Educational Project - Symmesdarcy.com
Educational Project - Symmesdarcy.com
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Professional Development Plan:<br />
Symmes Junior High School<br />
Big Question: What measures do we take as a staff to effectively understand,<br />
implement, and evaluate our curriculum?<br />
Our plan will be ac<strong>com</strong>plished by:<br />
1) Focusing on a specific context<br />
2) Tapping into all available resources<br />
3) Effectively using reflection as a key element in the process<br />
Professional Development Plan Goals:<br />
1) Establish a Common Curriculum Language<br />
2) Broad Areas of Learning: What are they? What is their impact? How do we<br />
use them?<br />
3) Cross-Curricular Competencies: What are they? What is their impact?<br />
How do we use them?<br />
4) Review the framework for the Evaluation of/for Learning<br />
5) Develop a curriculum Map for each subject domain<br />
6) Sharing of Effective Practices: a staff <strong>com</strong>mitment to open classroom/visits;<br />
obligation to share after “visiting elsewhere/receiving outside PD<br />
7) Creation of and follow up with a Wednesday PM log book<br />
8) Use of portal a means to <strong>com</strong>municate effectively (<strong>com</strong>mitment to provide<br />
staff with necessary training)<br />
9) Regular review of the 12 Teacher Competencies<br />
10) Commitment by all staff members to build and maintain a Professional<br />
Growth Plan<br />
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