1. Professional Learning in Action

2.  What separates a good teacher from a great teacher?

3.  Clarify expectations for 2 and 3 credits  Explore the Quickstart question  Provide an opportunity to begin your work

4. Submit Conference Preparation Reflection to the PDI office by April 3, 2009. Attend first seminar session at 8:15 a.m.  Attend GPDE luncheon session.  Attend all other seminar sessions.  Submit Conference Feedback Forms by placing them in the drop box at the GPDE registration table at the conclusion of the conference.

5.  Submit Seminar Analysis for one seminar session by April 24, 2009. ◦ Summary ◦ Processing Prompts ◦ Graphical Representation

6.  Submit Inquiry Plan for one seminar session by April 24, 2009. ◦ Inquiry Plan Question ◦ Inquiry Plan Development ◦ Inquiry Plan Data Collection and Analysis

7.  Graphical Representation connects to specific content for your classroom.  Graphical Representation connects to specific readings or research you have conducted.  Graphical Representation connects to your specific school situation.  Graphical Representation connects to future action you may take through goal setting.

9. Goal Differentiate my Writing Instruction and Assessment Read the Book Differentiation- Wormeli Plan writing – Use strategies to differentiate, i.e., Topics, deadlines, assessment Teach a lessons for a descriptive essay and differentiate for my the sections of my 7 th grade L.A. Sections Evaluate the lessons and student responses to determine next steps Based on an article I read, How to Differentiate Instruction:… In Ed. Leadership, I will do more research. Differentiation in Writing Create a template to document how to differentiate a lesson Use writing rubrics to determine student achievement Design student surveys to assess response to differentiation strategies I have 3 sections of 7 th graders, I will try a different strategy in each section.

10. Specific Content ResearchSchool Situation Goal Curriculum Redesign my curriculum plan to reflect differentiation After reading Tomlinson’s work on differentiation, I can incorporate more into my curr. Maps. We can apply for curriculum writing staff development funds. This can support the time to write during summer. To complete my 7 th grade Lang. Arts curriculum map by August. Assessment Plan to include more formative asst. strategies in writing. After reading Assessing What Matters (Ed. Leadership), I see more frequent asst. and feedback is needed. I work with 3 sections of 7 th grade students with 25 in each section. Providing feedback is a problem. Planning is key. To have my unit plans reflect different due dates to accommodate more student conferencing providing feedback. Instruction Now students use the writing process, but I do very little in breaking down those steps. I need to provide mini lessons for each step. I’m reading Lucy Caulkin’s work on writing. She writes a lot about conferencing and finding time to conference with students. Given the number of students in each section. I want to experiment with peer coaching in writing. I may work with peer experts as well. To increase the time I spend with students talking about their writing instead of assessing their writing.

11. Inquiry Plan Template Inquiry Plan Question Topic: (What topic have you selected related to a seminar?) Question: (What question do you want answered by implementing this plan?) Rationale: (Why do you want to develop this Inquiry Plan?) Inquiry Plan Development Instruction Describe the Lesson/Unit Plan: (What are you going to do?) Teaching Activities and Strategies: (How are you going to implement the plan?) Inquiry Plan Development Curriculum Goals and/or Essential Question(s): (What are the student goals for the lesson/unit?) Objectives/Skills: (What are the knowledge, skills and objectives for the lesson/unit?) Inquiry Plan Data Collection and Analysis Assessment Assessment Strategies: (What types of assessments will you use and why?) Other Assessment Data: (What other sources of data will you use and how will you determine the impact your plan has on your teaching and your students’ learning?) Inquiry Plan Data Collection and Analysis Timeline Timeline: (When will you implement the plan and collect assessment data?)