
- Care to Share? We are looking for photos from classrooms where MTV routines are being used. If you have any photos and are willing to share, please send them to Clayton. If you would like us to come into your classroom and take photos, let us know.
- Literacy – In the upcoming months, Andrea will be offering the following sessions:
- Effective Feedback in Literacy- the art of conferring in the Writers Workshop.
- Guided Reading- implementing small group instruction to teach skills and strategies at specific reading stages.
- Writing Strategy Groups- effectively differentiating instruction using student data.
- RTI and Differentiation
- Jodi O'Meara will be joining us again from February 23rd - February 26th.
- EAL Audit Review
- In May 2012, Dr. Gini Rojas conducted an EAL program review. Dr. Rojas will be visiting us on March 2nd - 4th to review (and celebrate) our progress since her first visit.
Are you interested in earning a MA or other continuing education credits? Here are a few programs for your consideration:
University of Northern Iowa (UNI) MAE Global Cohort
This global cohort option may be of interest to you. AISC has experienced a very positive partnership with UNI over the years. Many of you will remember former UNI student teachers, Courtney Petersen, Mary Mysnyk and Erin Meyer. Our own Ms. Anna Vanhorn is also an UNI Alum. If you are interested in the UNI Program, you can contact. Dr. Leigh Martin at leigh.martin
ECIS International Teacher Certificate Program
Another program designed specifically for International Teachers is the ECIS International Teacher Certificate Program. Details about this program are available here.
University of Kentucky - Graduate Certificate in Inclusive Education
Dr. Lee Ann Jung, a friend of NESA and professor at the University of Kentucky, has started a certificate program in Inclusive Education. Check here if you are interested in the details.
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