August+23,+2012

** Storm Lake HS Professional Development **
 * August 23, 2012 **

Participants will understand that…..
 * Outcome: **
 * Educational and cognitive research supports teaching for deep conceptual understanding and the transfer of knowledge
 * Concept-based instruction requires thinking teachers for thinking students
 * Quality unit and lesson planning facilitates quality concept-based instruction
 * Students in concept-based classrooms exhibit higher levels of thinking and increased motivation for learning

1:00 Introduction and Welcome 1:10 Mindful Collaboration 1:25 Vision and Rationale 2:15 Why Teach Conceptually & a Picture of What it Could Look Like 2:30 Review of Conceptual Units
 * Agenda: **
 * Review of the work we have done
 * Vision of the Future at the State, AEA & St Lake HS
 * Share Graphics & Road Map
 * Slides from August 10th
 * Understandings for 2012-13
 * Have participants brainstorm what they will need to know and will be able to do based on the understandings (Use Today’s Meet to record thinking)
 * Have participants get into groups of 4
 * Each group will review the following units:
 * [[file:MusicUnit-Stage 1.doc]]
 * [[file:Math- Stage 1.doc]]
 * [[file:VetTechUnit.docx]]
 * [[file:VisualArtUnit-Stage 1.doc]]
 * [[file:Stage 1- World Geography.doc]]
 * [[file:ela - UbD persuasive plan.docx]]
 * [[file:ela - UbD persuasive plan.docx]]


 * Use the rubric to review Stage 1 of each of the units: [[file:self_evaluation.doc]]
 * Closure & Next Steps