Additional programs about schools are now available to parents on the Parent Dashboard for School Transparency. In addition to last year’s phase I release that included state assessment performance and progress, students with on-track attendance, English learner progress, graduation and dropout rates, and advanced coursework, Phase II was released today and is now available under …
Our latest Dearborn Teacher University Year One PD session focused on the components of Special Education. Participants spent time learning about the various acronyms and labels utilized in the department and how students are identified for potential services. Some key take aways from the workshop included: Special Education is an intervention and a service ….
The Dearborn Teacher University professional development December session provided our newly hired professional staff with an introduction of Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol or The SIOP Model as it is known by most educators. Two of our EL Department trainers and coaches, led by Kellie Bugajski and Jeannine Oynoian spent the hour receiving a brief overview…
Over 50 new professional staff members spent the November session of the Dearborn Teacher University professional development workshop being introduced to the world of summative assessments. The high school staff, led by Dearborn High Coordinators, Christine Rosbury and Laurie Lintner, spent the hour examining the the various resources and tools that are available to classroom…
As the first marking period comes to a close, this article from Edutopia can help you stay on top of your constantly growing list of tasks to accomplish. Click on the title below to access the article: Getting Your To-Do List Under Control Building routines around recurring tasks can help new teachers save effort and…
Last week, our Year One professional staff examined the critical topic of Culturally Responsive Teaching. The EL Department trainers and coaches, Ms. Ameena Elder and Ms. Nadra Shami presented information and activities that introduced the staff to the challenges that our refugee students face on a daily basis. Time was spent in small group and…
During the past month, over 380 teachers were in attendance at one of the Dearborn Teacher University Mentor/Mentee professional development sessions. Multiple dates were scheduled to offer flexibility and to encourage having both the new teacher and their mentor attend the meeting together. Based on staff feedback from last year, part of the sessions were…
Recently, our newly hired teachers attended their first Dearborn Teacher University Year One professional development on Gradebook. Ms. Fadia Nahed from Computer Services and Ms. Katharine Keebler from Howe Elementary introduced how to set-up gradebook, enter assignments, as well as how to pull various reports. Participants had the opportunity to engage with the MiStar website and…
School and District Improvement Plan Documentation Submission the 2018-2019 School Year for the 2019-2020 School Year: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is working toward an enhanced whole child model of needs assessment and planning; however, for this year in partnership with AdvancED, the MDE will continue to keep the ASSIST web-based open for submission of District Improvement…
Dearborn Teacher University welcomes over 75 new staff members to the district! Recently the Dearborn Teacher University office presented a two day orientation to our new teachers. During the sessions offered, staff members from various district departments presented a brief overview of how they can support teachers during the school year. The second day was…
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