This past week, the Dearborn Teacher University hosted its final Year One PD workshop for the 2017-18 school year. This month's topic was on Google Apps. Troy Patterson, Director of Technology and Media Services provided a hands-on overview of how to efficiently...
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It’s a Wrap! Year One Professional Staff finish up their first year in Dearborn Public Schools
This past week, over 400 Year One Professional Staff members and their mentors attended their last Mentor/Mentee meeting of the school year. During the meeting we discussed the importance of relationships between the mentor/mentee partnership, as well as the...
Michigan Accountability Index/General Admin Resources
Below is the powerpoint and some additional handouts shared at General Admin sessions. Michigan's New Accountability-Index System Powerpoint Student Identification Flow Chart Index Components and School Identification Targets by Component Metric Accountability FAQs
Time to Partner Up! Co Teaching-PD Dearborn Teacher University
One Hundred and twenty four first year teachers attended the latest Dearborn Teacher University session, the new professional staff defined co-teaching as "collaboration." Participants learned about the various models of co-teaching and how important it is for the...
Free SCECH Opportunities Through Michigan Virtual
Greetings, Several teachers often contact the school improvement office to inquire about Free SCECH opportunities. Below is a valuable source through Michigan Virtual which is an online blended learning platform for educators and students. May 1 is the deadline to...
Dearborn Teacher University Training Focuses on Special Education Services
This past week our Year One Professional Staff received professional development in the area of Special Education. Participants spent time learning about the various acronyms and labels utilized in the department and how students are identified for potential...
Resisting Inequity: Language as Power and Right
The School Improvement Office and the Dearborn EL Department members teamed up to attend the 2018 National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) 47th Annual Conference. The NABE is a non-profit membership organization that works to advocate for educational...
Year One Professional Staff Engage in SIOP Strategies
The February session of the Dearborn Teacher University professional development workshop had a change of scenery with our new staff members meeting at Stout Middle School this past week. This month's topic was the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol or SIOP. ...
Michigan Department of Education to introduce new school-rating system (Index)
Greetings Everyone, Detroit Free Press published an article on the release of the new rating system. See highlights belows: The Michigan Department of Education is set to issue a new way of rating schools soon — one that gives them credit for student proficiency and...
Year One Professional Staff Examine Assessments
The January session of the Dearborn Teacher University professional development workshop was spent with our first year professional staff being introduced to the world of summative assessments. The high school staff, led by Dearborn High Coordinators, Christine...