Week of August 11-15, 2008

District Mandated New Teacher Training (Please note grade level for required attendance by new teachers)

Mon., August 11th (K-3) ( 8:30 - 3:30)

K-1: SFISD Phonics Training (1d) - RJW Elem.
2-3:  SFISD Phonics Training (1d) - Kubacak Elem.

Tues., August 12th (PK-12) (8:30 - 12:00)

PK-12: PDAS (1/2 d ) - J.H. Staff Development Room

Wed., August 13th (PK-12) (8:30 - 3:30)

PK-12: Classroom Management Training (1d) - H.S. Cafeteria - "How to Handle Hard to Handle Students"

Thurs., August 14th (PK-12) (8:30-3:30)

PK-4: 8:30-11:30 - Thinking Maps - 12:30-3:30 Technology Applications
5-12:  8:30-11:30 - Technology Applications - 12:30-3:30 - Thinking Maps (1d) - H.S.Classrooms (both sessions) - Room numbers to be announced

Fri., August 15th  (PK-12) (7:30-3:00)

PK-12: 7:30-3:00- New Teacher Orientation
Breakfast and Lunch Provided, District Bus Tour, Meetings with Mentors - RJW Elem.

Week of August 18-22, 2008

All Teachers Return (Times may vary - note times below or see your principal)

Mon., August 18, 2008

PK-12: (7:30-3:00):
7:30-10:00: General Staff Welcome & Breakfast, Supt. Address & Keynote Speaker
10:00-3:00: Grades PK -12 - Campus In-services:
PK-1: CIP Goals, Campus Procedures, Handbook, Discipline
2-3: CIP Goals, Campus Procedures, Marzano Strategies
4: Campus Procedures, TAKS Analysis
5-6:   Campus Procedures, TAKS Analysis
7-8: Professional Learning Communities Training
9-12:  TAKS Analysis/Goal Setting, SMART Goals

Tues., August 19, 2008

PK-8: Teacher Workday
9-12: Dept. & Campus Goal Setting

Wed., August 20, 2008

PK-12: Campus Sessions
PK-1:   Fine Motor Skills Training , Thinking Maps, Management Strategies, Campus Websites, DRA Training
2-3:   6 Topic Round Robin Presentations
4: Love & Logic, Reading Strategies, Math Adoptions
5-6:   Department Meetings, Team Planning for Interventions
7-8:   CHAMPS & Concept-based Curriculum
9-12:  Department Goal Setting

Thurs., August 21, 2008

PK-12: (A.M.) - Vertical Team, PLCs
PK-12: (P.M .) - Horizontal Team Alignments on Campuses

Fri., August 22, 2008

PK-8 (A.M.) - Campus Sessions
PK-1:   Reading Training - Harcourt Program
2-3:   Discipline, Writing Academy, Thinking Maps, Math   Adoptions
4: Ideas for Early Finishers
5-6: Technology in Classroom
7-8: Website & Campus Procedures Rotations
9-12:  Department Meetings
PK-4 & 7-8 (P.M.) - "Comp Time" for November Conferences
5-6:   Layered Curriculum
9-12: Academy Planning

REMAINDER OF 08-09 SCHOOL YEAR:

Mon., October 13, 2008

PK-12:  Campus Sessions
PK-1:  Brain-Based Instruction: Brain Compatible Classes
2-3:   Brain-Based Instruction: Brain Compatible Classes
4: Brain-Based Instruction: Brain Compatible Classes
5-6: TAKS Analysis (Eduphoria)
7-8: PLC's & SMART Goals
9-12: Formative & Summative Assessments, Strategies

Mon., January 19, 2009

PK-4 & 7-12 (All Day) - Teacher Workday
5-6 (A.M.) - Teacher Workday
5-6 (P.M.) - "Comp Time" for November Conferences

Mon., February 16, 2009

PK-12:  Campus Sessions
PK-1:   Effective Teaching Strategies; Data Disaggregation
2-3:   Effective Teaching Strategies; Data Disaggregation
4:   Math Adoptions; Data Disaggregation
5-6:   TAKS Strategies, Interventions
7-8:   How To Reach Difficult Parents
9-12:     Assessment & Academies/Dept. Planning

Mon., April 13, 2009

PK-12:  Campus Improvement Planning

Fri., June 5, 2009

PK-12:  Teacher Workday