The Culture Camp Professional Development opener for Minarets High School Teachers.

1. A New Era at Minarets

4. Kayla West
Angeline DeHart
Michael Vaughan
Brett Moglia
Brittney Slaughter
Richard Chapman

5. Shout-Outs

6. Teachers Moving On…

7. Mike Niehoff Moving On…

8. I Am Changing Titles…

9. Director of Charter?

10. Weight Room Shift

11. Native American Culture Center

12. Minarets Phase 2

13. Activity
Share with your group:
1) What was your most successful project last
year?
2) What are some ways that you assessed
student learning?
3) What is a new project/approach you plan to
implement this year?
4) Share out what someone else shared with you.

14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

15. Where are we
now?
Who are we?
Where do we need
to take it?

17. Communication
Do our projects teach students to:
-Articulate their learning through multiple intelligences?
-Be responsible in communicating with teacher for
turning work in, editing work, and understanding what is
asked them?
-Publish their work and develop a portfolio that will
demonstrate their work and progress on a large scale?

18. Collaboration
Do our projects teach students to:
-Learn how to lead and follow on a project
with multiple tasks?
-Be responsible for their role in a group
of their peers?
-Brainstorm, edit, and offer their talents
in the design phase?

19. Creativity
Do our projects teach students to:
Utilize their talents and interests to
show mastery of content?
Complete projects at their highest
level rather than for a grade?
Truly learn by having fun but working hard?

20. Critical Thinking
Do our projects teach students to:
Ask questions that matter?
Struggle through challenges and relish in the rewards
of problem solving?
Solve real world problems that impact
them or people they know?

21. Community
Are our students
part of a community? Do
they want to be here? Is
it safe to be yourself?

25. Unit 1
Intro
Formative
Assessment
Summative
Assessment
Unit 2
Traditional
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4.

26. Unit 1
Questions
Big Ideas
Engagement
Project Design
Makers Lab
Collaboration
Production
Edit Mode
Feedback
Enhancement
Showcase
Enrichment
Publish
Portfolio
Review and
on to Unit 2
Minarets
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27. Why Must We Rush?

29. Goals for this Year
1.Promote deep questioning
in our teaching.

30. Goals for this Year
2. Follow our process:
-Introduce/Explain
-Model
-Guide and Be Mobile
-Check for Understanding
-Review

31. Goals for this Year
3.Develop a Framework for
the Minarets Model. Share
and use to gain
momentum each year.

32. Goals for this Year
4.Target the Students Who are
Below the Radar and Plug
Them in to our Community.

33. Who do we do that?
-Instructional Rounds
-Teacher led Professional Development
-Creation of a Minarets Learning Site.
-Student Engagement Project
-Never lose sight of our mission

36. iBooks Author

37. Activity
-Create a presentation in
a group of four. This will be
embedded on the week one
sessions site.
-You can use any format but it must look
good and cover your topic well.
-Each presentation must include a 5-10
minute activity.

38. Group #1
Getting involve at Minarets. What we have
to offer, why students should get involved,
who they can contact to get involved, and
examples of the activity/clubs success.

39. Group #2
What is project based learning. PBL at
Minarets, the different tools we have, why
PBL is valuable, and examples of what
students have done at Minarets.

40. Group # 3
How to conduct a search. What is research
and what is googling, how to give credit
where credit is due, how become a master of
the search…

41. Group # 4
Get to know your teachers! Give a bio of the
teachers and what they teach. Include
interesting backgrounds and interests. Know
you teachers quiz.

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