Lamar 2.0 Program

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROTATION SCHEDULE

Coffee & Juice (Provided) One Group for Professional Development Overview (Cafeteria) Group E Pictures/Everyone Else Respond to Literature Circle Prompts

Lunch (Provided)

Coffee & Juice (Provided)

Lunch (Provided)

Coffee & Juice (Provided)

One Group for Professional Development Goals (Cafeteria) Lunch (On Your Own) SAT Planning/Online Professional Development

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Coffee & Juice (Provided) One Group for Professional Development Overview (Cafeteria) Group E Pictures/Everyone Else Respond to Literature Circle Prompts

Lunch (Provided)

Coffee & Juice (Provided)

Lunch (Provided)

Coffee & Juice (Provided)

One Group for Professional Development Goals (Cafeteria) Lunch (On Your Own) SAT Planning/Online Professional Development

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DESCRIPTION OF MODULES

PERSONALIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS Led by Deborah Verdon • •

Description of official teacher assessments, including PDAS and MPDAS Introduction to the personalized professional goals

Expected Product: Rough draft of personal professional goals IB WORLD SCHOOL PROGRAM Led by Philip Mantaring, Jon Mallam, Penelope Tschirhart • •

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Overview of IB Programmes Discussion on all teachers’ roles in the IB Program at Lamar o DP teachers o 9th or 10th grade teachers  non “Pre-­‐DP” teachers  “Pre-­‐DP” teachers o 11th or 12th grade teachers whose classes do not specifically fall within the DP o School-­‐wide responsibilities and initiatives  Online Curriculum Centre  IB workshops/conferences  new writing curriculum  Personal Project Teacher responsibilities specific to each programme o Diploma Programme Responsibilities (DP teachers will be pulled out for a separate breakout session with Mr. Mallam) o Middle Years Programme Responsibilities  Areas of Interaction  MYP Documentation  syllabus  scope and sequence  unit plans  MYP grading scales and rubric-­‐style grading  Monitoring of Assessment – Prescribed Minimum Tasks/Six-­‐Weeks Tasks

Expected Products: Course syllabus, first three unit plans complete, six week task and rubric

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TECH PRE-­‐LAB 1 Led by Laura Dietert •

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Login to Moodle and verify that every course you are teaching appears on your home page; if a course that you teach is not on you moodle home page after you log in, please follow the instructions in Click Sheet: Moodle: Requesting a Course.

• You will need to determine whether your course already exists.

• If a course exists, but you do not have access, please send an e-­‐mail immediately to lhstic@groups.live.com, requesting that you be granted teacher permissions to the existing course.

• If a course does not already exist, please follow the instructions on the click sheet for requesting a course.

Create and/or modify a syllabus to bring in line with IB World School expectations; the expectations will be further discussed in the IB World School Program module.

Create and/or modify a scope and sequence to bring in line with IB World School expectations; the expectations will be further discussed in the IB World School Program module.

Core teachers should discuss opportunities for interdisciplinary units.

Core support teachers should have access to the butcher paper created on the 17th and can start looking for interdisciplinary connections, and thinking about their unit plans in terms of the scope and sequence for other classes.

Expected Products: IB-­‐compliant syllabus in a digital format, scope and sequence, interdisciplinary units TECHNOLOGY LAB 1 Led by Robin Bissell In Moodle:

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Clear user data from 2009-­‐2010 Set up enrollment key and ensure guest access Set up groups, group enrollment keys, and groupings Topic outline

Bring: Course schedule (which courses you will be teaching which periods), IB-­‐compliant syllabus in a digital format, scope and sequence Expected Products: Old Moodle course site purged, new enrollment keys and groupings created, topic outline posted on Moodle TECH PRE-­‐LAB 2 Led by Angela Rice • • • •

Create and/or modify a six-­‐weeks task (with rubric) to bring in line with IB World School Expectations Determine due date for the first six-­‐weeks task and date when IB coordinator can expect complete samples Investigate activities in Moodle. (see Click Sheet: Moodle: Activities) Determine which activities will be submitted online, as our school-­‐wide goal is to have all teachers providing at least 25% of all instruction and assessment with technology.

Expected Products: Digital copy of six-­‐week task with rubric, due dates for common assessments and six-­‐week tasks, digital copies of activities that can be submitted by students through Moodle, e.g., quizzes, reading prompts, graphs, etc.

