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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Professional Development Topics that help students demonstrate

Proficiency in State Standards on the CST

Set Department Goals for the year

You communicated student learning by posting grades and assignments on the Panorama Website for parents and students

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Lessons focused on Standards-Based Instruction and created lessons sure to “hit” those Standards students need to know to be successful on the CAHSEE, CST, and the Periodic Assessments

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MyData – CST Scores from the prior year. Looked at Basic students in classes to see what it takes for them to move to Proficiency.

CST Release Questions – Decided which ones to focus on in class based on the frequency of appearance on CSTs.

Created a Bank of Questions from the CST Release Questions.

Periodic Assessment Analysis - Looked at most frequently missed questions. Why students missed them?

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Teachers Shared Strategies for the Power Standards

Shared Strategies to make material understandable and meaningful to students by – looking at the Content – determined key concepts and skills, Connections – to what students already know to what they need to learn

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You made the material Comprehensible to students by using pictures, diagrams, repeating new words, checking for comprehension

Interaction – interacted with students by asking many questions and using a variety of groupings in your classrooms.

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You selected five students in your classes to focus on and discuss their grades, attendance, and CST Scores

You did a Self-Reflection and selected one thing to do differently this year to get different results.

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You Set Personal Goals for yourself: For example:

- Make the objectives clearer for your classes by writing it on the board

- Checking for Understanding often to make sure they “got it” and if they didn’t you made sure they “got it” the next day

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Presented Lessons on Best Practices to your colleagues

Shared SDAIE Strategies with your colleagues

Gave Common Midterms and Finals then analyzed the results of those midterms and finals

Discussed strategies to teach Writing Skills

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Developed Common Lab Rubrics/Expectations

Vertical Teams in your department to discuss standards and skills that students need in order to go to the next level

You prepared for CAHSEE

You discussed Rigor in your lessons and shared your strategies with your colleagues

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You did all of this work on Professional Development Tuesdays, on Saturday, during Thanksgiving Week

All of this work you did with your colleagues brings us to the..........

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CSTs

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