EIS+2014-2015

Effective Instruction Series (EIS) 2014 - 2015
** “Hit it out of the Ballpark this Year **** ” ** toc Feedback from Today
 * Data and Summary From 2014 EIS**
 * 2014 Report
 * 2014 Power Point
 * 2014 Craft Knowledge List

ESU Craft Knowledge Strategies with videos

=**Tuesday December 9 **= ** Reflection & Goal-Setting **
 * Vocabulary, Video Self-Reflection & Goal-Setting, Tech, G+ Community Challenges **
 * //Greetings, Bell Ringer,// **
 * Go to the ESU 6 2014-15 Google + Community
 * Respond to the posted questions
 * What is one new strategy you have tried in your classroom?
 * What is one success--other than survival!--you have experienced this semester?
 * What is one challenge you have faced (or are facing) this semester?
 * Day 6: Jill's Presentation using PearDeck
 * Use Hashtag #eis14 for tweeting
 * Bell Ringer using craft knowledge strategies introduced this year
 * Interaction Sequence: What is one success (other than survival) and one challenge of your year so far?
 * //Vocabulary Instruction: Word Introduction// **
 * Resources for Effective Vocabulary Instruction
 * //Vocabulary Instruction: Practice and Deepening// **
 * Practice and Deepening Power Point PDF
 * Resources to Practice and Deepen understanding of vocabulary
 * Interactive Notebooks
 * Lunch **
 * Study of Guide
 * Group video reflection
 * individual evaluation
 * whole group discuss
 * Self-Assessment using video
 * Goal-Setting & Action Plan
 * Tech Time **
 * NETA conference and contests
 * Wrap **
 * G+ Community Challenges--preview of challenges and prizes!
 * eval/survey Feedback from Today

=** Tuesday July 22 **=
 * Introduction, MRL Framework, Craft Knowledge, Technology Tools **


 * When You Arrive **
 * Home website for EIS
 * Set up accounts and/or take the survey
 * EIS Pre-Survey
 * Use Hash tag #eis14 for tweeting
 * Overview, Expectations, Survey **
 * EIS Day 1 Introduction PPT + Marzano overview
 * Will pay registration to NETA (April 23 & 24, 2015) or Google Summit (July 2015)
 * Doane College sign up info, 1, 2, or 3 credit option
 * Manage Student Response Rates
 * Google/G+Community **
 * Our community: []
 * Sign into school google account
 * Social Networking Awareness
 * Tools & Accounts
 * Google+ and hangouts.
 * Create EIS community and invite participants to join.
 * create a smaller groups in the community by baseball divisions to respond to
 * Complete the Statistics section on the back of your name tent.
 * Using the G+ Community, follow the prompt to introduce yourself to your team using information from your stats card. Please include your division hashtag in your post. (e.g. : [|#NLeast] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"> or <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; text-decoration: none;">[|#ALeast] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">)
 * Group and Individual Pictures **
 * This will be used to create a director for our use
 * Check out the printing and services provided by Elisa Baker <ebaker@esu6.net>
 * Lunch **
 * Craft Knowledge & //MRL Framework// **
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Slides are in the Day 1 <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">introduction power point
 * [|Art and Science Overview]
 * [|Teachers Guide to Reflective Practice]
 * Introduce craft knowledge sheet/ [|Art & Science Record]
 * Teacher reflective guide
 * Video Reflection Overview - the expectation of recording a lesson and looking at it.
 * EIS Video Self Reflection I
 * EIS Incentives for Full Participation: registration to NETA (April 23 & 24, 2015) or Google Summit (July 2015)
 * Technology Tools **
 * Twitter (sign up as needed)
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">twitter clients
 * Hashtags, our hashtag is #EIS14
 * PLCs in Twitter
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">chats
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Wrap-Up & Closing **
 * Dismissal **
 * Challenge for Wednesday: **
 * Using the G+ Community, reflect on the MRL Instructional Model. What did you learn or relearn? Provide examples from your practice that align to the three lesson segments.

=** <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Wednesday July 23 **= [|Sandlot - The Babe - do something great] [|Moonlight Graham’s wish] [|Sandlot: Smalls Catching]
 * Instructional Strategies and Routines **
 * Bell Ringer & Introduction **
 * Please fill out this Google Form to provide us your demographic information.
 * Day 2 Intro Power Point
 * How to Manage Student Response Rates
 * Response Sheet video and resources
 * // Clock Partner-baseball theme //
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">meet new participants
 * Growth Mind Set **
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Growth MindSet Power Point
 * Your mind is like a muscle, with exercise it gets stronger. Carol Dweck Links
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Overview of Growth Mind Set
 * Test Your Mindset link
 * Brain Basics and Boosting Retention **
 * Boosting Retention Power Point
 * Brain Basic Links and Resources
 * Brain Basic Lotus Chart
 * Blank Lotus Chart
 * Brain Break Examples: Brain Breaks Cup, GoNoodle, Jesse Gardner, Crete (daily videos)
 * Lunch (Lenny & Tammy meet with those taking Doane credit <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">option ) **
 * Brain Basics & Instructional Routines **
 * Continued
 * Tech time **
 * Google drive, docs, and forms
 * Have Baseball teams each <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">create a google doc to take shared notes
 * Closing **
 * See how easy it is <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">to make a Google form
 * Think of a teacher who made a difference for you. What words would you use to describe that teacher? [|Google Survey]
 * [|My Favorite Teacher--Man on Street]
 * Use Wordle to get words <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">from the day, use <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Google form to collect them, and present them on Thursday as an overview of the day.
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">craft knowledge record wrap-up


