Professional Communication PD
I read a few articles from the IUS database and found that adults are engaged more when they are watching something. They also like to have access review materials when they are ready to try things on their own.
I used a web-based lesson plan book this year with my team and cooperating teachers. I found it useful to communicate with peers and parents about the things that we are teaching or doing within the classroom.
Since my school is a Professional Learning Community, this website provided easy access to share within the school community. My Exceptional Child Education teachers, English Second Language teachers and the itinerant teachers all found this sharing very helpful when they were teaching my grade level.
Next year I will be a Computer teacher and will want to integrate my material with the grade level teachers as much as possible, I thought that if I can share how this website enabled the communication within my team, that other teachers in different grade levels would want to as well.
I created the video for teachers to refer back to after the training was held. It is my hope that I can get one teacher from every grade to use this website next year and share with the itinerant teachers and support staff. If we are all able to work together on the same skills, the students will be reinforced in content that much more.
I used a web-based lesson plan book this year with my team and cooperating teachers. I found it useful to communicate with peers and parents about the things that we are teaching or doing within the classroom.
Since my school is a Professional Learning Community, this website provided easy access to share within the school community. My Exceptional Child Education teachers, English Second Language teachers and the itinerant teachers all found this sharing very helpful when they were teaching my grade level.
Next year I will be a Computer teacher and will want to integrate my material with the grade level teachers as much as possible, I thought that if I can share how this website enabled the communication within my team, that other teachers in different grade levels would want to as well.
I created the video for teachers to refer back to after the training was held. It is my hope that I can get one teacher from every grade to use this website next year and share with the itinerant teachers and support staff. If we are all able to work together on the same skills, the students will be reinforced in content that much more.
How to set up your own online planbook
Professional Development (beyond the school level)
I posted this above youtube to my pinterest account for other teachers across the world to view. I also attended a Kentucky Educators Association meeting over Spring Break. I networked with teachers there and participated in a phone blast to Mitch McConnell's office while there. We were all provided with notecards to fill out so that they could send it off to the Senator.