Bladen County’s Race to the TOP Professional Development Lead Teachers

Welcome and Congratulations!

Why are you here?

• Chosen by your supervisors because of your knowledge and leadership skills

• 21st Century professionals preparing Future Ready Students

• Enhance and share your knowledge of the Common Core and Essential Standards

• Given the opportunity to demonstrate how you meet NC Professional Teaching Standards

Professional Teaching Standards  STANDARD I: TEACHERS DEMONSTRATELEADERSHIP STANDARD II: TEACHERS ESTABLISHA RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT FORA DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS STANDARD III: TEACHERS KNOW THECONTENT THEY TEACH STANDARD IV: TEACHERS FACILITATELEARNING FOR THEIR STUDENTS STANDARD V: TEACHERS REFLECT ON THEIR PRACTICE

Ice Breaker!

Team NormsWhat Are Team Norms or Relationship Guidelines?Team norms are a set of rules or guidelines that a team establishes to shape the interaction of team members with each other and with employees who are external to the team. Team norms can be developed during an early team meeting. More norms can be added as the team sees the need for additional guidelines. http://humanresources.about.com/od/teambuilding/qt/norms.htm

Find Your Favorite Shape!

The Common Core

The Common Core

FYI: There’s an app for that!

http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Common-Core-Standards-March-2010.ppt

Paired Reading

• Find a partner.

•Sit ear to mouth

•Determine who is A and B

•Partners read the article.

•Listening partner asks questions. Reading partner responds.

•Switch roles

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Essential Standards

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Mathematics: Standardsfor Mathematical Practice

The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students.

1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.4 Model with mathematics.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.6 Attend to precision.7 Look for and make use of structure.8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Time for a break. Please be back in 20 minutes.

Growing a standard.

Time to explore on the computers.

Common Core: Math

• Standards for Mathematical Practice• Math Common Core• Instructional Support Tools (Unpacking and Crosswalks)

Time Line for Change

Helping with Math

http://www.helpingwithmath.com/resources/oth_flashcards.htm#flashcards

Illuminations

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=75

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=18

National Libarary of Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html