Week of October 30

Bus/Parking lot duty:  Cooley and Doering

Monday 10/30:  Non work day
Tuesday 10/31:  
Wednesday 11/1: Kaiser, Smith, Fehling, Gaynor at workshop
Thursday 11/2:   Kaiser, Smith, Fehling, Gaynor at workshop
Friday 11/3: 


Bus/Parking lot duty:  Fehling  

Monday 11/6:  Collaboration Day
Tuesday 11/7:  3:30 Mandatory Training for all Special Ed staff
Wednesday 11/8: IMEN VISIT.  
Thursday 11/9:   
Friday 11/10: 

IMEN Visit
On Wednesday, Nov. 8, IMEN will be visiting Venture High School.  They will be asking us about how our grading, delivery of instruction, instructional activities etc. reflect the the work we've done using the IMEN grant.  I will be pulling some progress reports randomly (names whited out) to show them how every teacher is using a mastery-based approach toward assessing and grading students.  We will talk about this more on our collaboration day, but it would be helpful if you could reflect on how your own practices have changed so we can share the progress we've made.  Also, if you have any questions or areas where you'd like more help, please email them to me so I can give them ideas for how they can support us as we continue this work.

Danielson Model Domain 3b
Possibly the two most important components of a classroom where students learn the material the teacher is hoping they will learn are high quality questioning and discussion strategies.  High quality questions and discussions promote quality thinking and higher levels of understanding in students.  My own anecdotal observations have led me to believe that these components are possibly the most significant indicators of high levels of learning.  And yet, these strategies are too often (way too often) missing from classroom instruction.  Here is a link that has some ideas for promoting quality discussions: