Discussion Strategies

 

           Trevor Muir shared this timely article this week!  His five favorite discussion strategies!  We all know students learn more when they are doing most of the talking, just like in the study we read about last week on the blog.   Here are some great, easy strategies to try!

https://www.trevormuir.com/blog/class-discussion-strategies?fbclid=IwAR0LjQyuuvVJ-hnVvHy_fiwHDitm2IicjSOtpcRv0jg4BL5K0rkdIIM6Aa8

Important Information: 

Faculty Meeting - Our next Facutly Meeting will be November 8th.  We will have PBIS lessons to share and we will model some discussion strategies - it is guaranteed to be fun!  

Instructional Rounds - We are working on an Instructional Rounds schedule for the week of November 7th.  Sheila is going to see which two days we can get subs in the buildin (either November 7 &8 or 8&9).   Thank you to those who filled out the Instructional Rounds survey.  This will be helpful to me when scheduling to make sure you get to see something helpful to you!  If you haven't filled out this form, please do so by the end of the day on Monday.  If you can't remember - you can ask me or just fill it out again!  It is very quick!  Instructional Rounds Form

Lunch and Learn - Next week, we are asking that teams NOT meet during their normal PLC times.  We are going to host Lunch and Learns for teams based on the Marzano Element that you are working on for your professional goal for SFS.  The goal of the Lunch and Learn is to help you find time to reflect on your practices, learn from each other, and make sure you are meeting the goals for your evaluation.  Below are the dates of meetings - all meetings will be from 11:45 - 12:24 in Kris Walsh's Computer Science Room.   The lunch menu will be shared closer to time.

              Monday, November 7 - Island Team/Social Studies Team

              Tuesday, November 8 - Science, Math, English Teams

              Friday, November 11 - Special Education Team 

ASPIRE - This Wednesday, November 2nd, Perry Central is hosting all 10th grade females from the county for ASPIRE.  This event is basically Career Speed Dating!  Students will get to interacted with over 48 female leaders in a variety of industries.  Our male students will be reporting to Tell City and doing the same there.    This is a wonderful event for our students and community to learn more about local opportunities.  Thanks to Dana and her team for organizing the event.    

       On this day, 10th grade boys will be released by intercom around 8:30 so they can travel to Tell City.  Girls will be released around 8:45 to the library to get their shirts and then they will be heading down to the gym.  

Enterprise Networking Session - This Wednesday, November 2nd, Carol Schwoeppe and Adam Stowe are taking a team of students to the first ever Conexus Indiana Enterprise Networking Session.  Josh Craney has prepared a Commoodore Manufacturing team to present to other student enterprise programs.  The idea is to help students connect and learn from each other in this workbased learning model.  We are proud of our enterprise program and look forward to expanding enterprises across our pathways. y

COIN Wars - Coin Wars end this Thursday.  I have a plan to try to get the teachers in position to win!!!  I think we would all LOVE to have cinnamon rolls one morning!  Don't forget to bring your coins and support the student council!!!  (I am hiding all of my change from Justin!)   

Upcoming Dates: 

November 16th - Freshmen College Trip

November 17th - OFS Field Trip (will be a mix of 11th and 12th grade students)