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Bremerton School DistrictACT SystemOverview of the interACtive Professional Development ModelAssessmentCommon CoreTPEPinterACTive Professional Development Model Assessment, CCSS, & TPEPWhat ACT is:It is a district-wide, interactive, & engaging professional development modelIt is an opportunity to build capacity in ALL teacher-leaders and administrators as we transition to CCSS through assessments & new Teacher/Principal evaluation.It is a Professional Learning Community that fosters active learning, participation, support, and teaching adult learnersIt will improve the communication loop about key federal, state, and district initiatives between teachers, principals and central office

StudentJune

Next Steps for 2013-14CelebrateSetting the StageRolling the ACT planAction in SeptemberExplained ACT system and goalsReviewed components of effective professional developmentPLC vs PLDTeam and individual expectationsEstablished normsReviewed Major Instructional Shifts in ELA/Literacy and MathematicsLaunched BSD ACT PLC Edmodo siteProfessional Development and LearningProfessional DevelopmentLearning Communities-The term professional development means a comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approach to improving teachers and principals effectiveness in raising student achievement-Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment

Professional Development and Learning

Storming, Forming, NORMingCreating group norms will help to establish how we will collaborate, communicate, and actively work together this year as an ACT teamSample norms are on your table topsIn your table groups, please take five minutes to identify the norms that you believe are important for our group to establishFeel free to add your own norms ideasFrom your table lists, we will share out to create the initial large-group norm list together on chart paperWe will then revisit the norms at our next meeting to make sure they are workable for allWe will honor the norms at each meeting by having them visible

ELA/LiteracyMathematicsClassroom Materials and Instructional ResourcesReading lists are balancedMaterials are focused ERASE!Teacher Knowledge and Practice80% of questions are text- dependentHave a deep understanding of major work of the gradeStudent WorkDemonstrate close encounters with text through writingDemonstrate fluency and deep understanding of areas of focus Alberti, Sandara. Achieve the CoreGetting into the workOctober ACT MeetingAction in OctoberFeedback activityHow was CCSS major shift information shared and used in your schools? Video and table discussion activityText-dependent questioning and responses (Engage New York)New learning7 steps for developing text dependent questions Achieve the CoreDomains of Knowledge (Webb) and Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Hess)Breakout sessionsElementary text dependent questioning sorting activitySecondary text dependent questioning in the content areasTraining take back activities and guiding questions on Edmodo

Training and shared resourcesUsing Edmodo as the tool that unites

Online tool to support our workEdmodo Files for September and October

Support Tools for ACT workstored on Edmodo