Seminars Created for Student Teachers For decades research polls have identified school discipline and classroom management as among the top challenges most teachers at some point face during their professional careers. New teachers as well as some veteran teachers frequently cite classroom management as a primary concern in their teaching practice, and preservice teachers often […]
Tag: Professional Skills
Assessment: A Window Into Students’ Thinking. Look, Listen, and Learn!
Professional Development Workshop Created to Help Teachers Meet Student Needs In May 2015, Southside Middle School, participated in an AdvanceED diagnostic review. One of the findings and identified improvement priorities was to hold Professional Development regarding topics including best practices, classroom management, team building, and formal/ informal assessment. This workshop will highlight certain formal and […]
WIDA English Learner Standards and School-wide Professional Development
Staff Meetings Increased Teachers’ Knowledge of the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Rhoades Elementary, in the MSD of Wayne Township, Indianapolis, is a Title I building with approximately 25% of our students identified as English learners. With Indiana’s adoption of the College & Career Ready and WIDA ELD* Standards, it became increasingly important to build […]
Classroom Engagement
Professional Development Session Helps Teachers to Improve Student Engagement After thoroughly reading Dr. Robert Marzano’s “The Art and Science of Teaching,” Storer staff members conducted a professional development session where we analyzed each chapter and provided each other with examples on how we can use this information throughout the school building. After this session, each staff […]
Online Professional Development
Ways to Enhance Teacher Development Sustained professional development time has been curtailed due to changes in school scheduling. In addition, there is an online course management tool (MBC) that was underutilized. Some professional development materials and discussion topics were presented via MBC. Teachers responded to pertinent topics such as cultural competency, engaging children from poverty, […]
Etiquette Counts
Professional Dinner Etiquette These events prepare students for professional dinner and reception-style events they may attend after high school graduation, such as: events for scholarships, job interviews, fundraisers, mix and mingle events for membership organizations, or even wedding receptions. Whatever the event, we want out students to be prepared—to be educated in proper social and […]