https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity Department Coordinators--add highlights from your conversation regarding PLT ideas for creating community next school year en-us 2018-04-09 17:52:14 UTC 2018-04-09 18:21:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964130 From our discussions we find that we are currently doing many things well when establishing a classroom community.

Some positives that we are currently doing:
-utilizing a lot of student ownership in the creative choices in their projects.
-supporting many different interests, backgrounds and styles in the creating of high level art.
-allowing for students to support students and encouraging supportive collaboration and discussion about works and example art.

Some of our goals moving forward:
- to spend time as a department sourcing additional references from diverse artists from around the globe, both in style and background.
- to create more opportunities for collaborative art creation.]]> 2018-04-09 18:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964130 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964289 We are going to develop our Performing Arts Presents night into an event. Since this is our first performance of the year, and the only one that includes all disciplines, this will be a great opportunity to ensure that we are forming a performing arts community that will support eachother through out the year. We will create special t-shirts for all performers; hold a tech rehearsal after school the day of the show, then break for dinner in cafeteria. Performance at 7pm.]]> 2018-04-09 18:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964289 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964390 The Social Studies department is currently working on common assessments for mid term, final, and unit assessments. We are also working on common writing assignments and rubrics. On the path to doing so we will integrate the ideas from today. For instance, class room procedures for doing group current events and how to present them. ]]> 2018-04-09 18:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964390 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964578 We are currently providing a supportive and positive classroom. 

We feel that most of our students feel safe and reach out for our support.

We are using ongoing best practices with students and staff.  ]]> 2018-04-09 18:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964578 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964871 Chemistry/PHysics PLT
Use projects to engage kids in the curriculum
Which projects will work well?We need more time together as PLT to make some important decisions.
More classroom small group interactions. 

Biology
Explicitly teaching how to have collaborative consversation (scaffolded, rules, sentence stems)
Using PEar Deck
Kahoot, quizlet to gamify lessons
Students can propose their own ideas for projects. 
JIgsaw activities to have kids peer teaching.





]]> 2018-04-09 18:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249964871 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249965097 Committing a set amount of minutes during each PLT meeting to discuss opportunities to integrate enhancing classroom community. 

Not letting the excuse of "I don't have that kind of personality" get in the way of changing your classroom community. 

At the beginning of each term commit time to team building and learning how to work productively as a group. 

Each PLT has a sense of 'community' using a common calendar.  Students feel comfortable going to different PLT teachers for questions.

Having a common PLT prep to discuss opportunities to build classroom community. ]]> 2018-04-09 18:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249965097 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249965921 We will dedicate the first part of our meetings to share what we're doing, how the kids are working together in groups, how they are expressing themselves, any problems we need to address, strategies that really worked, what's not working and troubleshoot solutions]]> 2018-04-09 18:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249965921 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249966159 Utilizing Socratic Seminars allow for students to tap into their sense of agency.  Student-led discussions challenging and building off each others' ideas.

Small-group discussions before contributing to large group-- this allows students to both confirm and "check in" in a more inclusive setting before sharing with the entire class.

Peer-review work to both praise and critique helping each other.

Incorporating "diverse voices" in reading texts of authors with diverse backgrounds (gender, race, orientation, genre, style, etc.)

Time to work on Student Questioning (QFT) questioning techniques, students building and asking higher order questions .  Understanding roles/purposes of class conversation-- Zwires' "Building Academic Language"  and Graff + Birkenstein's "They Say; I Say"]]> 2018-04-09 18:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249966159 https://padlet.com/rrood/ClassroomCommunity/wish/249971220

To promote curiosity and relevance in the subject area, establish some Current Event Conversation templates that we share. With some coordination, we could find shared threads for teachers to cross connect their curriculum. 

Get to know our students and their interests.  Using an Interest Inventory at the beginning of the course I find out what their interests are outside the classroom and then engage them in conversation concerning those interests to develop a relationship beyond the classroom.

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