Overview
Our goal for today is to provide you with a participant-driven professional development day in an EdCamp style of PD. You have spoken and we have listened: you want teacher choice and teacher driven PD. The three sessions offered will provide you with that opportunity to help kick-off your school year. After our keynote presentation with Alan November, we will build our schedule for the day in the auditorium.
What will be the process for the day?
1. After our keynote presentation with Alan November, we will build our schedule for the day in the auditorium.
2. Prior to the day, staff members post on the following padlet page their ideas for topics they'd like to see.
3. Using these ideas from both the PD surveys and additional staff input, staff members will pick any of the topics and sign up to facilitate the session on that topic. We will have computer stations available in the auditorium where you can go and sign-up for a topic and location from 9:30-10:00. All of the sessions will be displayed live for staff members to see.
4. Staff members disburse and choose whatever session that looks interesting to them by going to the room locations.
5. "The Law of 2 Feet" If you find yourself in a session and feel that it’s not right for you or you simply want to get to as many sessions as possible, it is completely fine to leave one session and find another.
6. There will be blank Google Docs available for each of the sessions so participants can add notes and resources that will be available for others
(Note: During lunch time, it will be provided in the cafeteria for everyone.)
2. Prior to the day, staff members post on the following padlet page their ideas for topics they'd like to see.
3. Using these ideas from both the PD surveys and additional staff input, staff members will pick any of the topics and sign up to facilitate the session on that topic. We will have computer stations available in the auditorium where you can go and sign-up for a topic and location from 9:30-10:00. All of the sessions will be displayed live for staff members to see.
4. Staff members disburse and choose whatever session that looks interesting to them by going to the room locations.
5. "The Law of 2 Feet" If you find yourself in a session and feel that it’s not right for you or you simply want to get to as many sessions as possible, it is completely fine to leave one session and find another.
6. There will be blank Google Docs available for each of the sessions so participants can add notes and resources that will be available for others
(Note: During lunch time, it will be provided in the cafeteria for everyone.)
What does it mean to be a facilitator?
To lead a session you do not need to have a formal presentation prepared. Instead, by stepping up to lead a session, you are merely a facilitator of the session discussion. The session could be: a question, a debate, a conversation, a collaboration, a presentation, a workshop. A session can be whatever you and a group want it to be! Some ideas include: discussions on issues in education, share a model lesson or unit, conduct an inquiry session into a new tool, share something you are passionate about, discuss key concepts of a book you read this summer, share activities you're looking to improve, discuss new things you'd like to learn more about. We recommend that you create a topic title that is clear and meaningful, so participants know what to expect.