Math-in-CTE Lesson Plans

Lesson plans developed directly for the Math-in-CTE programs are available at http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgz9g6rt_36f9qxmbgq. The links in the fist column provide the lessons in the prescribed format from NRC-CTE. Ultimately, those lessons will be converted to the UBD (Understanding by Design - APS) and SPN (Successful Parctices Network - Daggett) formats required by others.

Summer Coursework Limited

Virginia Tech will only be offering Integrative STEM Field Studies this summer. The other courses will not be available again until Fall 2009. The I-STEM faculty may restrict this course to those who have completed two or more I-STEM courses. Please contact Dr. John Wells (mailto:jgwells@vt.edu) to learn more about this course, course requirements or future offerings.

Results from Spring Break

We have 5 teachers participating in integrative curriculum planning for the HILT Institute team within the ACC/GCTAA Academic Academy. Their products are available as Google Docs, and as they are complete they will be linked on the Wiki page for Professional Development.

GCTAA Planning Conference

You are invited to a GCTAA Planning Workgroup Conference. The stated purpose is to share recent activities and collectively consider obstacles and priorities.

Tue, February 24, 1:30pm – 3:30pm

Arlington Career Center

Priorities for Spring-Summer 2009

I'm wrapping up the Budget Recommendation for Spring and Summer 2009.

Are you aware of priorities (particularly those with budget implications) not listed below?:

• Graduate coursework for Summer 2009
• Graduate coursework for Fall 2009
• Unit planning during Spring 2009
• PD360 Interactive Video Professional Development
• Math-CTE (and Science) workshops
• Summer work sessions/sprints

developing plans for summer

When do we start developing plans for summer? I see no one has contributed to this since the meeting of January 16th and yet I received an e-mail saying that we need to get started - well I for one am volunteering to get started. There need to be some concrete plans in the works very soon. How about:

1) a series of summer workshops, OR
2) one workshop divided into areas

in which CTE teachers are paired with either a science or a math teacher. The CTE teacher would be required to bring their list of objectives/competencies and meeting one could pick a lesson to develop that involves the science and/or math from that particular CTE area. Meeting two (or part two of the same meeting) could be the development of a unit involving both areas.

Idea #2:
Having a summer workshop in which several CTE teachers could partner with ONE mentor in a sort of small roundtable format. All of the CTE teachers could bring their competencies and the mentor (a lead teacher or really any academic teacher who would want to do this, including me) could begin with the first CTE teacher looking for ways to integrate English, or math, or social studies, or science into their competencies. The group could bounce their ideas back and forth and boil the ideas down to a few really workable ones for each discipline. Day two and/or three of this would be the actual integration.

Idea #3:
Get together a booklet of science, math, social studies, and English competencies for high school and bring to first meeting of a two or three day workshop. CTE teachers would come and be responsible for working through a series of lessons that they already do but putting in more integration and several mentors would circulate in the room and assist where needed. Examples would be provided at the outset.

January 16 Meeting Summary

The meeting summary for our first meeting is published at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgz9g6rt_22ctwtszdj

Send comments or requests for clarification to Jim E.

Google Docs available

All GCTAA-PD committee participants should now have access to all relevant PD documents, and you should also have received invitations for several (all will appear in your docs list when you sign in. If you have any difficulties, ask me or David to hover over your shoulder or by phone.

Jim - 703-599-3643
David - 703-228-5735

Agenda - Friday, January 16, 2009 12:30pm

Overarching goal: Participants will collaborate to identify, recommend and then develop professional development experiences in integrative, student-centered teaching and learning.

1. GCTAA Overview - http://www.careercenter.arlington.k12.va.us/gctaa/index.htm

· Opportunities for students

· GCTAA / ACC / NOVA Relationship

· Innovation infrastructure

2. Introduction to collaboration tools

· Wiki – http://wiki.candoskills.org/wiki/Main_Page

· Google Docs – http://docs.google.com

· PD Blog - http://gctaa-pd.blogspot.com/

3. Communications and Meetings

· Face time as necessary – next meeting:

· Skype (www.skype.com) and DimDim (http://www.dimdim.com) , and others

4. Review of the draft PD Plan – shared in google docs

5. Review of the draft Budget Plan – shared in google docs

6. Other issues, concerns, curios

Welcome - Purpose

The purpose of this web log is to share information and updates about professional development initiatives, activities, and follow-up reports.


This blog complements the wiki infrastructure at http://wiki.gctaa.net/wiki/ProfessionalDevelopment.

Need help?
Jim Egenrieder: 703-599-3643 (cell)