Professional Development at Audenried High School
The purpose of the Professional Development area of the Audenried High School website is to reflect upon how the information we learn at PD is applied to our everyday teaching practices. By looking at the content, the process, and the final outcomes for both teachers and students we can learn how to better apply the strategies we use to improve our instructional practices.
November 19th, 2008
At the November 19th 1/2 Day Professional Development, we explored ways of applying the Differentiated Instruction strategies we learned at the full day PD on November 4th- Choice Boards and Tiered Assignments. We re-visted each of these concepts and then spent time planning content related projects that employed each of the strategies. To review the concepts of Choice Boards and Tiered Assignments, review the documents below. To view the documents in full screen mode, click on the "full screen" icon ( 
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THE CONTENT
CHOICE BOARDS |
TIERED ASSIGNMENTS |
THE PROCESS
How do our techers plan on applying these strategies to their classroom instruction? In this example, we will listen to how our 9th grade Physical Science teachers plan to apply the Tiered Instruction strategy to a long term project on elements. We will also listen to how their most recent Benchmark Data influenced the development of this project.
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THE OUTCOME
Now we will take a look at the project that was the outcome of this professional development and the student products that were produced as a result.
Teacher Outcomes
First, to explore the technology based project that was created with the ideas generated at this Professional Development, click the image below. You will be redirected to our Project Pages, where we house all of our technology based classroom projects. The Project Pages will open in a separate window so you can easily return to this page to view the student work that was produced as a result of this project.
Student Outcomes
Our students produced a variety of products as a result of this project. Their products ranged from poems and cartoon strips to artwork and oral presentations. Enjoy the highligts below.
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OTHER EXAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK:
Which Element Am I?
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Cartoon Strip
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