Bird University
Choose from a combination of the following BU Courses.
10 in school BU Credits is strongly reccommended and suggested for professional development goal setting.
15 in school BU Credits will equal 1 MSDE/CPD credit. Descriptions are below.
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Lessons in the Spotlight (recording a model lesson to share)
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Teachers Teaching Teachers (observation of a lesson by other teachers from JVE or the county)
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Lesson Study (collaboratively planning a lesson with your grade level and observing each other teach the lesson)
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Book Study Buddies
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STAT Infusion (plan and teach a lesson with your STAT Teacher)
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Experts in the Field (present professional development to a large or small group of teachers)
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Self Reflection
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Attend a Choice PD
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Educational Article Review
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Attend an Educational Conference
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Attend a BCPS Workshop Outside of the School Day
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Host a Towson Intern
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Attend an Appy Hour
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Digital Learning University
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Additional Action Team/Committee participation
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Bird Univeristy Dissertation (BU Culminating Event)
Lessons in the Spotlight
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Objective: Teachers will plan and record a model lesson and upload it to the PD2GO tab of Bird University in order for other teachers to view, get ideas from, and potentially implement in their own classroom.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Collaborate with your STAT teacher to plan a lesson aligned with the CCSS that incorporates one or more of Joppa View’s PD focuses. Record yourself teaching the lesson. Reflect on the lesson you taught and specifically state what worked and what you would change the next time. Upload your video recording and reflection to the PD2Go tab on Bird University. Other teachers will be able to view this model lesson and read your reflection so that might implement the same focus in their classroom.
Final Exam: Complete Reflection Form
Video Recording
BU Credits: 2
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4a-Reflecting on Teaching
Teachers Teaching Teachers
Objective: Teachers will observe master teachers in order to develop pedagogical skills and 21st century teaching strategies based on Joppa View’s PD focuses, the Learner-Centered Environment t Tool and P21 Skills.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Begin with a brief planning session where the teaching teacher will share their lesson plan with the observing teacher. The teaching teacher will open their classroom to allow the observing teacher to spend a class period observing the lesson. Collaborate on a reflection and discuss specifically what worked and what could be changed for future lessons.
Final Exam: Complete Reflection Form
BU Credits: 3
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4d-Participate in a Professional Learning Community
Lesson Study
Objective: Teachers (2-5) will plan one lesson collaboratively and observe each other teaching the lesson in order to incorporate digital tools, instructional strategies, and pedagogical skills that best meet the needs of their individual students.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will collaborate with their team and STAT teacher to plan one lesson. Each lesson must integrate at least one digital tool, instructional strategy, and/or pedagogical skill different from the other lessons to meet the individual needs of their students. Teachers will then rotate to observe the lesson being taught. Teachers will meet after all of the lessons have been taught to reflect on what worked and what could be changed to better meet the needs of their students.
Final Exam: Complete Reflection Form (to be completed by each participant)
BU Credits: 4
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4d-Participate in a Professional Learning Community
Book Study Buddies
Objective: Teachers will participate in a book study where each teacher will rotate the facilitator role in order to prepare a book review
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers (maximum of 8) will submit a book study proposal for approval. The proposal will consist of the book title, rationale for choosing the book, and completed matrix indicating the topic for each meeting, the objective, the teaching and learning activities, and the formative/summative assessment for each session. Sessions should be divided up equally amongst the teachers in the book study so that each teacher is facilitating an equal amount of sessions. There should be a minimum of 4 sessions that can be delivered face-to-face or digitally (session numbers will vary depending on the number of chapters/content within each book). Teachers will culminate their book study with a book review to share with teachers who were not part of the book study.
Final Exam: Proposal: Book Study Content Delivery Matrix: Sample Matrix (one per book study group)
Book Review (one per facilitator/participant)
BU Credits: Facilitating a Session- 3 credits per session
Participating in a Session: 2 credits per session
(Total credits will depend on number of sessions not to exceed 12 credits)
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4d-Participate in a Professional Learning Community
STAT
Infusion
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Objective: Teachers will collaborate with the STAT teacher to co-plan and co-teach a lesson with Learner-Centered Environment componants (customized, persoalized, small group, collaboration, digital tools, feedback and assessments, etc).
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will collaborate with the STAT Teacher to plan and teach a lesson that is aligned with the CCSS. Teachers will implement similar and different digital tools, instructional strategies, and pedagogical skills based on the Learner-Centered Environment tool to meet the needs of their students.
Final Exam: Complete Reflection Form
BU Credits: 3
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4d-Participate in a Professional Learning Community
Experts
in the Field
Objective: Teachers will facilitate a PD on a digital tool, instructional strategy, or pedagogical skill at a faculty meeting, choice PD, PSD or grade level meeting in order to share the tool, strategy, or skill, its benefits to the 21st century learner, and examples of how it can be used in the classroom.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Experts will initiate their own learning of a digital tool, instructional strategy, or pedagogical skill. This can be done through the ODL Wiki tutorials, attending digital workshops, expanding their learning from a Joppa View PD focus, or through success and/or failures in their own classroom. Experts will contact their STAT teachers to set up a date to deliver the PD and plan for it. Experts will market and facilitate the PD. Teachers attending the PD will complete a reflection.
