Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Professional Development
2015 - 2016
Summary
Dr. Elie Bracy, III
Division Superintendent
Dr. Anita W. Taylor
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Science Instruction
Laura J. Nelson, Coordinator
Phone: 393-8535
August 26, 2015
Science Fusion Beyond the Basics
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade K – 5 Science Teachers
FACILITATOR: Richard Neefe
LOCATION: Wilson High School, room 219
TIME: 12:30-2:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: For grades K-5 teachers!!!! YOU know that there are great digital resources available with Science Fusion – now work with a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) trainer to use the digital platform to teach and access your students.
August 26, 2015
Science Fusion-Elementary Science Kits
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grades 2 and 3 Teachers
FACILITATOR: Patrizia Grigsby
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory Teaching Arena
TIME: 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:
Be the first teachers to see and use the new Science Equipment Kits purchased for every teacher in grades K-3. The kits are designed for the Science Fusion Textbooks and will really get your little scientists exploring, designing, and learning.
August 26, 2015
Science Fusion-Elementary Science Kits
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grades K and 1 Teachers
FACILITATOR: Patrizia Grigsby
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory Teaching Arena
TIME: 12:30 -2:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:
Be the first teachers to see and use the new Science Equipment Kits purchased for every teacher in grades K-3. The kits are designed for the Science Fusion Textbooks and will really get your little scientists exploring, designing, and learning
August 26, 2015
Science Fusion-Initial Program Overview
TARGET AUDIENCE: New elementary teachers
FACILITATOR: Patrizia Grigsby, Richard Neefe
LOCATION: Little Theater, Wilson High School
TIME: 4:30-6:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Join a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) trainer for an Initial Program Overview.
November 17, November 19
TARGET AUDIENCE: PreK Teachers (Churchland PreK and Olive Branch PreK) AND (Mt. Hermon PreK and Emily Spong PreK)
FACILITATORS: Richard Neefe, Patrizia Grigsby
LOCATION: November 17, Churchland PreK and November 19, Mt. Hermon PreK
TIME: 4:30 -5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: The Facilitators will introduce new materials and equipment to the PreK teachers. These will be participatory sessions.
Monthly starting September 15, 2015
CHROME Monthly Meeting
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Sponsors
FACILITATOR: Maria Cooper
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory Room 403
TIME: 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. (Middle/High School) or 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. (Elementary)
September 15, 2015
DESCRIPTION: Meet our Keep Portsmouth Beautiful citizen champion, Jonathan Nye. Learn the Portsmouth Public Schools participation initiative and develop a plan for your club.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will discover creative means to incorporate the Keep Portsmouth Beautiful initiative into CHROME Club activities and utilize available resources for our LEGO WeDo Waster Wise Challenge (May 6, 2015).
October 13, 2015
The Engineering Design Loop, Using the LEGO WeDo Simple Machine Kit in Engineering Design
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: Maria Cooper
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Design, build, and program a sampling of the LEGO WeDo Amazing Mechanisms.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will experience use of the LEGO WeDo Simple Machine Kits for students modeling of the Engineering Design Loop.
November 10, 2015
Hampton Roads STEM & The Next Steps in Engineering Design – Learning the VEX IQ Robotics Platform
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: Maria Cooper
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Design and build the new VEX IQ competition robot. Participate in a simulated programming challenge.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will explore the use of VEX IQ in middle school as an extension of the high school VEX program.
December 8, 2015
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: Connie Askew
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Capture the engineering design process in digital photos and utilize an electronic storytelling platform.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will explore the use of Photo story to enrich STEM reading and Writing (technical writing).
January 12, 2016
The Engineering Design Loop LEGO WeDo Challenge
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: Maria Cooper
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Share in the planning of our annual LEGO WeDo Challenge – review of competition rubrics and mechanism design guidelines.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will review design rubrics planned for use at the LEGO WeDo Challenge.
