Summer Institute 2019
JUNE 13 - JUNE 19, 2019
Office Of Teaching and Learning
Summer Institute
We are pleased to present the 2019 Summer Workshop Institute for Dartmouth Public Schools. In alignment with the Strategic Objectives in our District Strategic Plan, this year’s Summer Institute is focused on curriculum development and innovative practices at all levels.
Strategic Objective 1: Teaching and Learning:
- Develop and sustain a vertically and horizontally aligned curriculum, instruction, and assessment system to support growth of all learners.
- Strengthen practices and procedures that promote equal access to ensure social and emotional learning and college and career readiness for all with an emphasis on engagement, high expectations, and shared responsibilities.
The 2019 Summer Institute consist of two parts: Curriculum Summit: Thursday, June 13th and Friday, June 14th and PD Sessions: Monday, June 17th, Tuesday, June 18th and Wednesday, June 19th, individual 2 hour sessions that are focused on innovative practices
Curriculum Summit Structure: June 13 & 14, 2019 (Thursday and Friday)
The Curriculum Summit will focus on predetermined goals and participants will receive 10 hours of PDPs and will be compensated at the hourly workshop rate. Please join your grade level/department colleagues to develop and/or refine our curriculum maps for the 2019-2020 school year.
All levels of the Curriculum Summit will be structured the same way. Participants will meet 7AM-12PM on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, we will kick off the institute together outlining expectations, goals, reviewing Rubicon and elements of our unit template based on Understanding by Design. Grade Levels/Departments will then break up to write/refine/align their curriculum. On Friday, we will regroup for the last hour to share outcomes, grows and glows.
PD Sessions: June 17th, June 18th, and June 19th (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday)
The PD Sessions will focus on innovative practices that meet the needs of students to succeed in our changing world. Participants will discuss and explore ways to include multiple opportunities for students to collaborate, communicate and think critically into daily lessons. Many of the PD Sessions offered are repeats from our "Back to School PD' day which took place on August 28, 2018. Staff members had expressed an desire to attend sessions but not having enough time slots. The sessions were designed to fit large grade spans and departments. Participants will receive PDPs and will be compensated at the hourly workshop rate.
Dartmouth High School Curriculum Summit
Join your Lead Teachers in achieving your department’s curriculum development goals. Teachers from each department will work on their previously submitted plans to develop and refine curriculum units, revise Scope and Sequence and include blended and personalize and/or project-based learning experience. . All curriculum work will be documented in Rubicon Atlas.
Dartmouth Middle School Curriculum Summit
Partial Inclusion: Selected DMS special education teachers will begin to build their units of study for the upcoming school year for our partial inclusion classes. The team will research and share the resources they will be using vertically to create their units. Progressing monitoring forms and exit criteria will be explored.
Elementary Curriculum Summit
Join your colleagues refining If…. Then… Curriculum Units in Reading and/or Writing based on teacher feedback and student work. All units will be documented in Rubicon Atlas.
Social Studies Curriculum Summit
Elementary: Bringing History to Life: Explorers, Grade 4. Teachers will work with a Literacy Coach to find materials to supplement the teaching points in the America Revolution Unit to a new Explorer Unit aligned to the 2018 HSS Standards.
Middle: The middle school team will refine their scope and sequence and add resources to their early units. They will also begin the process of creating common assessments for each unit of study. DMS and DHS staff will discuss transition goals for their shared curriculum.
High: The high school team will align its unit plans to the newly-released 2018 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. New units on the Revolutionary War, other civil rights movements, and globalization will be added to the curriculum. Also, more student-centered blended learning lessons will be a focus of our work this summer.
Come learn and laugh with colleagues from all levels
Grade K and 1 Phonics Units of Study
Monday June 17, 2019
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Room: B30
Presenters: Lori O'Neil
Target Audience: K-1
Tips and Tricks to use ASPEN Data
Monday June 17, 2019
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Room: B12
Presenter: Hallie Larocque
Target Audience: PreK-12
Everyone Likes Making Things!
