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RttT & Staff Development Update
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a lengthy post, so let me take a few minutes to bring everyone up to speed on what’s been going on with Race to the Top and Staff Development here in Pitt County. Today consisted of training for the Principals in an overview of the Common Core … Continue reading
CSI Day 2
Day two of CSI was just as successful and smooth as day 1 – except with more people! Our attendance for the day was 195. Here’s how it was all broken down: Facilitative Leadership for Administrators: 16 PD360 Coordinator Training: 53 Guided Reading: 53 Building Academic Vocabulary: 33 Differentiated Instruction: 40 Everyone I spoke with … Continue reading
CSI Day 1
174. Yup – read that again – One Hundred Seventy Four. That’s the number of teachers and administrators who attending trainings today at day one of the 2011 Pitt County Schools Curriculum Summer Institute, otherwise known as CSI. I think that’s a pretty good number! So what did they learn? Twenty-three teachers received day one … Continue reading
PD360 & Observation360 Kick-Off Training
To say I’m excited about the training school administrators received today on our first day of Summer Management Conference is an understatement! We spent all day training on the implementation of both PD360 and Observation360 for our district. I’m not a big fan of plugging particular programs or vendors, and so sometimes I actually get … Continue reading
Curriculum Summer Institute Spots Still Available!
If you are a PCS teacher and you haven’t signed up to attend the Curriculum Summer Institute (CSI) you need to login to MyLearningPlan and check out the sessions that are offered. We have nearly 30 sessions on topics ranging from reading to math to Thinking Maps to ESL to PD360 to building academic vocabulary … Continue reading
School Improvement Summit: Final Thoughts and Reflections
If you haven’t had the opportunity to read the daily summary of the SIIS this past week I encourage you to read the daily summaries before you read this final reflection. They can be accessed by clicking on the following links: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. There are a couple of key elements … Continue reading
School Improvement Innovation Summit: Day 3
Today’s post will be much shorter than yesterdays – I promise you! Today was a couple of hours shorter than yesterday, so there just aren’t many notes to share… Let’s start the day with toasted bagles and a Skype conference with presenter Heidi Hayes Jacobs on the Common Core. This keynote was done via Skye, … Continue reading
Differentiated PD Offered to PCS Teachers via PD360
I’m very excited to announce to everyone that Pitt County Schools has purchased a subscription to PD360 for every teacher and administrator in the county! With over 800,000 registered users, PD360 is the largest online community of educators dedicated to professional development in the world – and every PCS teacher and administrator is now afforded … Continue reading
