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1.11.10 PD agenda

The purpose of this handout (or whatever you want to call it) is to help you map out where you would like to your professional development to go in the next few months (and potentially longer).

And yes, this can, and should, coincide with your PDP.

So yeah, sit back, listen to the music, and take some time answering the following questions in whatever way you see fit. Talk, scribble, draw, whatev.

And if you need a context, all of these questions are meant for your professional lives. Just trying to be clear. And since I’m and English guy, please answer all of these in complete sentences.


 * 1) What, specifically, are your strengths at this point?
 * 2) What, specifically, do you want to fix. Again, be as specific as possible. And you don’t need a laundry list, but enough to get you where I can support you with some stuff.
 * 3) (you’ve seen this before, but so what). What does it mean to you to develop professionally? Or even better, what does it look like and sound like?
 * 4) Given your answer to question three, and more importantly, the kids sitting in front of you each day who desperately need you to do the best you can, where would you like your professional development to go? (if you’re stuck, see the list below)


 * RTI**


 * Stress relief**


 * Authentic assessments and rubrics**


 * Professional development specific to your area (think age of kids)…**


 * Multiple Intelligence Stuff.**


 * Other ways to differentiate: thinking inventories, decision making inventories, personality types**
 * Books:**
 * What Works in Classroom Instruction (e-book)**
 * See bag**

Delpit: “Ebonics and culturally responsive instruction” Grant & Gillette: “10 Things you can do now to begin your professional journey” Haberman: “The pedagogy of poverty vs. good teaching” Landsman: “A white teacher talks about race” McIntosh: “White privilege – unpacking the invisible knapsack” McIntyre: “Multicultural antiracist education and whiteness” Nieto: “Affirming diversity” Orenstein: “Knowing the children we teach” Raines: “No I didn’t make it rain last night” Buehl: “Boosting vocabulary” Stiggins: “Every learner a winner” or “Assessment for learning, the achievement gap, and truly effective schools.” “Wikis, blogs podcasts and other Web 2.0 technologies” Articles on Oppositional Defiant Disorder Reinhart “Never say anything a kid can say” “Supporting reading comprehension: Responding to books” Anon. “Integrating technologies throughout our schools” Anon.
 * Articles:**


 * And then, you talk about it…**

Deadline to submit:_________________________________________________________________

My return:________________________________________________________________________

Your time to talk about what you are doing: ____________________________________________