Professional Development

 In my first placement I was able to attend the in service training at the start of the year. I was able to see the set up of a classroom and what is expected of teachers in the first few weeks. I was also lucky enough to sit in on a disability suspected meeting with the leadership team and the parents of our student. This gave me the opportunity to learn more about how to interact with parents when a difficult topic is of concern. I believe this was a valuable learning experience for me that will help me later on in my career. One of my favorite trainings at this school was the Core Board training that we did. When our student was diagnosed as deaf we had to take action and start using a core board during our instruction to make it more inclusive. This training explain how students who can’t hear need additional resources to help them receive additional communication skills and strategies. By modeling what we say on a Core Board we are opening up a gate to communication for this student and others in the classroom that might need visual stimulation to help them better process and understand. 

So for in my second placement we have had PLC's every Tuesday where we as a grade level team meet with the instructional coach to analyze different weekly topics. I have also been a part of a Data Team meeting where we learned to track at risk students in the Math testing area. We navigated Panorama (the  analysis platform) and practiced how to identify at risk students with real examples.

This coming Friday we have a professional learning day.