Final Exam: Reflection, survey, and/or feedback from participants
(Facilitator will create their own sign-in sheet and feedback forms to be turned in to STAT teacher)
BU Credits: 4
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4d-Participate in a Professional Learning Community
Self
Reflection
Objective: Teachers will teach a lesson that incorporates a new digital tool, instructional strategy, and/or pedagogical skill and reflect on the lesson in order to refine and better their teaching practices.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will plan and teach a lesson that incorporates a digital tool they newly learned from a school PD, workshop, or self-taught themselves from the ODL wiki, or an instructional strategy/pedagogical skill from Joppa View’s PD focuses. Teachers will then self-reflect on the lesson using the formal observation tool for their lesson. Finally, they will complete a reflection.
Final Exam: Complete Reflection Form
Complete Informal or Formal Observation Tool for your lesson
BU Credits: 1
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4a-Reflecting on Teaching
Attend a
Choice PD
Objective: Teachers will attend a PD offered by the STAT teacher or “Expert in the Field” in order to obtain new knowledge of digital tool, instructional strategy, or pedagogical skill.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will use their allotted Choice PD time to attend a PD offered by the STAT teacher or “Expert in the Field”. This does not include faculty meetings, grade level planning meetings, or job-embedded PD such as Tech Talk DIP. Teachers will reflect on the PD.
Final Exam: Complete Choice PD Reflection Form
BU Credits: 2
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4e-Growing and Developing Professionally
Educational Article Review
Objective: Teachers will read an educational article that pertains to an area of focus for Joppa View and their own teaching and learning in order to develop a new instructional strategy, pedagogical skill, and/or mindset that can be applied in their classroom.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will choose an educational article on a topic that pertains to an area of focus for Joppa View and their own teaching and learning to read and review. Teachers can consider using the digital resources from the BCPS professional library, online sites such as Edutopia , or something from Joppa View's own professional library. Teachers will summarize the article and complete and submit a review for the others to view.
Final Exam: Complete Reflection Form with Summary and Review of Article
BU Credits: 1
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4e-Growing and Developing Professionally
Attend an Educational Conference
Objective: Teachers will attend and participate in a professional educational conference such as Ed Camp, Ed Surge, Common Ground, ISTE, etc in order to share one new learning with the faculty.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will coordinate the conference attendance and participation. Teacher should keep the Joppa View PD focuses in mind when choosing to attend different sessions of the conference. Teachers will report back to the faculty and complete a reflection on how their new learning will apply in their classroom.
Final Exam: Complete Conference Reflection Form
BU Credits: 3
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4e-Growing and Developing Professionally
BCPS PD Workshop
Teaching and Learning Activities: Attend and participate in a BCPS Workshop or Professional Development outside of the school day during the 2016-2017 school year. Examples: Office of Digital Learning Workshops, Office of Math or Office of Language Arts PD, etc.
Final Exam: Complete Reflection Form.
BU Credit: 2
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4-Growing and Developing Professionally
Host a Towson Intern
Teaching and Learning Activities: Mentor a Towson Intern and participate in the PDS partnership.
Final Exam:
BU Credit: Full time Intern: 5
Part-time Intern: 3
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4a-Particpating in a Professional Learning Community
Attend an
Appy Hour
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Objective: Teachers will attend a PD offered by the STAT teacher in order to obtain new knowledge of digital tool, instructional strategy, or pedagogical skill.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will use their allotted Appy Hour time to attend a PD offered by the STAT teacher. Teachers will reflect on the PD.
Final Exam: Appy Hour Reflection Form
BU Credits: 1
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4e-Growing and Developing Professionally
Additional Action Team or Committee
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Objective: Teachers will take on additional Action Team/Committee responsibility by participating in more than one team and/or committee.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will use their position on the team and/or committee to further imporve the progress of the school and overall school goals.
Final Exam: Consistant attendance and participation in meetings
BU Credits: 2
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4e-Growing and Developing Professionally
Digital Learning University
Objective: Teachers will participate in the Digital Learning University through the Office of Digital Learning wiki in order to gain information on digital tools and how those tools can be implemented in the classroom.
ODL Wiki: What is the Digital Learning University?
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will register for Digital Learning University and attend 5 Digital Learning Modules throughout the school year.
Final Exam: Consistant attendance and participation in meetings
BU Credits: 15
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4e-Growing and Developing Professionally
PD2GO​
Teaching and Learning Activities: Record a tutorial on how to use a tech tool. Use a tool such as Screencast-o-Matic to help you to record your tutorial. Coordinate with your STAT teachers to post it to PD2GO on Bird University. Use the current tutorials as your guide.
Final Exam: Video Tutorial
BU Credit: 1
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4-Growing and Developing Professionally
Culminating Event
Objective: Teachers will create a presentation highlighting the Bird University courses they participated in in order to demonstrate their new professional learning and its impact on their instruction and their students.
Teaching and Learning Activities: Teachers will use a presentation platform of their choosing to share the courses they participated in, a summary of their actions, and how their new learning impacted their instruction and their students. At the end of the school year, we will have a gallery walk/showdown where participants will present. Examples of presentations: PowerPoint, Blendspace, Prezi, Padlet, MovieMaker, Trifold Board, Paper Slideshow, Portfolio, Journal, etc.
Final Exam: Presentation
BU Credits: 1
Charlotte Danielson Framework Alignment:
Domain 4-Componant 4d-Participating in a Professional Learning Community
Domain 4-Componant 4e-Growing and Developing Professionally
