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=Teaching and Learning Professional Development Opportunities, Created by Nancy Lockett, MISIC District Support Team=

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Developing Questioning Skills
- This page will help teachers work with students to develop "Higher Order Thinking Skills" questions. It contains some good staff development activities to facilitate growth in teaching "Higher Order Thinking Skills" during a 2-hour early dismissal.Developing Questioning Skills

Thinking Skills
- This webquest will help teachers expand their work, while keeping in mind the most current work of Bloom. This would be a nice learning activity during a 2-hour early dismissal to help teachers develop thinking skills in their classrooms.Thinking Skills = =

Designing a Standards-Directed School System
- This contains some excellent resources developed by the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) staff to help your school district move toward a grade reporting system that is based on Core Standards. It would be appropriate for a 2-hour early dismissal.Standards-Directed System

Exploring a Strength-Based Approach
- This webquest will take educators on a journey that does more than change the grading system in a school. A Strength-Based Approach helps focus learning activities on the needs of students, which will help improve the learning climate in your school. This would be a nice activity for a group during a 2-hour early dismissal.Exploring A Strength-Based Approach

Performance Assessment Tasks
- This webquest will lead educators to discover more about the Dagget Rigor/Relevance Framework. Appropriate for a 2-hour early dismissal, educators who complete this quest will know more about their attention to relevance.Performance Assessment Tasks