March 3 PD DayKeynote and Featured Presenters: We are thrilled to welcome two featured presenters. Our opening speaker is Matthew Dicks. Matthew is an educator, author, and a nationally-syndicated storyteller on NPR's The Moth. Matthew will also run a workshop on storytelling at the convention. Additionally, we will welcome Richard Byrne, educator and founder of Practical Ed Tech. Richard will facilitate several hands-on sessions focused on practical practices that leverage technology to create Inspired Learning experiences. They are tentatively scheduled to focus on Augmented / Virtual Reality & DIY App creation for kids related to different content areas. Schedule: We posted the schedule for the March 3rd Inspired Learning Convention. We have over 40 interesting sessions available led by a mix of our colleagues and other educators from around New England. We're looking forward to a day filled with thought-provoking conversations and tangible takeaways that you can use in your classrooms. Based on the feedback we received in 2019, we now offer three formats of sessions. The formats include:
Logistics: As you are aware, Tuesday is also Primary Day so many of our Upton community members will be voting at the primary in the Nipmuc gymnasium. They will be parking in the faculty parking lot by the gym and some spots will be allocated for the public in the front as well. We are expected to have thousands come through to vote, so we do recommend that people meet first at their respective schools (Clough, Memorial, Miscoe) and carpool over as parking will be limited on the PD day. We appreciate your assistance with this. Registration takes place from 8:00-8:30 with the Keynote speaker beginning promptly at 8:30. Lunch: We will be providing boxed lunches for those in attendance as well as coffee/tea in the morning. We asked that those with dietary restrictions reach out to Dave Quinn by last Thursday. The orders were placed for lunch last Friday. In-District Workshops: Please note that a few in-district closed offerings are taking place such as CPI Refresher and iReady professional development. Registration for these in-district workshops can be found in Teachpoint and not in Sched. Thank you! Thank you to the work of the PD Committee in helping with the plans for the upcoming PD Day. Thank you to Dave Quinn for his leadership in the Inspired Learning Convention and bringing many great presenters to our doorstep. Thank you to all of our in-district teachers and staff who have come forward to share their experiences, knowledge, and passion. Portrait of a Learner Twitter Challenge#Portraitofalearner Welcome to March! We hope to see you engaging in this month's twitter challenge where you share highlights of students demonstrating the month's Portrait of a Learner Competency. Those who participate will be entered into a raffle. Please tag your posts with #MURSDInspires #Portraitofalearner This month's twitter challenge will focus on the Competency: Effective Communicator. The MURSD Leaner: 1. Articulates thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts 2. Uses communication for a range of purposes 3. Listens effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions. 4. Utilizes multiple media and technologies, and knows how to judge their effectiveness and their impact. PD OpportunitiesCPI Training (In-District)
PBL Project Slice I'd like to invite you, any of your school leaders and key teacher leaders to attend one of our free Project Slice experience on March 4 (Burlington), or March 16 (Lowell). This one day experience will allow participants to experience PBL as a learner and reflect on how PBL can help their students achieve academic content standards and success skills that they will need for college, career and life. We're also currently accepting applications for our PBL School Leader Network, where 50% of the participation fees will be covered by the One8 Foundation. March 4: MA Partnerships for Youth Real Talk: Lessons in Uncommon Sense--Mental Health Series https://massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com/events/real-talk-lessons-in-uncommon-sense---mental-health-series-utcewaghqg32 March 12-Ignite Learning with Education Apps (Apple) 8:30-12:00 Shrewsbury Town Hall March 18--MA Partnerships for Youth Student Cyber Risk-Taking and Potential Threats https://massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com/events/student-cyber-risk-taking--potential-threats Google Skills Digital Workshop https://edtechteacher.org/ett_events/googleskillsma/ REsources |