January 29, 2009

CFI Team Agenda: Meeting 12

I. CFI Workshops: February 2

  • How do instructors need to further prepare for each workshop below?
  • What information can we ask each instructor to collect that will help us to further our CFI goals? Such products that are specific to each workshop will help us to follow-up with further workshops, CFI work, and presentations. They may also increase participant accountability.

Workshop / Description / Instructor / What will the instructor produce that will help us to further our CFI goals?
Web Page Design / Give your students online access to class resources. / publicly accessible list of new teacher Web sites?
other:
Daedalus – Outreach to Students and Parents / Retrieve contact information and more. / evidence that teachers understand how to use Daedalus to drive instruction?
other:
ARIS – Understanding Students’ Needs / Help your students to succeed by identifying the skills that they need to develop. / evidence that teachers understand how to use Daedalus to drive instruction?
other:
Cross-Curricular Collaboration / Learn how can plan to work with your colleagues on a project. / list of teachers who plan to collaborate in some way?
other:
Creating Lesson Plans for Using the Writing Style Guide / Encourage students to use our new Style Guide. / one lesson plan for each of the following: math, science, social studies, English, foreign language, visual art, dance, instrumental, and vocal music?
other:
Creating Lesson Plans for Subject-Specific Note Taking Instruction / Discover and make recommendations about note taking lesson plans. / one lesson plan for each of the following: math, science, social studies, English, foreign language, visual art, dance, instrumental, and vocal music?
other:
Electronic Grading / Save yourself time and share useful assessment information with your students. / evidence that teachers understand how to use Excel or Easy Grade Pro?
other:
AutoDesk Presentation / Discover this powerful software tool that has applications in math, science, and other disciplines. / list of ways that each teacher might use AutoDesk?
other:

II. CFI Presentation to Faculty: February 2

  • What topics should be presented to the faculty?
  • How should each topic be presented?
  • Who should present each topic?

Who / What / How

III. Note Taking Presentations to Departments: February 23

  • What lesson plans should be presented to the faculty?
  • How should each plan be presented?

Who / What / How
Ms. Lawton
Mr. Moore
Ms. Pace
Mr. Sudduth

IV. Review New York Times Article

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