The objective for this day was to provide an opportunity for selected teachers who were moving ahead on their own in using IMSeries software and related technology issues to showcase some of their work and explore the ideas being implemented by others. The group was small and we covered all items on the agenda. These training days and times were approved for teachers to apply toward the recently adopted flex-time policy. The IMS-Linking Objectives to Benchmarks sessions became sessions for entering Activities and Lesson Plans. This final item is a memorandum distributed to teachers to inform them of ongoing staff development opportunities in IMSeries software for the summer of 1999.
Teachers are at various levels of expertise.
Some teachers are proficient at the skills we are developing and are using time to practice those skills and complete data entry in the database. I check in with these teachers from time to time to provide support, answer questions, or teach them some additional skills related to their level of experience. Some teachers are requesting instruction on specific skills, which I provide, then allow them to spend time practicing. Teachers are allowed to work in their own rooms so they can have curriculum resources immediately available. A few teachers are providing mentoring for others when I cannot be available in a building when they are working.