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August 27 Agenda

**Welcome Back!** =Department Mission/Philosophy Statement = =CARP = =Professional Development = =Getting off to a Good Start = >  >
 * 1) Meeting Norms
 * Minutes (Wiki)
 * 1) Our Mission and Philosophy Statement HERE
 * 2) Bride of Staycation Topics for Followup
 * 3) Teaching Schedule for 2015-16: [[file:Master Teaching Schedule 1516 Fall.pdf]]
 * 4) Classroom Status (whiteboards, smartboards, shared spaces)
 * Does anybody need anything for office/classroom?
 * RED BINDERS? do you have one in the classroom? Is it up to date?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Consensus (?) about Pedagogical Practices (Perhaps we need to revisit some of these)
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">2014-15
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Vertical (Cross-Divisional): We reviewed current teaching practices and encouraged sharing between divisions with a focus on curricular innovation.
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Horizontal (Within-Division): Developing and sharing teaching strategies that take advantage of the new block schedule.
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">2015-16
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Vertical: Assessments with an eye to Learning Outcomes. Documenting Curricular Alignment
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Horizontal: I suggest we have it overlap with Vertical goals, if possible.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Teacher Evaluation
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Observation schedule for 2015-16
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Professional Growth Goals:
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reflection on 2014-15
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goals for 2015-16
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Establish expectations, procedures, grade weighting
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Grade Inflation? Be Careful!
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Extra-credit? Do-overs?
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Test Preparation (terms and identifications, student study habits)
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Refer to good pedagogical practices
 * ** __<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Consensus about Pedagogical Practices __ **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mission:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do we still do what we say we do?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Teaching advice from Veterans
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Steve B & JS [[file:Steves Advice.pdf]] [[file:JS Advice.pdf]]

=<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Team Meeting Times =

<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Next Meetings:

 * **<span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday, September 15 Department **
 * **<span style="color: #279e96; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday, October 12th (In-Service/Don't know the agenda) **
 * **<span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday, October 26th [Comments due at 4:00] Department **
 * **<span style="color: #439e3a; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday, November 16th CARP **
 * **<span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday, November 30th Department **
 * **<span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday January 5th Department **
 * **<span style="color: #279e96; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday, January 25th (In-Service/Don't know the agenda) **
 * **<span style="color: #439e3a; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday, February 8th CARP **