 * Challenge for Thursday: **** Offer thoughts and questions about the topics covered today on our G+ Community and/or Twitter using #EIS14 **

=** <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Thursday July 24 **=
 * Homework, Grading, Management **
 * Bell Ringer **
 * Connection <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">to collecting information on Wednesday afternoon
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Padlet []
 * Home Run Derby Signup
 * Management Routines & Relationships **
 * [|Organizing for Instruction: Management Routines & Relationships]
 * [|Routines, Behaviors, and Procedures Brainstorming Doc]
 * BRAIN BREAK **
 * Homework **
 * Power Point Homework
 * Homework Resources
 * Strategies To Improve Homework
 * Homework Personal Reflection
 * Homework Fact or Fiction
 * Lunch **
 * Grading Principles **
 * Grading PPT
 * Retakes, zeros, weight on assessment types
 * G+ community post questions
 * What will your grading policy include?
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Home Run Derby ( **** Strategy Smackdown) **
 * List of Home Run Derby Participants
 * Closing **
 * Find Someone Who
 * Video demo
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Craft Knowledge up to this point
 * Challenge for Friday: Reflection on homework and/or grading discussion**

=** <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Friday July 25 **=
 * District Conversations, First Day Planning **
 * Bell Ringer: **
 * Register for sessions 5 & 6 on esu6.org AND post a question/concern for administrators <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">on the G+ Community
 * Breakouts: **
 * Principals Session
 * Fill them in about MRL and what we have done
 * Planning for use of funds for <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">devise or PD
 * Mentors/coaches hangouts
 * Prioritize with the MRL model
 * Participants
 * Tech Time-Smack Down-<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Tech Time
 * Break **
 * Dr. Matt Blomstedt, Nebraska Commissioner of Education **
 * Lunch With Administrator if Possible **
 * Principals, Mentors, & School-based Discussions **
 * EIS: What have you gotten from EIS? Permission to attend remaining sessions? Ask questions! (<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">e.g., Will you review my homework policy? Curriculum? Will you support “X” grading policy? What infractions are office-worthy? Tell me about teacher evaluation here. How does our district connect with the ESU?)
 * Anchor Activities: email questions to admin, review resources, homework policy, grading policy, play with tech, individual pictures, explore craft knowledge, plan first day, take an ESU tour
 * What to do on the First Day of School **
 * First Day Planning
 * Document with several activities for first day.
 * Growth Mindset letter to parent
 * Taylor Mali - "What Teachers Make"
 * Goal setting - what will you work on to start the year?


 * Recording lessons **
 * Demo <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">swivl, practice <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">swivl (discuss logistics--where they are for checkout)
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">show how to move video of <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">lesson segment to YouTube
 * Go Cam Demo
 * ASSIGNMENT--video a 5-10 minute segment of your class and bring October 14
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Wrap-Up **
 * Finish Expectations for Video Recording by October (Toby<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">) § 10-15 minute lesson segment (digital file), <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">bring to the October session (could be on the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">device or online; bring headphones if possible)
 * ESU offerings (show list on registration system)
 * ESU 6 Site
 * Inspirational Video (Toby) Monster Trap or Kid President
 * Exit Ticket: [|Post-Survey]
 * Worth Looking At **
 * Show Students You Care, How to Group Students
 * [|__Another great video from Soul Pancake__] - letter from a first year teacher to future self
 * Physical Environment of Classroom


 * NOTE TO TEACHERS ABSENT LAST DAY **
 * Please fill out our post survey
 * On Google Community share a goal for this school year from strategies shared, Art and Science of teaching, or something that you want to work on for the school year.
 * Capture a 5-10 minute episode of your teaching and bring to the October 14.
 * You will be able to attend the NETA conference [] in Omaha on April 23 and 24 or Google Summit July 2015 []

=** <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Tuesday October 14 **= ** Reflection & Goal-Setting **
 * Engagement, Video Self-Reflection & Goal-Setting, iPod & Tech **
 * Link to Todays PowerPoint **
 * Greetings<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">, Agenda Overview **
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Bell-Ringer **
 * Parent-teacher conferences
 * Interaction Sequence & Brief Discussion
 * Lotus Chart to review craft knowledge Lotus Chart
 * Give one.<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">. get one to review craft knowledge
 * [[file:Parent Teacher Conferences Student Reflection.docx]]
 * [[file:PTCSR.pdf]]
 * Craft knowledge web page
 * Homework Alternative--This site has several strategies for engaging students
 * Active Participation/Student Engagement **
 * Engagement Strategy Review
 * Consider <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">structured partners & written responses if time
 * Academic Games Games **
 * Why Games?
 * Several Games
 * Wager
 * Taboo
 * Pyramid
 * Password
 * Magic Number
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Tech Time **
 * Evernote
 * NETA conference and contests
 * Lunch **
 * Update on Doane college Credit
 * Study of Guide
 * Group video reflection
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">individual evaluation
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">whole group <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">discuss
 * Self-Assessment using video
 * Goal-Setting & Action Plan
 * Assignment
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">work on goal
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">video 2 <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">for December session
 * Survey data highlights from July sessions **
 * Data and Summary From 2014 EIS**
 * 2014 Report
 * 2014 Power Point
 * 2014 Craft Knowledge List
 * Inside-outside circle with craft knowledge cards
 * Closing **
 * Feedback from Today
 * Find Someone who- Lenny
 * Whip around with Craft Knowledge
 * CK Record
 * December Dates, Assignments
 * Evaluation

=** <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Tuesday December 9 **=
 * Vocabulary, Video Self-Reflection & Goal-Setting, Tech, G+ Community Challenges **