Sue Jacob

Chaska High School

Professional Development Coordinator

  

Office:  B141

Phone: (952) 556-1441

Email:  JacobS@district112.org

 

 

Educators in District 112 believe that....

  • All students must be engaged in rigorous and relevant course work;

  • All students can learn………a lot; 

  • Rigorous and relevant instruction requires backward planning, meaningful interdisciplinary connections and real world application.  A critical element of instruction includes a balanced assessment system, including formative, summative and common assessments.

Teachers in District 112 ensure that...

  • District standards (reflecting best practice, state and national standards) are placed in all courses and aligned within and across levels;

  • They differentiate curriculum and instruction to meet the needs of all students;

  •  Literacy skills are embedded in all their courses.  Literacy skills include reading, writing, academic vocabulary, information technology, speaking.

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2007-08 Calendar of

Late Starts and Professional Development Workshop Days

 

Late Starts
Date  Time Agenda

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

 8:00-10:00 AM

1 hour:  Professional Learning Community (PLC) time

1 hour:  Secondary Design Study Groups
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:00-10:00 AM

1 hour:  Professional Learning Community (PLC) time

1 hour:  Secondary Design Study Groups
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:00-10:00 AM

1 hour:  Professional Learning Community (PLC) time

1 hour:  Secondary Design Core Teams/Strategic Planning
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:00-10:00 AM

1 hour:  Professional Learning Community (PLC) time

1 hour:  Secondary Design Core Groups
Note:  All staff is expected to attend all late starts; talk to your content specialist if you have concerns.

             

Professional Development Workshop Days
Date  Time Agenda

Friday, November 30, 2007

 8:00 AM -3:00 PM

  • Professional Learning Community time (2 hr) (AM)

  • Design Team Study Groups

  • TBA (includes special programs meeting time in PM)
Friday, February 29, 2008 8:00 AM -3:00 PM

  • Professional Learning Community time (2 hr) (AM)

  • Design Team Study Groups

  • TBA (includes special programs meeting time in PM)
Note:  All staff is expected to attend these workshops; talk to your content specialist if you have concerns.

 

 

 

 

Professional Learning Communities

 

District 112’s three-year plan for professional development provides educators with job-embedded training in the content knowledge and instructional strategies needed for our students to be competitive in the 21st Century. In 2007-08 professional learning communities (PLCs) will be arranged by department and facilitated by each department's content specialist.  For this year, professional learning communities will be embedded into the “late start” schedule and professional development workshop days.

 

2007-08 Professional Development Goal

All the 6-12 professional learning communities will learn to use the Understanding by Design (UbD) backwards design protocol to design curriculum units.  To this end, each member of a professional learning community will create at least one unit that demonstrates his/her understanding of the UbD lesson planning design by including the following elements:

1.      Clearly identified content standards, enduring understandings, essential questions, key knowledge and skills students will acquire in the unit;

2.      Rigorous and relevant summative assessment

3.      Specific formative assessments that inform instruction

4.      Specific teaching and learning activities that will equip students to engage with, develop, and demonstrate the desired understandings.

 

What are Content Specialists?

Content specialists are a cadre of “coaches or trainers” who are responsible for receiving training and presenting and supporting the training of a group of teachers (professional learning community/department).  The content specialists will work with the professional development coordinators to plan and implement their building’s professional development program.    Content specialists meet monthly on Wednesdays.

 

Who are the 2007-08 Content Specialists? Click here for 9-12 content specialists list

 

Content Specialists 9-12 Meeting Schedule

(3:30-4:45pm)

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

 

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