9.25 Meeting Causes for Laboratory Accidents - Flinn Scientific (+playlist)

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1. Causes for Laboratory Accidents - Flinn Scientific (+playlist)

What is the biggest reason for safety accidents in a high school classes?

70% of all accidents occur at what grade level?

What are some of the things we can do to prepare our students and teachers to promote greater safety awareness in WWP?

* We are exploring the possibility of the Flinn course in lieu of a few department meetings later in the year. We are also planning on a safety session at the January PD day. *

2. Celebrations and sharing

3. Grades in IC (use radial buttons to indicate assignments and enter whether it was submitted on-time, then grade within a 2 week window and enter in IC - Domain 4 Professional Responsibilities) ALSO - Common assessments as the midterm are entered in a separate bucket within IC. 

4. Review of SGO information and timelines (please see the blog post on the deadlines)

5. Carolyn SooHoo (chem and physics stay in 215, biology exam to 214) 

6. SGO meetings - email (Google Doc) updates to group and me regarding common assessments and SGO

October is Connected Educator month. I have no expectation for teachers to use Twitter; however, tremendous resources exist. If you would like more information on Connected Educator Month, please visit http://connectededucators.org/ 

Cultivating a culture of learning together!

I'm very excited to have teachers and students jumping at the opportunity to share their knowledge, expertise, and experiences through this blog. If you are interested in contributing to our culture of learning together, please send me an email. I would love to highlight the great ideas we have so we can all learn from our colleagues! Check out our first blog post under "Learning Together - Teacher Voices" from Dr. Andrea Knorr. 

Have a great weekend!
Rebecca

Lesson plans and lesson planning

The weekly plans you submit should give any observer an eye into your classroom. When an observer enters your room for an evaluation, your plans will be reviewed and looking for the connections to the classroom practice, district curriculum, and student-centered, differentiated instruction (See the Power Components for Danielson).

Your plans should include at minimum:

1. objective (student learning outcome, not an activity)
2. standards (NJCCCS, CB, NGSS)
3. formative assessments 
4. procedure

Team planning is ideal because you provide the students with the best possible versions of learning activities and assessments. Please own your plans and have a backup. If you are writing them out in Word or Google Drive, you can easily paste them into My Lesson Planner.

SGOs

Two birds, one stone.

**Middle School will meet on 9/18 (CMS) and High School will meet 9/25 (HSN). Please check the calendar regularly.**

We are here to support each other in this process. There is time for teachers to collaborate during 1/2 professional days as well to write and refine this assessment.

Within your cohort of teachers, please bring your assessments (one that you have developed) to our October meetings. We will refine them together so by October 31, you can submit a completed assessment and rubric for your group. We will meet within your cohorts individually to finalize your SGO forms by November 4. Teachers will need to submit their SGO forms to their principals by November 11. 

Our assessments will be administered to the students by the end of March (or beginning of April) so you have time to score the assessments with your group.

When your subject or grade-level team develops the common assessment to be given between Feb 15 and April 1, your 2 SGOs should include 1 on content and 1 on a 21st Century Competency. 

SGO assessments will be designed for the following courses (please see me if you have a concern or request):

Biology (CP level)
HAP
AP Biology
Conceptual Physics

Physics (Regular)
Honors Physics 
Chemistry (CP level)
Honors Chemistry














As we work to develop any common assessment, the task should be aligned toward the right side of this diagram. Our design focus in common assessments should be authentic and rubric-based. It does not have to be a long PBL task, but it should also not consist of only multiple choice questions. Our goal is to assess what our students have mastered and the skills they have acquired. What are the most important concepts and skills your team thinks all students should have under their belt by the end of the 3rd quarter?














Please review the presentation from our department meeting for clarification.

The direct link is: https://docs.google.com/a/ww-p.org/presentation/d/19mNyiJV9CdYOx7BI3Pj9vA2r_nusutrVZ4eZ0DrJRBU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000




Middle School meets on 9/18 at CMS.
High School meets on 9/25 at HSN.