Bride+of+Stay-Cation+2015



=AGENDA ITEMS=
 * What do we really think about Assessments/DOL/Final Exam?
 * Concern--what does it mean if we are effectively 'abandoning' the Final Exam?
 * what does it mean when other departments are also offering projects? Do we just give what we want to give?
 * What is our research curriculum?
 * Notes from Stay-Cation 14/15 [[file:AAA STAYCATION STUFF.docx]]
 * What are we teaching 9th, 10th, 11th grade?
 * What should we be teaching? What MUST we teach?
 * Are we shifting from a research+writing approach to a research+simulation approach?
 * Homework
 * Note-Taking
 * Presenting at NCSS? Information HERE
 * World Civ: Hope to find time after SPARK to talk World Civ; Question about how they want to teach World Civ for the next two years.
 * Someone teaches Tyler European history.

**Other**

 * __Strategic Plan Related Projects__:** Will Piper needs us to update our Strategic Plan related activities on a shared Googledoc.
 * As we are wrapping up our year, we want to take inventory of what projects took place that are related to the Strategic Plan. Back in September, I started compiling the attached, “Big List.” I know that as the year has progressed that some projects may have been revised and several others added. Please review the following document (I have it set so that anyone with this link can edit it), add projects that are not on the list, and revise/take off projects where needed as well. Note that the list is divided into the three topics that reflect our three Strategic Planning goals. I would like this info **before Friday, June 12th please**.
 * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLpTWuhR-Y28Og7_x8uuELZb3nyjGoNp_RNP3N9Cj_U/edit?usp=sharing


 * __Form A__ Professional Development End-of-Year Summary**

=** RESOURCES: **=

__ Research in the Curriculum __
Carnegie Mellon Teaching HERE "Students as Authentic Researchers" HERE 22 Great Places if you Teach Research Skills HERE Research Paper Scaffolding HERE and HERE More HERE (Research paper in the 1st person)

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