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17/18 Changes Neal m.s.

What
Item stays the What changes will support
same? student success?
Lesson Plan Templates ➔ PLC’s can choose the template, but they must contain:
will still have - Do Now
Templates certain - Vocabulary
required - Learning activity
elements - Differentiation
- Checking for understanding
- Closure

Unit Plan *New ➔ Calendar format and submitted on google classroom before the unit
begins.
Templates ➔ Required Elements:
- Standards Covered
- Evidence of learning: Weekly Common Assessments
- End of Unit Common Assessment (Standardized testing style, ideally through
PowerSchool/Schoolnet)
- Reteaching/Remediation

Lesson Plan Still ➔ Submitted by subject area instead of grade level

submitted on ➔ Can look at other plans on google classroom
submission google ➔ Due by Thursday at 3:00 pm for the next week
classroom
individually
on a weekly
basis

Lesson Plan Still expect ➔ Content Area Coaches will be providing feedback
comments - Semester 1 Feedback will be focused on your PLC’s PDP goal
follow up on google - Semester 2 Feedback will focus on your individual PDP goal
classroom

Beginning of the Will still have Check Fuga’s e-mail

open house
year days and staff-
wide
meetings on
workdays

Discovery Still will be ➔ Will be year long for the whole-school.

30 min ➔ Will be graded-- Pass/Fail.
beginning of ➔ All students will stay on team Q1
the day ➔ EC and ESL students served resource year-long during Discovery

PD Will still have ➔ Educonsulting will be here as a resource once a week as a part of
Eagle the SIG grant (3 instructional coaches contracted with DPS)
Institute Semester 1 PD choices for the Eagle Institute will be based on PLC
model PDP goals.
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(choose ➔ Semester 2 - choices for the Eagle Institute will be based on
sessions, individual PDP goals.
shorter ➔ Eagle Institute will be held on Early Release Days and one staff
“breakouts”) meeting day
➔ CEU Credits offered:
-Eagle Institute
- Book study
- Google Certification
- BT meetings (open to any staff)
- Once a month PD during PLC’s

PDP’s You will still

need to write ➔ Three goals: personal, PLC, school-wide culture goal
PDP goals ➔ Coaches check in mid-year with goal progress
and review ➔ Goals will inform PD and LP feedback
them mid
and end of
year

Eagle Eyes *New ➔ Start second quarter, one per semester

➔ Observe within PLC. Observe, and give feedback that day.
(instructional ➔ Submit evidence for the day on google classroom
rounds PLC’s) ➔ Windows will be pre-selected and given BOY

PLC Days Still one per ➔ Submit evidence for the day on google classroom
semester, ➔ Pre-selected dates (to be given at BOY)
still must ➔ Condensed schedules on team in lieu of subs
observe part
of the day
and can plan
the rest

Weekly school PLC’s still Weekly Planning-Time Meetings

schedule / must meet ➔ Mondays - 6th grade level meetings
weekly, IEP ➔ Tuesdays - ELA/SS/ Electives (PE/Fine Arts)
Monthly meetings still ➔ Wednesdays -
Meetings during
➔ Thursday - Math/Science/STEM
planning
time ➔ Friday - 8th grade/ 7th grade level meetings

Monthly After school Meetings: L2N, BT, SIT, SIT committee meetings, Staff,
Dept Meetings on Early Release Days (before Eagle Institute if occurring)

Walkthrough Expect ➔ Will occur regularly on all grade levels by admin, coaches and
regularly educonsulting
Feedback
Title One Create ➔ Artifacts will be results of a highly effective PLC
notebooks
Documentation as PLC

Grading Use ➔ Students will log into powerschool and look at grades.
powerschool ➔ Tests shouldn’t make or break kids’ grades.
to input ➔ Gradebook exemplars coming BOY for more consistent grading/
gradebook setup
Input grades
regularly
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Team Systems *New Teams will be required to develop:
➔ Condensement (Dispersal) plans on Google Drive shared with team
members, admin, and Lowen
➔ Team Website (symbaloo) with Individual Teacher Info/Websites
➔ Your team will discuss other items on the 8/24 workday (“team time”
before open house)