Beginning+Teacher+Professional+Development

**Access information about the professional development our department offers to new teachers here!**
__**Exemplary Teacher Cross-Site Visits**__ This winter and spring, beginning teachers will have the opportunity to spend a day with a Full-time New Teacher Developer in a small grade-level group, as arranged by the NTD, to observe practice in exemplary teachers’ classrooms. The morning will be devoted to observations and the afternoon to debriefing and application of new thoughts and ideas for instruction.
 * Teachers who would like to participate in this valuable opportunity need to complete the registration form by December 21st at:**  __   **[]**   __

__**Beginning Teacher Seminars**__ Beginning Teacher Seminars are a series of professional development experiences designed specifically for novice teachers to acquire classroom practices most critical to establishing an effective learning environment. Using the lens of equity and high expectations, novice teachers will deepen their understanding of instructional methods, classroom management approaches and monitoring/assessment, along with strategies for building parent and community partnerships. To this end, participants will engage in a study of four Dimensions of Effective Teaching that provide a framework for viewing and generating potential approaches and solutions to challenges typically encountered by novice teachers. Over the course of the seminar series, teachers will create a professional portfolio of resources and strategies for working with case study students for whom they are seeking targeted support. Beginning Teacher Seminars will meet from 4:00 to 7:00 at the O’Bryant School of Math & Science in Roxbury.

Please see the [|BT Seminars Flyer.FINAL.doc] for more information. Below are some of the materials from each of the sessions:

//I: Safe, Respectful, and Culturally Sensitive & Responsive Learning Environments ~ Classroom Management Part I// [|BT Seminar 1 - Main Hand-out.ppt] [|BT Seminar 1 - Resource PKT.pdf]

//II: Safe, Respectful, and Culturally Sensitive & Responsive Learning Environments ~ Classroom Management Part II// [|BT Seminar II - Main Handout.ppt] [|BT Seminar II - Resource PKT.pdf]

//III: Partnerships with Family & Community// [|BT Seminar III - Main Hand-out.ppt]

//IV: Monitoring and Assessing Student Progress// [|BT Seminar IV - Main Hand-out.ppt] [|BT Seminar IV - Resource Packet.pdf]

//V: Instructional Planning and Implementation// [|BT Seminar V Main Hand-out.ppt] [|BT Seminar V Resource Packet.pdf]

//Case Study Reflections// //This is the packet that participants will be working on throughout the seminar series to record and reflect on the the strategies they have implemented in relation to a case study student.// [|BT Seminars - Case Study Reflections.doc]

__**New Teacher Institute**__ The New Teacher Institute is the district's annual orientation for all teachers new to the district. For the 2009-2010 school year, the orientation was held August 25-27, 2009. View the [|Final NTI 2009 Program.doc] by clicking on the link.