August 23 (Wednesday)
9:00 - 10:00
Looking Up and Out - Dr. Hiller Spires
- Welcome - Mr. Guorong Liu & Dr. Lisa Wang
- Minute to Win It: Global Edition - Andrea Gambino, Nick Fortune, & Katie Green
- Parking Lot (Questions & Comments)
- Introduction to Student-Centered Pedagogies - Dr. Hiller Spires
10:00 - 12:00
Digging Deeper: Introduction to Project-Based Inquiry (PBI) Global - Dr. Hiller Spires
- Beginning with the End in Mind - Example PBI Global
- Team 1 - What role does water play in global conflict?
- Team 2 - How do engineering advancements impact access, production, and consumption of clean water?
- Team 3 - What are the economic benefits to a community having a clean, readily available water supply?
- Team 4 - What is the relationship between water and physical fitness?
- Team 5 - How does access to water influence communities' traditional art and craft practices?
- Team 6 - How does access to water necessitate innovation by communities?
- Team 7 - How has the theme of water been important to cultural narratives?
- Team 8 - How are man-made changes to ecosystems impacting communities' water supplies?
- Phase 1: Ask a Compelling Question (link to CQ options for each discipline)
- Phase 2: Gather and Analyze Sources (link to source options - in annotated bibliography form - for each CQ)
- Phase 3: Creatively Synthesize Claims and Evidences (link to model Claims and Evidence sheet and link to model Piktochart)
- Phase 4: Critically Evaluate and Revise (link to PBI Global rubric)
Coaches will facilitate Cool Tool tutorials as needed for
- Phase 1 Cool Tool: Google Docs (Go to your team's Google Doc hyperlinked above)
- Phase 2 Cool Tool: EasyBib Citation Maker (MLA format)
- Phase 3 Cool Tool: Piktochart
- Phase 4 Cool Tool: Padlet
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch Break
1:00 - 1:40
Digging Deeper (continued) - Dr. Hiller Spires
- Phase 5: Publish, Share, & Act
- Showcase - select group presentations
1:40 - 2:45
Design Studio
- School-Wide Read A Long Walk to Water: Dr. Alison Schleede - Begin work on School-Wide Read A Long Walk to Water in Content PLTs (Intro Handout with description of implementation (dates, how money will be collected, etc.) & suggested ways to connect to the book)
- School-Wide Read A Long Walk to Water: A Lesson in 3 Moments - Andrea Gambino - facilitate a Lesson in 3 Moments (descriptions of instructional strategies)
- Keeping the End in Mind for Friday showcase - Dr. Hiller Spires - you are designing an LP (LPs) to connect with the school-wide read. (Resources: lesson plan template; NLI 2017 Padlet with strategies, tools, templates, etc. learned this week; instructional strategy database)
- ELA - Dr. Hiller Spires
- EFL - Casey Medlock Paul
- History - Andrea Gambino
- Mathematics - Nick Fortune
- Science - Katie Green
- Specials - David Schwenker
2:45 - 3:00
Wrap Up, +/∆ - Dr. Hiller Spires
Before Thursday Morning:
- Brainstorm ideas in your discipline group to create a lesson plan for A Long Walk to Water LP
- Syllabus due to Alison by Friday
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
SNA Website
Presenters: SNA Website Lead
Attendees: Dr. Lisa Wang, Dr. Hiller Spires & Erin Lyjak
SNA Website
Presenters: SNA Website Lead
Attendees: Dr. Lisa Wang, Dr. Hiller Spires & Erin Lyjak