Monday June 17, 2019
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Room: B2 Innovation Lab
Presenter: Samuel Brodsky
Target Audience: PreK-12
Seesaw 1
Tuesday June 18, 2019
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Room: B30
Presenter: Sandra Chicca
Target Audience: PreK-12
Participants need to bring their laptop/chrome book
Seesaw Level 1- Beginner Level K-12
Intro to Seesaw. What is Seesaw?, setting up classes, view as a student, create a library of lessons.
See the Math and Grow with ST (Spatial-Temporal) Math
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Room: B26
Presenters: Dana Doucette, Maureen Dorsey, Lynne Neves
Target Audience: Elementary
Participants need to bring their laptop/chromebook.
Come explore some tantalizingly tricky math puzzles that build a deep
conceptual understanding of math. ST (Spatial-Temporal) Math is a
supplemental, visual instructional program created by the MIND Research
Institute. It teaches foundational concepts visually, then connects those ideas
to symbols and language which can benefit struggling readers as well as ELLs.
Guided Inquiry Research Projects
Tuesday June 18, 2019
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Room: Library Media Center
Presenter: Laura GardnerTarget Audience: K-12
Guided Inquiry Design is a framework for research that is highly intellectually engaging and supports emotional and social aspects of learning. Learn how to use the inquiry process to design, guide and implement research projects that are driven by student interest and choice. We will delve into examples and student work. Bring a topic you think might be well-suited for the inquiry process, roll up your sleeves and get ready to dig in!
Seesaw 2
Tuesday June 18, 2019
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Room: B30
Presenter: Sandra Chicca
Target Audience: PreK-12
Participants need to bring their laptop/chrome book
Seesaw Level 2- K-12
For participants already familiar with Seesaw. Creating/editing lessons, engaging parents, creative ways to use the tools.
Brain Based Strategies
Tuesday June 18, 2019
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Room: Library Media Center
Presenter: Cathy ThomasTarget Audience: PreK-12
Participants will learn the basics of the science of the brain and how stress affects the body along with various interactive strategies including mindfulness.
Integrating Google Slides and Google Classroom
Wednesday June 19, 2019
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Room: B30
Presenter: David Finn-Clarke
Target Audience: PreK-12
Participants need to bring their laptop/chrome book
Participants will explore google slides as a tool to extend vocabulary understanding and will utilize Google classroom to grade and comment on student projects.
GOOSECHASE: Creating scavenger hunts for the classroom
Wednesday June 19. 2019
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Room: B12
Presenter: Leslie Gamache
Target Audience: PreK-12
Remember when you were a child and you were sent on a mission to find random things? Goosechase brings scavenger hunts to the 21st century. Participants blend together the tried and true fun of scavenger hunts with mobile technology. You will learn how to access Goosechase, create missions and let the learning and adventures begin. Participants need to bring their laptop/chrome book so they can create a free Goosechase account and see how they can access the material. Participants can also use their own mobile devices to download Goosechase app.
REGISTRATION
To register for a spot in a session please log into
your TeachPoint Account
Spots are first come, first serve.
Register Early!
Teachers will receive PDPs and be compensated at the hourly workshop rate.
Here are the easy steps for TeachPoint Registration.
- Log into your TeachPoint account
- On the left hand side tab, click on the GRADUATION CAP Icon
- Click on the top tab “Available Events”
- Click “signup” on the sessions you are interested in attending.
- If the session is full click the “wait-list’ link. You will be notified if a spot becomes available.
After registering for a session(s) you should see the session(s) under the tab 'My Activities.' Also, participants will be signing in to sessions via TeachPoint so, please make sure you can log into your account during the event.
Please remember to provide feedback for each session via TeachPoint. Once feedback is submitted a certificate of attendance will be available.
If you have any questions or comments, please call or e-mail Tracy Oliveira.