9/25 - Meetings/Office Hours

Started the day today delivering a short POD session on learning goals.  We looked at a powerpoint of images and discussed what makes a "learning goal."

We used Marzano's work on rating learning goals below:

Afterwords I met with Dr. Green of Webster University.  We looked for ways to support one another.

Agenda items included:

• Conversation about Missouri GLE's, National Core Standards for the Social Studies and National History standards.
• Discussion on using University and Dr. Green's personal connections to broaden the resources for educators K-12
• Discussion on utilization of resources from "traveling trunk" to docents.
• Kept coming back to the discussion of "SO WHAT" and "WHAT'S THE POINT" does Social studies have a charge or theme?

Went back to the office to complete the following items:

• Ironed out TENTATIVE facilitator agendas for meetings to be called
• E-mailed Administrators about Next year's NCSS conference.
• Recorded Examining student work video and posted to youtube.

• Got into classrooms around Edgar Road.  Saw Math instruction in 1st grade, supervised kindergarten recess, conferenced with a teacher and watched writing process instruction for 4th grade, Science computer work in 5th grade and Played the "Buzz" game with second grade.
• Updated Edline sites for Science and Social Studies

After school meeting was canceled.