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Choose Your Own EDventure!

#CYOEd

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This Year... #PersonalizedPD

  • Empower yourself with what YOU want to learn!
  • Get excited to try new methods!
  • Go deeper in discovering what you want for your students!
  • Share, share, share and learn from everyone!

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How is Personalized PD different from PD we have had before?

From: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-06-03-a-path-towards-personalized-pd

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Let's start with our school vision...

Underline the part you might want to particularly focus on this year in the box below.

It is our vision to create a school that embodies:

  • A positive school climate
  • A standards-based curriculum taught by highly skilled educators
  • On-going assessment strategies that drive our instruction
  • High levels of collaboration and teamwork
  • The active participation and engagement of our students
  • Daily access to technology for our students
  • The involvement of our parents and community

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New #PersonalizedPD format!

  • Think about the part you underlined in the previous slide.
  • Your first #EDventure should be related to that part of the school vision.
  • Fill out your EDventure Itinerary (Your action plan)

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  • Character Education
  • PBIS: Restorative Practices, Behavior Interventions
  • PBL: Multidisciplinary units of study, Inquiry, Exhibition, Alternative Assessments, STEM
  • Communication: Community, Parent Involvement, Branding school, Public Knowledge
  • Class Dojo
  • Google Certification Teacher, Digital Citizenship or National Board Certification
  • Genius Hour
  • Student made videos- i.e. as proof of learning/evidence
  • Using technology to enhance learning (SAMR model)

YOU choose

Topics to Consider

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CYOED Critera

  • Related to school goals/vision
  • Topic of interest/new for you
  • Outside resources for research
  • Evidence of learning (Tangible products)
    • How will it impact your instruction/classroom
    • How will your community be informed: i.e.Twitter, Student showcase, Learning portfolio, Student blogs, Private YouTube channel
    • Collaboration (Twitter chats, field work, conferences)
  • Opportunity to take risk, have dialogue
  • Empower students
  • Increase exposure to best practice
  • Ignite your passion

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