MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Monthly Planning Template Mary Mooney Tara Raymond February 8, 2012

Learning Intention We are learning to use a monthly planning template as tool for analyzing the Instructional Guide.

Success Criteria We will be able to fill out each section of the planning template and explain how the template can be used with your staff.

Standard Focus Critical Area of Focus:Timeline: CCSSM Content Standards: (Summarize in your own words) CCSSM Practice Standards: (Pick 2 standards to focus on for the month) By the end of the month my students will be able to:

Digging Deeper Instructional Guide Student Misconceptions and Ways to Avoid Them: Instructional Practice Notes: Differentiation – Below Level: – Above Level:

Planning and Resources Textbook Navigations Internet Lessons Other Assessments Vocabulary

How it’s used During Grade Level Meetings Filled out continuously throughout the month Begin with standards/pacing guide – Textbook is used a guide to decide what the major CCSSM is Helps to keep grade level teams on the same page

Example 1 1 st Grade (orange sheets) 1/31 – Standard Focus (page 1) Looked at textbook along with pacing guide (expressions) to verify standards Read standards and summarized in their own words By the end of month… Chose lessons to be taught for the upcoming week

1 st Grade Continued… 2/7 – Read instructional practice notes for the standard Discussed anything new or different Summarized on sheet – Team discussed differentiation ideas for the upcoming week – Misconceptions read and summarized – Planned for upcoming week using the additional resources in the Instructional Guide

Explore Work with your grade level team to fill out the monthly guide for March

Summarize Share out – What would work for your teachers? – What would you change? – Where any parts of guide difficult to fill out?

Apply Use this with at least one grade level/teacher. Be prepared to talk to your team about how the process went in 2 weeks.

Learning Intention We are learning to use a monthly planning template as tool for analyzing the Instructional Guide.

Success Criteria We will be able to fill out each section of the planning template and explain how the template can be used with your staff.

Milwaukee Public Schools Monthly Planning Template MPS Board of School Directors Dr. Michael Bonds, President Larry Miller, Vice President Mark Sain, District 1 Jeff Spence, District 2 Annie Woodward, District 4 Dr. Peter Blewett, District 6 David Voeltner, District 7 Meagan Holman, District 8 Terrence Falk, At-Large Senior Team Dr. Gregory Thornton, Superintendent Naomi Gubernick, Chief of Staff Darienne Driver, Chief Innovation Officer Tina Flood, Chief Academic Officer Dr. Karen Jackson, Chief Human Resources Officer Michelle Nate, Chief Operations Officer Gerald Pace, Esq., Chief Financial Officer Anita Pietrykowski, Chief School Administration Officer Denise Callaway, Executive Dir., Community Engagement Patricia Gill, Executive Director, Family Services Sue Saller, Exec. Coord., Superintendent’s Initiatives