February 9, 2016
The Engineering Design Notebook, LEFO WeDo Challenge
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: Shana Deans & Nicole Rountree
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Share in the planning of our annual LEGO WeDo Challenge review established guidelines for presentation of Engineering Design Notebooks.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will coordinate LEGO WeDo Challenge presentations of student design notebooks.
March 8, 2016
LEGO Builds, STEM EXPO Club presentations
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: Betty Stallings
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 pm Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Share in the planning of our annual STEM Day presentations.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will coordinate our CHROME STEM EXPO design/build showcase.
April 12, 2016
Wedo Challenge Pep Rally, Rubrics/Judges Question Sets
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: CHROME Club Sponsors
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Share in the planning of our annual WeDo Challenge.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will critique rubrics for use in judging the competition and will help to coordinate the event schedule.
May 10, 2016
Equipment return and inventory;
Replace Parts Requisition
TARGET AUDIENCE: CHROME Club Sponsors
FACILITATORS: CHROME Club Sponsors
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Secondary, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Elementary
DESCRIPTION: Sponsors will return LEGO WeDo materials and kits.
OUTCOME: Sponsors will assist in the coordination of inventory and will complete order forms for replacement.
Monthly starting September 2015
Science Grade Group Meetings: Beyond the Basics of Science Fusion (Textbook)
TARGET AUDIENCE: Elementary Teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
LOCATION: School sites
TIME: Planning blocks
DESCRIPTION:
September: Grade level meetings (35 minutes)
Goals:
Ø Curriculum Overview (navigation and upcoming units of instruction)
Ø Science Fusion Teacher Accounts
Ø Leveled Readers
Ø Student Textbook Order check
October, November, December, January: Grade level meetings (35 minutes)
Goals:
Ø Curriculum Overview (upcoming units of instruction)
Ø Science Fusion Student Accounts
Ø Student Assessments – checking for understanding
Ø Using Data from Science Fusion for understanding
Ø Using Data from Science Fusion for re-teaching and remediation
Ø Student Textbook Order check
October 15, 2015
Electrical Energy
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grades 4 and 5 teachers
FACILATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Major concepts of the Electricity unit will be shared. The objective: Students will master how to build and understand electrical circuitry. Also, the major historical contributions will be presented.
Elementary Performance Based Assessments (Local Alternative Assessments)
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 3 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
December 10, 2015 Planning Meeting
Who’s Eating Who? (food chains)
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
February 2, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES)
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following:
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 3 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Around and Around? (water cycle)
January 21, 2016 Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
March 8, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES,)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following.
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 3 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
Moon Phases
March 3, 2016 Planning Meeting
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
April 5, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following.
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 3 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Sun Sensors
April 28, 2016 Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
June 1, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following.
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 4 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
Weather
January 19, 2016 Planning Meeting
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
March 22, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following.
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 5 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
Bats Around the World (adaptations and ecosystems))
December 3, 2015 Planning Meeting
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
January 28, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following.
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 5 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
Rock Cycle
February 3, 2016 Planning Meeting
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
March 10, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following.
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 5 teachers and special education teachers
FACILITATORS: Patrizia Grigsby and Richard Neefe
Down Under the Ocean
February 23, 2016: Planning Meeting
LOCATION: STARBASE Victory
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will practice the lesson, review scoring rubrics, review required reporting documents and the materials order form.
Professional Learning Community
April 14,, 2016
LOCATIONS: Churchland Academy (for CAES, CES, CPI, JTES, NDC, PVES, WES) and STARBASE Victory (for BES, DPES, LES, JHES, HMES, SES, VES)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers will reflect on the task, rubrics, and instructional practices. Questions for discussion will include the following.
o What revisions are necessary to the task and/or rubrics?
o What concepts and skills might need additional instruction and assessment?
o What student misconceptions are evident?
o What content or process skills need revisiting?
END Elementary PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENTS (Local Alternative Assessments)
Monthly starting September 16, 2015
Lead Science Teachers Meeting
TARGET AUDIENCE: Lead Science Teachers