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 sessions offered will provide you with that opportunity to help kick-off your school year. After our keynote presentation with Rick Lavoie, we will build our schedule for the day in the auditorium. We also are providing some targeted trainings in Go Math and technology.
What will be the process for the day?
1. After our keynote presentation with Rick Lavoie, we will build our schedule for the day in the auditorium.
2. To help prepare for the Edcamp sessions, please post in our Padlet page here your ideas for topics you'd like to see.
3. Faculty 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 10:00-10:30. 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. There will be two sessions for lunch. You will need to choose one of the lunch sessions.)
2. To help prepare for the Edcamp sessions, please post in our Padlet page here your ideas for topics you'd like to see.
3. Faculty 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 10:00-10:30. 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. There will be two sessions for lunch. You will need to choose one of the lunch sessions.)
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. Look at the topics shared on the Padlet that people are interested in learning about and see if there is a topic you can facilitate.
We recommend that you create a topic title that is clear and meaningful, so participants know what to expect.
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. Look at the topics shared on the Padlet that people are interested in learning about and see if there is a topic you can facilitate.
We recommend that you create a topic title that is clear and meaningful, so participants know what to expect.
