Curriculum Corner
North Callaway R-1
Notes from Niki
This newsletter will be published occasionally, hopefully, every month, in order to keep you up to date on PD opportunities, provide interesting articles that I run across, and give details for upcoming district-wide PD and provide BYOC information. Please let me know what questions you have and how I can be of help to you.
PD for September 21
Williamsburg and Hatton-McCredie
- 8:00- noon- Active Shooter Training by the Callaway County Sheriff's office and Fulton Police Department (All building staff are required to attend this training)
- Noon- 12:30- Lunch
- 12:30- 1:20- Building Time (organized by building principals)
- 1:20- Early release of those who were required to report early prior to Labor Day, any remaining certified staff should work on Curriculum
NCMS
- 10:40- Late Start for those who were required to report early prior to Labor Day; any other certified staff should work on Curriculum
- 10:40- 11:30- Building Time (organized by building principals)
- 12:00- 4:00- Active Shooter Training by the Callaway County Sheriff's office and Fulton Police Department (All building staff are required to attend this training)
NCHS
- 8:00- 11:30- Building Time (organized by building principals)
- 12:00- 4:00- Active Shooter Training by the Callaway County Sheriff's office and Fulton Police Department (All building staff are required to attend this training)
Professional Learning
- Instructional Shifts to Support Deep Learning- an article by Jay McTighe and Harvey Silver
- A link to register for a free 30-minute webinar on how to use Google Jamboard. The webinar is provided by Simple K12.
- If you are pretty proficient with Google Classroom and looking to use it in more powerful ways, you might enjoy Matt Miller's (of Ditch that Textbook fame- not NCHS fame) blog about 10 add-on's to try.
District Continuous Improvement (DCI)
- Establish an environment supportive of instructional change through the enhancement of structures and processes
- Implement an evidence-based framework for instruction, which includes components that have a demonstrated positive impact on teaching and learning outcomes and
- Improve student outcomes through incremental, yet impactful changes at the district, building, and classroom levels.
The more I learn about DCI, the more pleased I am to be a part of it. I love that it helps us use our existing programs but helps us leverage research to make them more effective. The focus on training and using a coaching approach is also consistent with the PD research that I am doing for my doctorate, so that is exciting.
You will hear more about DCI in the coming weeks as we collect data and engage in some goal-setting for the year. I look forward to hearing what you think about it.
BYOC
For courses that are not new, the level of expectation is below.
North Callaway R-1 Curriculum and Instruction
Email: nbuschmann@nc.k12.mo.us
Website: nc.k12.mo.us
Location: 2690 Thunderbird Drive, Kingdom City, MO, USA
Phone: (573)386-2214
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