As we reflect on the agenda for our March 5th staff development training, we ask ourselves a crucial question, “Is this training the kind of professional development that builds teacher capacity and sustains improvement?”
To find our answer, we continue asking…specifically “du four” questions from Rick DuFour:
Does the professional development increase the staff’s collective capacity to achieve the [...]
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Ask…and you shall receive. Our NMUSD Adult School Professional Growth Team met on February 14, 2008 to review our midyear PG survey results and begin planning our 2008 professional growth opportunities accordingly. Here’s what our NMUSD Adult School teachers requested. And here’s what we’re offering at our first technology training of 2008. Read on. Lead on!
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Information provided by:
Laurie Cozzolino cozzolino@pacbell.net
Nancy Hampson nhampson@sdccd.net
Eating Well, Living Well Online Teacher Training Webcasts are ready for use. To register and view the webcasts, go to http://www.sdcoe.net/eatingwell/welcome.asp.
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You want to take your class of 30 adult ESL students to the computer lab for hands-on computer experience. Your lesson objective is to teach how to access and use free ESL web sites. For many students, it will be their first time navigating the web. They feel nervous…and so do you!
Read on for some tips from experts in the field on how [...]
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Our curriculum planning team is working to provide additional tools for our Beginning Literacy teachers. Here is a draft of our ESL Beginning Literacy Expected Learner Outcomes. Read on for more information.
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