Hackberry Howl
Vol. 4 No. 21
LOVE-SERVE-CARE
Welcome Back!
FamiLE!
This Thursday and Friday are professional days. We will balance these days by providing professional development, give you time with your team, and time in your classrooms. The schedule for this week is listed below.
Thursday, January 3rd
8:00-9:00 December Awards and House Information for Second Semester (Library)
9:00-11:00 Team Time (working on bubble groups)
11:00-12:30 Lunch (On your own)
12:30-2:00-Session 1
2:00-2:15-Break
2:15-3:45- Session 2
Friday, January 4th
8:00-8:30 Pancake Breakfast
8:30-10:00 Session 3
10:15-11:45 Session 4
11:45-1:15-Lunch (On your own)
1:15-2:30-House Dodge Ball Tournament
2:30-3:45- OHI
*** You are required to go to attend 2 breakout sessions, the other two time slots will be for you to work in your classroom. Using the guide below plan your two PD sessions.
Session 1 & Session 3
Using MAP to Plan Intervention (Measles & Brodsky, Makerspace)
Learn how to use MAP data to plan effective interventions. We will locate and plan interventions for bubble students using an array of available resources.
Session 1 & Session 3
Steps to Becoming a Master Teacher (Richardson, Library)
Steps to becoming a master teacher will allow you to self-assess where you are in the continuum with relationships, classroom management, planning, instruction, and as an educational leader. After determining gaps in your self-evaluation, I’ll walk you through different ways you can improve and become a master teacher.
Session 1 & Session 3
Positive Behavior Strategies (Whitehead, PLC Room)
PBIS implementation involves explicitly prompting, modeling, practicing, and encouraging positive expected social skills across settings and individuals. When students are taught to effectively use relevant expected social skills for themselves and with others, school climates are described as more positive, learning environments are designated as safer, and student-educator relationships are referred to as more trusting and respectful.
Session 2 & Session 4
ESL Strategies (Escamilla & Moya, Room 409) 7 steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom
by John Seidlitz and Bill Perryman is a book that can serve not just your EL’s students but all. Not only the layout of this book is super reader-friendly but it is also filled will practical, researchbased instructional moves that are applicable to all content areas k-12. It will: 1. Teach students what to say when they don’t know what to say. 2. Have students speak in complete sentences. 3. Randomize & rotate when calling on students. 4. Use total response signals. 5. Use visuals and vocabulary strategies that support your objective. 6. Have students participate in structured conversations. 7. Have students participate in structure reading/writing activities.
Session 2 & Session 4
Guided Math Workshop (Northcutt & Olsson, Room 403)
Gain an in-depth explanation of the components of guided math through classroom research, videos, photos, and explanations. From warm-up and whole group mini-lessons to teacher-led small groups and centers/station rotations, get the BIG picture of what guided math is while at the same time having guidance in the details of each component through discussion and real classroom examples.