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TECHNOLOGY LAB 2 Led by Steven Budd In Moodle: • Adding links to the internet • Adding files (six-­‐weeks task and rubric) • Adding events to calendar • Using news forum • Adding activities Bring: Digital copy of six-­‐week task with rubric, due dates for common assessments and six-­‐week tasks, digital copies of activities that can be submitted by students through Moodle, e.g., quizzes, reading prompts, graphs, etc.

Expected Products: Activities and links posted on topic outline on Moodle, important due dates on Moodle TECHNOLOGY LAB 3 Led by Robin Licato Windows Live: • Creating an account • Updating profiles • Storing files • Creating groups Expected Products: Microsoft Live account setup, subject-­‐area groups created for sharing files TECHNOLOGY LAB 4 Led by Nicolas Alvarado and Jonathan Eyles • • • •

Lamar Help Desk Checkout procedures Accessing Alexandria from the classroom Student Logins/PSConnect Accounts (see Click Sheet: Creating a Student Login on PSConnect and Click Sheet: Locating the Student PEIMS Number)

Expected Products: Classroom resource checkout

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PRODUCTS During the 3-­‐day in-­‐service, all teachers will collaborate on the following: 1.

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Course Syllabus (modified per IB World School expectations) Scope & Sequence IB Unit Plans for Cycles 1-­‐3 1st Six-­‐Weeks Task and Rubric Respond to the prompts for the literature circle on Moodle Draft of personal professional development goals Moodle site ready for students: reset with topic outline, six-­‐week tasks with rubrics, groupings by teacher (with enrollment keys), important dates noted

Additionally, self-­‐paced online professional development includes the following: 1.

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GradeSpeed setup Initial navigation through the online training (Professional Development 2010 course in Moodle) • Respond to the 4 literature circle prompts for Our Iceberg is Melting • Complete each Assessment • Professional Expectations • Grading & Attendance • Discipline • Teacher Absences • Business Office

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GROUP PARTICIPANTS Name Allen, Nathan Arnold, Debra Badeaux, Margaret Bajracharya, Sujan Balaco, Rosa Barvin, Linn Bible, Joe Bissell, Robin Blackmon, Shelbi Blair, Eloise Brabo, Simon Brown, Kenneth Brown, Rodger Budd, Steven Bullard, Ivory Carnegis, John Casas, Darlene Chilivetis, Steve Chitmon, Kasey Cochran, Jan Collett, Robert Covarrubias, Krystal Dabbs, Deborah Dang, Tau David, Joseph Davison, Jeremy Demore, Renita Dennis, Ida Derks, Paul Dickerson, Nathan DiTommaso, Amy Doctor, Shawn Dolch, Nancy Downey, Amy Duffy, Crystal English, Katrina Exezidis, Roxane Falcon, Roberto Fastow, Carl

Group D A F E E D A A A B D F H H E E E F B A D A D G D D D D F G E G F D C H G G D

Name Fisher, David Forbes, Stephanie Fowler, Benjamin Freeman, Courtney Gaido, Lynette Gayle, Raymond Gillespie, Dennis Golden, Joanne Gonzales, Leonard Grai, David Granata, Grace Green, Elaine Green, Tyrone Gremillion, Amy Griffith, Benjamin Grimm, Emme Guo, Liming Gurulla, Rachel Gutman, Sofia Gutowsky, Mary Haymond, Kay Hidalgo, Victoria Holladay, James Holley, Ryan Houston, Scott Howarth, Eleanor Jenkins, Melvin Jimenez, Juan Johnson, Garry Johnson, Kessika Jones, Bernadine Jones, Josephine Kling, Brittany Knox, Dianne Kwok, Johnathan Leverett, Nancy Licato, Robin Lis, Kimberly Mahendran, Chris

Group H G E H F A A C A H B D H H C F G H C G H F A E B D D G D F F C B A F D H E G

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Name Maldonado, Connie Malowitz, Lee Managuit, Josephine Mantaring, Peter Markert, John Martinez, Alec Massey, Ronnie McBride, Meoka McCall, David McDonald, Stephen McIntyre, Rita McWilliams, Mary Meadough, Barbara Meng, Fanjuan Mizwa, Beth Moore, Michael Moore, Richard Morrow, Angela Mulet, Miriam Mundy, Kathleen Munoz, David Owen, Tara Page, Anita Marie Penaloza, Raquel Phan, Minh Pinkney, Steve Pitre, Micaela Polydoros, Dorothea Quinn, John Rakhmatulin, Timur Ramon, Jennifer Rice, Angela Roberts, Brian Rochon, Steve Rollins, Teresa Rusiana, Noeme Rygh, Veronica Saldivar, Ernest Samson, William

