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Meeting 1- September:
Thursday, 9/3: Why clustering and where are we?
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Purpose of clustering: Improving instruction so that we better meet the needs of our ELL and GT students.
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Self-assessment questions on iPads
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Discussion of first question, “What are your best hopes and worst fears for clustering during the 2012-13 school year?”
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Distribution of The Cluster Grouping Handbook: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Academic Achievement for All
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Assignments for next time:
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Read pages 1-9 in The Cluster Grouping Handbook.
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Read pages 25-37 and 63-85 in the green packet.
Meeting 2- October:
Monday, 10/15: Getting to know our clustered students and Using Pre-Assessments
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How to find, read, and utilize Advanced Learning Plans and ELL Plans.
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Identifying common language in plans.
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Dissecting and designing Pre-Assessments
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Assignments for next time:
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With your partner, create a pre- and post- assessment that you can use with your students prior to next month’s meeting. For the next meeting bring…
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Read pages 38-56 in the green packet.
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Read pages 84-155 in The Cluster Grouping Handbook (Chapters 5 and 6).
Meeting 3- November:Differentiating lessons
Monday, 11/12:
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Protocol to examine Pre- /Post- assessments
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Lesson designs: Accessing differentiation tools and strategies
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Preview of GT conference in Denver
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Assignments for next time:
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With your partner, design a lesson using one at least one of the strategies examined today or in the readings. For the next meeting bring…
Meeting 4- December:Gifted & Talented Clusters and strategies
Mon. 12/17
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Compacting and differentiating curriculum
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Presentations and sharing by the attendees of the GT conference
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Assignments for next time:
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With your partner, design a lesson using one at least one of the strategies presented today. For the next meeting bring…
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Reading to be determined.
Meeting 5- January:ELL Clusters and strategies
Wed. 1/23
Meeting 6- February:ELL Clusters and strategies
Tues. 2/26
March
No meeting this month(conferences and TCAP testing)
Meeting 7- April:Evaluating the Cluster Grouping Model in American Studies
Mon, 4/15
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Protocol on the readings
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Successes & Struggles with Clustering this year
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What do we want to know from our students? How do we get this information?
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Assignment for next time:
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Readings to be determined.
Meeting 8- May:Looking ahead
Mon., 5/20
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