Aug+14+2013

**1pm - School Cafeteria** **Needed: teachers bring laptop/device and //Enhancing Professional Practice// book** **1 pad of post-it notes per table****. **  **FOCUS: Overview of Danielson's Four Domains and Levels of Performance**

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 * AGENDA **
 * 1.0 **Opening Activity**: "If you were to walk into a classroom, what would you see and hear that would make you think you are in the presence of an expert?"
 * 1.1 Everyone take 4-5 post-it notes
 * 1.2 Write 1 idea per post-it note; 4-5 ideas per person - 2 minutes
 * 1.3 Determine whose birthday is closest to today
 * 1.4 That person will start by sharing 1 post-it note, then go around the table sharing 1 post-it note until all post-its have been shared
 * 1.5 If someone shares an idea that others have also written down, stack those notes when the idea is first introduced
 * 2.0 **Four Domains Overview**
 * 2.1 Open link to view a graphic of Daniel's Framework for Teaching
 * 2.2 You may need to magnify the image to see the print more clearly
 * 2.3 4 Domains>22 Components>76 Elements
 * 2.4 Each element is broken down into 4 levels of performance (Distinguished, Proficient, Basic, and Unsatisfactory) that are displayed in rubrics throughout Danielson's book Enhancing Professional Practice, which makes it very easy to understand what teachers should know and be able to do in their profession.
 * 2.5 The left side of the graphic (Domains 1 and 4) are those responsibilities that take place behind the scenes, either preparation or follow-up activities
 * 2.6 The right side of the graphic (Domains 2 and 3) are those activities that are observable in the classroom
 * 2.7 Using the graphic, categorize the post-it notes on your table into the 4 Domains
 * 3.0 **Domain Jigsaw Activity**
 * 3.1 Open link and download the form to your device [File>Download as>Microsoft Word]
 * 3.2 Count off 1-4 in your table group
 * 3.3 Refer to pp 26-31 in Enhancing Professional Practice
 * 3.4 Using the Domain Jigsaw, record what you feel are the "big ideas" for your Domain (1,2,3,4) - 5 minutes
 * 3.5 Table share - 5 minutes
 * 4.0 **Domain Quiz**
 * 4.1 Open link to take quiz
 * 4.2 Refer to the Four Domains graphic
 * 4.3 DO NOT submit your responses (or they will disappear) - keep them open
 * 4.4 Take quiz - 3 minutes
 * 4.5 Share at your table - 5 minutes
 * 4.6 Display
 * 5.0 **Levels of Performance Activity**
 * 5.1 Open link and download the form to your device [File>Download as>Microsoft Word]
 * 5.2 Refer to pp 41-42 in Danielson's Enhancing Professional Practice
 * 5.3 At your table assign one Domain to each person to complete this activity
 * 5.4 Highlight the key descriptive words for the domain you're assigned across each level - 3 minutes
 * 5.5 Share at table
 * 5.6 Summary