11/20 WGHS, DLT, VPP

Started the day meeting with 5th grade Science facilitators.  We discussed the agenda:

• Reviewed progress on the "Teacher Hub"
• Revised the timeline
• discussed what an "Assessment" is
• discussed why common "assessments" were important
• reviewed MYSCI kits
• created unit plan for "Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems"
• Created unit plan for "Structure and Properties of Matter"
• Created unit plan for "Earth and Space Systems"
• Created unit plan for "Engineering Design"

They completed:

I also facilitated a conversation at Central Office DLT meeting around "Moonshot Thinking"

I headed back over to the Science facilitators to check in and provide guidance

I then met with the district director of Technology and a staff member at Avery to discuss the Volume Purchasing Program.  I alter repeated that same meeting with the district's director of instructional technology.

I then met with the MYSCI staff and the 5th grade team to discuss the units they are piloting.