Group F D G G B C G B C D B G D D A H E C E G A C C C A A C A G A H C F D E E H E E

GROUP PARTICIPANTS Name Schmid, Barbara Schneider, Eric Scholz, Chad Schwartz, Paul Senkel, Carol Shalin, Jeffrey Shaw, Sandra Shirey, Dolly Shirl, Sharna Solano, Daniel Sollinger, Susan Southwell, Ann Spears, Rebecca Spencer, Jason Stein, Sandra Steverson, Dottie Summers, Jeffrey Sun, Yanhua Swearingen, Lauren Thomas, Nimmi Thompson, Kevin Tish, Mark Titus, Casey Tran, Thanh Trousdale, Lenieta Trujillo, Veronica Turley, Tamara VanDusen, Jerry Vera, Sandra Wagman, Sylvia Weise, David Wells, Emily Wheeler, Kevin Wilcox, Frances Williams, Angela Williams, Tamon Wilson, Sara Wingfield, Susan Wolfe, Ethel

Group E H E

E F E C B E D A H H G A B F F C H F G E C C F E C C C F H D D A B B G

Name Wu, Lan Younkin, Carol Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xiaotian

Group H B E F

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PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS TEMPLATE: GOAL #1 Initial statement of goal:

What inspired you to choose this goal? Did you see someone using a particular tool, or meet someone who already achieved or aspired to that goal? Where were you? Describe the setting.

How will you know when you’ve reached your goal?

When you reach this goal, how will it help your students?

Contacts: Who are some people that you can go to for help? How will you contact them (email, phone, meeting, room)?

Name

Contact Info

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PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS TEMPLATE: GOAL #1 Tools: What books, websites, or other resources might help?

Obstacles: What problems or difficulties do you anticipate?

Steps: Outline a plan for achieving your goal.

Evaluation: Are you achieving your goals? How can you demonstrate to someone else that you’re achieving your goals?

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS TEMPLATE: GOAL #2 Initial statement of goal:

What inspired you to choose this goal? Did you see someone using a particular tool, or meet someone who already achieved or aspired to that goal? Where were you? Describe the setting.

How will you know when you’ve reached your goal?

When you reach this goal, how will it help your students?

Contacts: Who are some people that you can go to for help? How will you contact them (email, phone, meeting, room)?

Name

Contact Info

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PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS TEMPLATE: GOAL #2 Tools: What books, websites, or other resources might help?

Obstacles: What problems or difficulties do you anticipate?

Steps: Outline a plan for achieving your goal.

Evaluation: Are you achieving your goals? How can you demonstrate to someone else that you’re achieving your goals?

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PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS TEMPLATE: GOAL #3 Initial statement of goal:

What inspired you to choose this goal? Did you see someone using a particular tool, or meet someone who already achieved or aspired to that goal? Where were you? Describe the setting.

How will you know when you’ve reached your goal?

When you reach this goal, how will it help your students?

Contacts: Who are some people that you can go to for help? How will you contact them (email, phone, meeting, room)?

Name

Contact Info

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PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS TEMPLATE: GOAL #3 Tools: What books, websites, or other resources might help?

Obstacles: What problems or difficulties do you anticipate?

Steps: Outline a plan for achieving your goal.

Evaluation: Are you achieving your goals? How can you demonstrate to someone else that you’re achieving your goals?

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2010 Board of Education Greg Meyers, President Paula M. Harris, First Vice President Carol Mims Galloway, Secretary Anna Eastman, Assistant Secretary Mike Lunceford Lawrence Marshall Harvin C. Moore Manuel Rodríguez Jr. Administration Terry B. Grier, Ed. D., Superintendent of Schools James A. McSwain, Ed.D., Principal, Lamar High School

Houston Independent School District Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center 4400 West 18th Street Houston, Texas 77092-8501 Web site: www.houstonisd.org

Mirabeau B. Lamar High School An International Baccalaureate World School 3325 Westheimer Road • Houston, Texas 77098-1003 713-522-5960 Fax: 713-535-3769 www.lamarhs.com