Professional Learning

BCS Mission – The mission of BCS is to guide all students to achieve excellence in a safe, secure and nurturing environment.

Vision – BCS will be a recognized leader in public education, meeting the needs of a diverse student population prepared to succeed in a global society.

Brown Elementary School Mission – The mission of Charles A. Brown Learning Community is to develop compassionate, responsible, creative and confident learners capable of being successful in a global society driven by 21^st Century Technology and Digital Media.

Brown Learner Profile – We are Knowledgeable, Open-Minded, Caring, Inquirers, Risk-takers, Communicators, Principled, Reflective, Thinkers and Well-Balanced.

Faculty Meeting

March 21, 2016

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Agenda

I.      Welcome

II.    Norms

a.  Be Engaged

b. Expect to be Challenged

c.  Full Participation

  

III.  Information and Update

1.  We are planning to add (7) positions for the 2016-’17 School Year.  Due to an enrollment increase of 126 students, we have earned 4.31 additional units.

a.        (1) SPED, (1) FL, (1) FT Counselor, (4) Classroom Teachers

b.      Grade Level Assignments are Subject to change, those affected will be informed by May 1^st.

2.   Spring Break Learning Projects will be prepared by instructional staff for all grades.

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            3.  District Expectations - Learning Focused Components are to be implemented immediately as 

                 training occurs.  (Collaborative Lesson Planning, (LF) Lesson Plan Documents, Learning                    Focused Walk-Through, Small Group Instruction, Collaborative Pairs, Anchor Activities.)

4.                           All Lesson Plans are to be in Chalkable on the Learning Focused Lesson Plan Format.

            4.   Accountability Assessments April 11-19, 2016.

            5.  School Carnival May 18, 2016

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            6.  Award’s Day Schedule

a.        5/19/16 – K, 1^st and 2^nd Grades @ 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30

b.      5/20/16 – 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th Grades @ 8:30. 10:00 and 11:30

IV.  Professional Learning Activity - 

Consider the Following Quote:

     "Worksheets are tools used by ineffective teachers who often have failed to properly plan for instruction and at the very least chose the easiest learning tool they could find when pulling together their lessons."

•             Take a minute to write your opinion about the validity of this quote.  Take take (3) minutes to discuss your individual views.  Write you views on the Chart provided.  Divide into statements that completely agree with the quote, disagree and other.

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V.     Data Report
VI.   Celebrations
VII.  Superintendent's Message