Welcome Back DHS Team 9
Building Panther Pride! March 21, 2013
What do you expect and how will you be convicted of communicating those expectations?
5 Questions about your questions
1. Is your question focused on WHAT, WHEN, HOW MANY or WHO? What would be the benefit of adding the WHY?
2. Are you encouraging students to ask more questions and are you encouraging your students to take risks?
3. Have you thought about modelling an answer or adding key vocabulary to improve the quality of student responses?
4. Have you asked students to comment on each other’s responses and if so, have you been explicit about the possible nature of their peer-to-peer comments?
5. Does your question stimulate thinking, promote reasoning and encourage interaction between students?
Reminders for Spring 2016
Let's work to improve our safety (Check out these verbs)
Monitor students during passing periods
If you keep a student for tutorial, keep them the entire time
Do not leave students in the halls, unsupervised
Hall passes are required-one per student
Consider the time of day (our parades occur after lunch)
If your student is out of class, without a pass or pending referral, we will follow up with you
Keep getting better!
Change is good!
From PDAS to T-TESS: A few quick points to note
- It was developed by educators for educators.
- The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) was the contractor using educator input to create the system. It’s not NIET’s first rodeo when it comes to teacher evaluation. The organization has developed a rigorous teacher evaluation focused on teacher development for the Teacher Advancement Program.
- The T-TESS rubric aligns directly with the new Texas Teacher Standards.
- When they are evaluated, educators will receive actionable, timely feedback that they can use to improve their skills, a first for most. Post-evaluation conferences are ‘nonnegotiable,’ and every teacher gets a professional improvement plan to inform his or her professional development.
- Multiple, lesson-length observations, at least one unannounced, are recommended.
Summer Professional Development is coming your way
Email: nbernard@duncanvilleisd.org
Website: http://www.duncanvilleisd.org/Domain/23
Location: 900 W Camp Wisdom Rd, Duncanville, TX 75116, United States
Phone: 972-708-3700