Bronx BASH Weekly #5

ATLAS MAPS

Must be completed for Term 1 by Friday, October 7th.

OUTGOING MAIL

Box on counter in main office, must be stamped before it placed in the box. School-related business only.

PLATO

SIGN IN SHEETS- must be completed every Thursday and attached to your time sheet. See Mr. Link with any questions.

Students registered by you must be seen every week.

Course final must be taken in your presence on a Thursday afternoon (2:10-2:50 pm) or other mutually arranged time.

PLATO Webinar

DataCation Webinar Series on 10/4 and 10/6

DataCation will be hosting weekly Webinar days throughout the year.  Here is the next in a series of Training Webinars.  Please feel free to share with all your teachers and administrators.  Each Webinar is open to the first 100 participants who register.  You must register by clicking on the link provided below the Webinar Series description.  If you would like additional information or need assistance in registering, please contact technical support at 866.817.0726. 

Setting Up Your Gradebook on Skedula Q&A
  • Setting Grading Categories
  • Choosing Standards from the School Tree
  • Setting Valid Grades
  • Setting Grading Icons
  • Grouping and Renaming Courses
  • Creating New Assignments
  • Editing Assignments
  • Grading Assignments through the Grade Assignments page, the Gradebook and the Seating Charts
  • Grading in bulk and curving assignment grades
  • Student Performance
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Time: 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/316884126

Using Features on Skedula Q&A
  • Anecdotal
  • The Student Portfolio Page
  • Messaging
  • Taking Attendance
  • Grading Reports / Student Performance

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2011 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/257121078


 

9/26 PD- Framework for Teaching, Exploring the Competencies

From today's PD- Teachers sharing evidence of what they do effectively do already:
  • Designing Coherent Instruction- Unit maps, Bloom's questions articulated in lesson plans, agenda and summary in the classroom, student choice of projects, diversified groupings
  • Establishing a Culture for Learning- High expectations conveyed to students on a daily basis, connection between hard work and achievement is emphasized
  • Managing Student Behavior- Establish rules from the beginning, school-wide enforcement of agreed upon policies, positive reinforcement
  • Using Questioning and Discussion- Deeper questions for all students present- differentiated & scaffolded, discussion turned over to the students when they are ready
  • Engaging Students in Learning- High levels of questioning, alignment of unit goals with lesson and lesson with instructional objective, providing exemplars
  • Assessment in Instruction- Learning targets achieved, criteria (rubrics) shared with students, establish culture of self-assessment
Principal Eisinger would like us to go deeper in future PD on
  • Self -check throughout any given lesson to make sure there is alignment between classroom activity and your Instructional Objective (Designing Coherent Instruction)
  • The use of exemplars so students understand what characteristics of quality work (Assessment in Instruction)
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9/27 PD- Atlas Rubicon, Active Participation, Higher Order Thinking Questions, Level of Concern

Karen from Heart of Change had a morning meeting with Tejeda, Sam, and Borges. Visited classes of Allison, Fitzgerald and MacVicar. All other teachers worked on their Atlas maps.