http://ala.uark.edu/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:35:06 -0600 MyBB http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=793 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:05:29 -0600 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=793 Jackie Smith, Sonya Whitfield and I are currently finishing a PD e meeting for the AEA Professional Development Conference on Teaching Digital Natives. We have had a great day and have had great collaboration for the Participants. The are in the process of jig-sawing articles and will produce a MIT Chart of 10 items from the articles. I guess you can say...We are doing it the ACADEMY WAY!

Jackie, Sonya and Karen:cool::]]> Jackie Smith, Sonya Whitfield and I are currently finishing a PD e meeting for the AEA Professional Development Conference on Teaching Digital Natives. We have had a great day and have had great collaboration for the Participants. The are in the process of jig-sawing articles and will produce a MIT Chart of 10 items from the articles. I guess you can say...We are doing it the ACADEMY WAY!

Jackie, Sonya and Karen:cool::]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=792 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:45:01 -0600 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=792 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=791 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:18:37 -0600 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=791
To post your homework:
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To post your homework:
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To post your homework:
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What will you collect as evidence?

What do you anticipante being able to share with other teachers as a result of your research?]]>
What will you collect as evidence?

What do you anticipante being able to share with other teachers as a result of your research?]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=788 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:16:40 -0600 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=788
What will you collect as evidence?

What do you anticipate being able to share with other teachers as a result of your research?]]>
What will you collect as evidence?

What do you anticipate being able to share with other teachers as a result of your research?]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=786 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:37:05 -0600 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=786 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=783 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:26:47 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=783 I'm attaching the file of the Survey Monkey links for all the schools' Pre-Surveys 09. Just make sure you find the correct links for the correct schools.
Thanks!
Nicole]]> I'm attaching the file of the Survey Monkey links for all the schools' Pre-Surveys 09. Just make sure you find the correct links for the correct schools.
Thanks!
Nicole]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=781 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:38:12 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=781 Professional Development Review
Climbing Those Peaks
What? – First, we will be reading the book Falling Through the Cracks. Then, we are going to have the students create a student that has fallen through the cracks in their classroom in the past. Lastly, we will discuss the Implementation dip with the teachers as a step of encouragement for the students that seem to be slipping through the cracks.
So What? The reasoning is to be extra aware of those students that we as teachers can sometimes get discouraged with and feel like a failure. Hopefully, it will be an extra visual and mental reminder to the teacher that all students come across some type of barrier in their educational career, whether it be mental, physical, or emotional. It is our job to keep looking for the peak of the mountain that they are climbing.
Now What? I plan to be available to assist in any professional development or leading roles that arise. Whether it be one that my principal has asked for volunteers or volunteered me to do. I know that the learning environment for teachers as well as students must be hands on and interesting peaking. If I can relate professional development experiences to those past experiences of the teachers they will be more beneficial for everyone.]]> Professional Development Review
Climbing Those Peaks
What? – First, we will be reading the book Falling Through the Cracks. Then, we are going to have the students create a student that has fallen through the cracks in their classroom in the past. Lastly, we will discuss the Implementation dip with the teachers as a step of encouragement for the students that seem to be slipping through the cracks.
So What? The reasoning is to be extra aware of those students that we as teachers can sometimes get discouraged with and feel like a failure. Hopefully, it will be an extra visual and mental reminder to the teacher that all students come across some type of barrier in their educational career, whether it be mental, physical, or emotional. It is our job to keep looking for the peak of the mountain that they are climbing.
Now What? I plan to be available to assist in any professional development or leading roles that arise. Whether it be one that my principal has asked for volunteers or volunteered me to do. I know that the learning environment for teachers as well as students must be hands on and interesting peaking. If I can relate professional development experiences to those past experiences of the teachers they will be more beneficial for everyone.]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=780 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:53:42 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=780 Thanks!

Barb]]> Thanks!

Barb]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=778 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:14:55 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=778 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=776 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:25:54 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=776 "Partners Meet in Conjunction with Superintendent Institute"
"Change Leadership: System Change and The 4 C's"

Check back each month to stay up-to-date on Academy news, institutes, and resources. Have ideas for other newsletter stories or suggestions for improvement? Please leave a comment, and let us know. We want to know what you think! Thanks for reading!]]> "Partners Meet in Conjunction with Superintendent Institute"
"Change Leadership: System Change and The 4 C's"

Check back each month to stay up-to-date on Academy news, institutes, and resources. Have ideas for other newsletter stories or suggestions for improvement? Please leave a comment, and let us know. We want to know what you think! Thanks for reading!]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=773 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:21:53 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=773
Barb Freking]]>
Barb Freking]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=772 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:49:55 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=772
I just have a quick question and want to make sure I am doing everything right so I thought this would be a good place to type a question. How do we know for sure if you have received our peer learning coach paper, saying they will attend? I just was curious. My learning coach did sign her paper, but I wanted to make sure it got there!

Thanks,

Barb Freking]]>
I just have a quick question and want to make sure I am doing everything right so I thought this would be a good place to type a question. How do we know for sure if you have received our peer learning coach paper, saying they will attend? I just was curious. My learning coach did sign her paper, but I wanted to make sure it got there!

Thanks,

Barb Freking]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=771 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:47:37 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=771
Barb Freking]]>
Barb Freking]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=769 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:02:35 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=769 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=753 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:11:03 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=753
Students who have earned advanced or proficient get a day off the week of Thanksgiving. On that Monday and Tuesday, if a student has an adv or prof in math or literacy they get one day off, Tuesday, if they have it in both, they get both days off.

Students who have no 0s on their scores for Open Response get a Wendy's frosty. We cut a deal with them.

We have a cookout to invite students who have improved one level on the score.

Our Partner in Education donates gift cards, and students who were in attendance all testing days have their name put in for a drawing.

It seems to have helped ours.

Lucia Turner]]>
Students who have earned advanced or proficient get a day off the week of Thanksgiving. On that Monday and Tuesday, if a student has an adv or prof in math or literacy they get one day off, Tuesday, if they have it in both, they get both days off.

Students who have no 0s on their scores for Open Response get a Wendy's frosty. We cut a deal with them.

We have a cookout to invite students who have improved one level on the score.

Our Partner in Education donates gift cards, and students who were in attendance all testing days have their name put in for a drawing.

It seems to have helped ours.

Lucia Turner]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=752 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:35:40 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=752 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=735 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:53:48 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=735 "School Support Program Rolls Out Expansion with 17 Schools"
"Meet the New School Support Program Capacity Building Leaders"
"In the Words of a School Support Program Capacity Building Leader"

Have ideas for other newsletter stories or suggestions for improvement? Please leave a comment, and let us know. We want to know what you think! Thanks for reading!]]> "School Support Program Rolls Out Expansion with 17 Schools"
"Meet the New School Support Program Capacity Building Leaders"
"In the Words of a School Support Program Capacity Building Leader"

Have ideas for other newsletter stories or suggestions for improvement? Please leave a comment, and let us know. We want to know what you think! Thanks for reading!]]> http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=734 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:36:50 -0500 http://ala.uark.edu/showthread.php?tid=734 Just writing a quick thread to say I enjoyed the days at the Academy and look forward to the next session. Some great information was presented and the classroom experiences shared prove that there are some great teachers out there who really want to help all students.

Barbara Gulley]]> Just writing a quick thread to say I enjoyed the days at the Academy and look forward to the next session. Some great information was presented and the classroom experiences shared prove that there are some great teachers out there who really want to help all students.

Barbara Gulley]]>