Wright,+L

=L Wright=

Wednesday, August 22nd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Welcome, Intro, and Review Core Competencies || This was a good time to get to know a few of the goals and mission of The Academy. I also learned who my mentor is for the year! As a new teacher, that is important. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Managing the Academy Website || I will utilize this website to learn more about my students as well as how to contact their parents. In addition, I will use it to post/reiew any teacher documentation on the student. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || TI Navigation || TI Navigation helped me to see an additional tool to utilize in the classroom. Excellent tool for both Algebra & Geometry. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Parent Involvement Planning || This session was valuable. I will continue to brainstorm on more activities for parent involvement. I also have learned that there are many different cultures at this school. ||
 * 2:00-2:45 || Meeting with floor Vice Principal || This session gave me the opportunity to get to know the staff on my floor. Mr. Reyes reinforced the need to the need to stand at door and monitor hallways during passing periods, have a warm-up assignment ready when students arrive, and have control over student use of the laptops. ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || This session helped me understand what needs to be done during PACE class, when it would take place. It is not just for study hall/ tutoring. Each floor has different needs. ||

Thursday, August 23rd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Meet with Teams and Specialties || Met my team! Learned more about my PACE students. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Building up to Project-Based Learning || Projects will be an important factor in my Geometry and Algebra 2 Courses. This course showed me the steps needed to ensure that the students stay on task over a long period of time. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Creating Assessments in Blackboard || This was a wonderful online session that helped me with a tool that I will be using often. I wondered how to create an assessment on Blackboard and this sessioned took me step by step on how to do so. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Tracking Employability Skills || With so many students, I think it will be difficult to track employability skills without a good plan. This online session not only took me step by step, but it also provided excel worksheets that I can print up and utilize. That was helpful. ||
 * 2:00-2:25 || Reflection Time ||  ||
 * 2:30-3:30 || Meet with Departments ||  ||