1. 2015 Teacher Assistant Professional Development Day Session Title Presenters October 26 th, 2015

2. Lake County Schools Vision Statement A dynamic, progressive and collaborative learning community embracing change and diversity where every student will graduate with the skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education and the workplace. Mission Statement The mission of the Lake County Schools is to provide every student with individual opportunities to excel. We Believe: Education is the foundation for everyone’s future. Education is a lifelong process. All students can learn. Students should be civic-minded and embrace future roles in the community. Parents/guardians, community, and schools are partners in a student’s education. Providing a safe, resource-filled learning environment is essential. Students will graduate prepared for work and postsecondary education.

5. October 26, 2015 Learning Goal: Participants will be able to show student success by using a scale using individual communication modes for an academic activity. I TA Professional Development Day Standards: Domain 1: Providing clear leaning goals and scales (rubrics) Domain 2: Use of available technology. Domain 3: Evaluating the effectiveness of individual lessons and units. Objective: Participant will be able to use a scale with students of all levels of cognitive ability to achieve grade level success. Essential Question: How do you utilize a scale for students with cognitive disorders of varying severity. Vocabulary: Scale, cognitive ability, communication modes Agenda I DO WE DO YOU DO

6. “We Are Can Do Kids” Rikki Kotz October 26, 2015

7. What are the needs of your students? I.D A.S.D E.B T.M.H P.M.H. Verbal Non-verbal

8. Academic Scale

9. Academic scales are based on Webb’s Depth of Knowledge. Level One (Recall) Level Two ( Skill/Concept) Level Three (Strategic Thinking) Level Four (Extended Thinking)

10. Webb’s DOK (proficiency level) Level Four - ANALYZE,CREATE, CONNECT, DESIGN Level Three – EXPLAIN, DEVELOP, HYPOTHESIZE, COMPARE, DIFFERENTIATE, DEVELOP A LOGICAL ARGUMENT Level Two – Skill/Concept – IDENTIFY, DISTINGUISH, CAUSE/EFFECT, CLASSIFY, GRAPH, CATEGORIZE Level One - DEFINE,RECOGNIZE, ILLUSTRATE,NAME,LABEL,MATCH

11. Small Group Activity You will break into small groups and make scales for two academic subjects (ELA and Math) for two different grade levels. You will then present the scales to the group. Any questions or you need help please ask.

12. Course Evaluation Please complete our course evaluation. Thank you for joining us today!