Desaulniers_Inservice

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Four 25 minute in-service sessions with building staff (Intermediate Building/Grades 4-5):


 * Session 1 Key Elements:** 21st Century Skills and Change
 * Agents of change activity (quote activity)
 * selected PowerPoint slides from 'Change Presentation' (Vickie's Friday p.m.)
 * Configuration Innovation example: What does it look like/not look like? (possibly)

(These key elements were chosen with the audience in mind, introducing 'new' concepts and paradigm shifts in a more comfortable manner, and getting a gauge for what staff members feel 21st Century Skills are/are not.)


 * Session 2 Key Elements**: Developing Minds/Assessment
 * selected PowerPoint slides from 'Developing Minds' presentation (Pat Hubert and Pat Bruinsma - Wednesday a.m.)
 * Cookie Rubric activity
 * share resources available from the ESA Lending Library such as __Lateral Thinking__ (deBono) and __Developing Minds__ (Costa)

(These key elements were chosen with the audience in mind, having more comfort with a collaborative activity, and offering participants the opportunity to pursue additional reading materials on their own.)


 * Session 3 Key Elements:** Global-Based Issues (to go along with our district mission statement)
 * selected PowerPoint slides from Global-Based Issues presentation (Janelle Klapperich - Wednesday p.m.)
 * World Cafe activity

(These key elements were chosen with the audience in mind, the focus of our district mission statement, and the opportunity to learn more about how the staff has implemented 21st Century Thinking Skills and address questions.)

(These key elements were chosen with the audience in mind, to 'tie' the previous three concepts together, to brainstorm and then focus on one possible PBL activity for the following school year.)
 * Session 4 Key Elements:** Project-Based Learning
 * Alice in Wonderland quote (believed as many as ten possible things before breakfast)
 * focus listing activity
 * selected PowerPoint slides from Project-Based Learning presentation (Charlotte _-Tuesday a.m.)

Key Elements excluded: Throughout the sessions I will be sharing some technology resources as well. I just want to introduce these portions more slowly as I have a feeling this will be more readily accepted by the staff. I'm not sure where to include the Generational Differences discussion.)