Half Day Inservice Agenda

September 21, 2004

All K-5 Teachers and Instructional Aids will report to Coolidge (Bring vendor catalogs, answers to the questions below, and completed surveys (attached) to this inservice)

1:00 – 1:05 Opening – New gymnasium Dawn Russert

Today’s goals are to: (1) review implementation of the Four Blocks/Building Blocks this far; (2) plan for implementation for the next two to three months; and (3) discuss the selection of classroom sets of multileveled readers for grades K-4.

1:05 – 1:35 Review implementation of the Four Blocks/Building Blocks. Bring your answers to the following

questions (with examples) to this inservice.

· What activities have you tried thus far (list as many as possible and then hang your list on the wall)?

· What has worked?

· How much time are you able to spend on each of the blocks each day?

· What words are up on your word walls as of today (not applicable to Kindergarten)?

· Tally individual responses for the four “Teacher Self-Evaluation Forms” and hang the totaled tallies on the wall.

· What are your goals for the upcoming two months (list and hang on the wall)?

1:35 – 1:45 Get up and review the posters hung by the other grade levels / BREAK

1:45 – 2:15 Planning for continued implementation of the Four Blocks for the upcoming two months

(please come prepared to share):

1. What multi-leveled readers (shared reading materials) are you planning to use?

2. List the goals your grade develops as a result of your implementation review earlier today (hang them on the wall when done).

2:15-2:20 Review goals of other grade levels

2:20-3:20 Grade levels to identify classroom sets of multileveled readers (big books/shared books for

Kindergarten) for their classrooms.

Each teacher must turn in their list to Dawn Russert.

Elementary School Exceptions:
1:05 – 2:20	LRC Directors meeting at Coolidge (LRC clerks work in their libraries).
1:05 – 3:20	Nurse to meet with health clerks.
1:05 – 3:20	Elementary Fine arts and PE staff will meet to articulate their curriculum.

All 6-8 Teachers will report to Memorial

Departmental Meetings at Crawl

Social workers, Psychologist, Speech pathologists, Occupational therapists will hold a departmental meeting.

Half Day Inservice Agenda

September 21, 2004

All 6-8 Teachers will report to Memorial

SESSION 1

1:00 – 1:20 Opening – Multipurpose Room – Rob Zimbelman

Today’s goals are to: (1) think about study groups as you hear the math study group presentation (2) receive training on United Streaming on a rotating basis; and (3) meet by department for “Eclass”, SAT, and Explore preparation on a rotating basis.

1:20 – 1:30 Move to designated areas for Session 2/Break.

SESSION 2

1:30 – 2:20 ALL math, social studies, PE, and special education teachers to report to the computer lab for

United Streaming training with David Lesak (demonstration, creation of login id’s and

passwords, hands-on searching for resources to be used for instruction).

1:30 – 2:20 All other teachers will report by subject areas to discuss Eclass, SAT, and Explore preparations.

2:20 - 2:30 Move to designated areas for Session 3/Break.

SESSION 3

2:30 – 3:20 ALL science, language arts, and block teachers to report to the computer lab for United Streaming

training with David Lesak (demonstration, creation of login id’s and passwords, hands-on

searching for resources to be used for instruction).

2:30 – 3:20 All other teachers will report by subject areas to discuss Eclass, SAT, and Explore preparations.

3:20 Dismissal