"Teacher Leader Meeting" Information

Teacher Leader Meeting – ROE #8 at HCC

Feb/17/2015

Renewal for teacher certificate:   If you are up for certificate renewal this year, you may submit your evidence on April 1, this is different than previous years where you used to be able to submit in March

Professional Development Updates & Changes:  If you are taking PD & want to use it towards your renewal certificate it has to be done before

-          July 1. Prior to July 1, 2014 Activities & coursework needed to be related to the teacher’s license, & address the professional standards relative to the area of teaching assignments.

-          From July 1, 2014-January 1, 2015 – activities & coursework would need to meet the new state standards outlined in Section 21B-45 of school code (more details in handout)

-          Beginning January 1, 2015 activities would also need to meet the same criteria as above, and PD hours would need to be issued by an approved provider.

Barat Education Foundation   =   (Teaching with Primary Sources)

This training provided many excellent inquiry based activities and will be shared on the blog throughout the rest of the school year. Here are a few of the activities:

·        Using Photographs to increase inquiry (Why that Photo? activity):  

·        VISUAL Field Trip

·         Quick writes

·        What Primary Sources are & ways to use them

·        Beat in Three Poems

-Resource used:  TPS-Barat educational site ( www.barat-tps.org )  Source to look for primary sources.    >Loc.Gov  >Library Teachers Section  >Using Primary Sources

Illinois Writing Matters:

www.ilwritingmatters.org   - Ideas, lesson plans, & activities for writing per grade level.

Summer PD institute:    Back to Basics         June 8^th        5 days = 3 Grade Credit     

·        The plan for now is to break down each of the domains & address the different strategies, ideas, etc. to support educators (Danielson)

o   They joked & said they should title this training, “Hey, Charlotte! I want my excellence back!”  

·        There will also be breakout sessions to pick from (TBD)

o   If you or someone you know would like to present during this workshop contact Deb Endress at the ROE #8

 

Additional classes to be provided this summer:

·        “MAGIC” – will be co-taught by Tara Hersey and Deb Endress

·        Ag in the classroom

·        Collaborative Inquiry #1 & #2