Phase+2-Instruction

=**Instructional Practices Subcommittee Purpose: **= Use curriculum, instruction, and assessment to effectively prepare students for a career, for college, for participation in the democratic process, and for life in the 21st century. This team will study the research, visit model classrooms, reflect and collaborate together and ultimately implement changes designed to promote rigorous and relevant learning and develop global citizens who are creative, critical thinkers and life-long learners. This group will focus on the integration of technology in promoting these goals.

=Instructional Practices Timeline:=

=Minutes/Thoughts Oct. 27, 2009= Okay cadre - attached are our minutes / thoughts from our meeting of Oct. 27. Also below is our tentative plan for the faculty/staff meeting on November 11. We think you can edit this page and we know you can join the discussion page.

=November 11 Faculty Meeting Tentative Plan:= Let us know if you have thoughts/suggestions/additions...
 * We have approximately 20 minutes.
 * Joseph and Patty are opening and making connections to the panel and whatever else you want to connect to philosophically.
 * Mike and Mike are in charge setting up the clicker questioning activity itself with anyone and everyone's input. Heidi is helping set up hte clickers. The questions are??? one from science, one from math, one from LA?, one from pedagogy? or ....
 * Melissa is wrapping things up. (Do we need any type of invitation to participate, to connect, to have someone observe or be observed?
 * We are welcome to present again in January as well.... Andrea is interested in presenting the pressing question activity.

=One of Mike's resources - describes a great activity for students to actively review important concepts:=