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Understand the Iowa Core web site better - seems easier
More confident that we might use it
Here is the link to the Iowa Core Curriculum Essential Concepts & Skills on the Iowa Department of Education web site.
http://corecurriculum.iowa.gov/Home.aspx
10-12-09 These are the activity worksheets used to explore the Iowa Core Curriculum Essential Concepts and Skills.
{Explore Ess Concepts-Literacy.doc}
{Characteristics of Effective Instruction(START).doc}
Added 2008 - 2009
http://corecurriculum.iowa.gov/Home.aspx
{2009-10 Pro. Dev. Map.doc}
Professional Development resource: www.snipurl.com/h3jbp

10-12-09 Here is the agenda from our PD on October 12th.
{PD AGENDA Oct. 12.doc}
START acronym!! {Characteristics
{Characteristics of Effective
Added 2008 - 2009
http://corecurriculum.iowa.gov/Home.aspx

More confident that we might use it
10-12-09 These are the activity worksheets used to explore the Iowa Core Curriculum Essential Concepts and Skills.
Ess Concepts-Literacy.doc} {Explore
{Explore Ess Concepts-MATH.doc} {Explore
{Explore Ess Concepts-Social Studies.doc} {Explore
{Explore Ess Concepts-SCIENCE.doc}
{Explore Ess Concepts-21st Century .doc}
10-12-09 Here is the agenda from our PD on October 12th.

More confident that we might use it
10-12-09 These are the activity worksheets used to explore the Iowa Core Curriculum Essential Concepts and Skills.
Ess Concepts-MATH.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-SCIENCE.doc} {Explore Ess Studies.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-SCIENCE.doc}
{Explore Ess Concepts-21st
10-12-09 Here is the agenda from our PD on October 12th.
{PD AGENDA Oct. 12.doc}

Understand the Iowa Core web site better - seems easier
More confident that we might use it
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10-12-09 These are the activity worksheets used to explore the Iowa Core Curriculum Essential Concepts and Skills.
{Explore Ess Concepts-Literacy.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-MATH.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-SCIENCE.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-Social Studies.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-21st Century .doc}

This wiki has been established to provide us a common place to plan and post documents for 2009-10 professional development.
Feel free to add comments by clicking the "EDIT" button up in the right-hand corner.
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10-12-09 The are questions and/or comments from the ICC Essential
Skills Skills and Concepts Effective Instruction.
Will this get us off the SINA list?
Appreciated work with subject groups - middle school & high school together.
Time to fulfill the obligations?
Do we connect each of these to our units on the curricular map?
Many new ideas
Will we create our own assessments?
Will the state create assessments?
How in-depth does the curriculum map have to be?
Struggled with organization of the Iowa Core
Understand the Iowa Core web site better - seems easier
More confident that we might use it
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10-12-09 These are the activity worksheets used to explore the Iowa Core Curriculum Essential Concepts and Skills.
4. Grade tabulation and discussion
5. Intro to "Characteristics of Effective Instruction"
effective instruction criteria__.criteria.
7. Conclusion

to the CAL - H-D
H-D Professional Development place to createplan and planpost documents for 2009-10 professional development between Hampton-Dumont and CAL. Please edit and post as you see fit.development.
Feel free to add comments by clicking the "EDIT" button up in the right-hand corner.
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10-12-09 The following are questions from the end of our professional development time exploring the ICC Essential
Skills and Concepts and The Five Characteristics of Effective Instruction.
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10-12-09 These are the and Skills.
Here
{Explore Ess Concepts-Literacy.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-MATH.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-SCIENCE.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-Social Studies.doc} {Explore Ess Concepts-21st Century .doc}
10-12-09 Here is a tentativethe agenda forfrom our PD October 12th.
{PD AGENDA Oct. 12.doc}
10-12-09 The details for documents and grouping will need to be hammered out - but this is a start. Feel free to make any changes directly to the document or email with suggestions, etc.
The following document
Added 2008 - 2009
http://corecurriculum.iowa.gov/Home.aspx