EMPOWERING

AND

SUPPORTING

OKCPS

TEACHERS,

LEADERS, AND

STAFF WITH

TIMELY,

PERSONALIZED,

ENGAGING, AND

CONTINUOUS

LEARNING FOR

PROFESSIONAL

GROWTH TO

IMPACT ALL

STUDENTS

OKCPS Professional Development

Northeast High School 3100 N. Kelley Room B303

Email:

profdev@okcps.org

The Professional Development Depart-

ment, along with their “Big 12” partners,

hosted the 2016 Fall Focus Intersession

on October 10, 11 and 12th. Over 30 dif-

ferent sessions were offered to teachers,

school leaders and instructional coaches.

A wide array of topics were covered– in-

cluding classroom management, guiding

reading, STAR and Mastery Connect.

Several content specific workshops were also offered. Each day com-

plimentary coffee was provided courtesy of Starbucks, and local food

trucks were on site offering lunch. Many of our presenters and partici-

pants used the Twitter hashtag #okcpsff16 to document the day– Be

sure to check out all the excitement via Twitter! The PD Department

received great feedback from all involved and is already hard at work

preparing for our Winter Intersession! Thank you to all of our amazing

partners and participants!

OKCPS teachers and leaders collaborate and take

charge of their professional learning!

FALL FOCUS 2016

Upcoming

Dates to

Remember!

● 11/3 New Teacher Network

Meeting

● 11/4 IC PLC at

Metro Tech

● 11/11 IC PLC with Ann Hoffman at NE. Potluck

and Jeans!

● 11/17 New Teacher

Orientation

● 11/18 IC PLC

at NE

● 11/23-11/25 Happy

Thanksgiving

OKCPS Professional Development

TLE Updates!

Lynore Carnuccio is the Instructional Coach at Grant

High School. Lynore has

over 40 years of teaching

experience. She was

recently selected to present at the 2017 TESOL Inter-

national Conference and Expo in Seattle, WA. Not

only does Lynore love sharing her passion for teach-

ing, she enjoys helping teachers manage their expec-

tations with the current reality of today’s classroom.

Lynore works to help teachers realize that, “though

the classroom has evolved [teachers] really do possess the skills they need to help

kids become successful.” Lynore has been making a big impact at Grant High

School. She specifically recalls a wonderful experience in which she was able to

work in a science classroom. The teacher had been struggling to manage of the

behavior of 2 of her classes. Lynore and the teacher worked together to uncover

that those two classes had a significant percentage of students who were not Eng-

lish proficient and only understood basic sentences. With these new insights,

Lynore and the teacher crafted a plan to move forward. Lynore commented that the

teacher had a renewed sense of confidence, as if the “weight of the world had been

lifted.” Lynore has deep respect for the teachers she’s worked with– citing the great

courage it takes to step forward and seek help. She notes, “Rather than viewing the

choice to seek help as a weakness, [teachers] should see it as a great strength be-

cause just like their students, they want to learn more and grow.”

New guidelines regarding the definitions and frequency of formal

and informal observations were recently approved. There are to be two un-

announced informal observations, as well as one formal announced obser-

vation that will count towards the final evaluation score. The first unan-

nounced informal observation will be finalized by October 10. The an-

nounced formal observation (with a pre and post conference) will be final-

ized by December 19th. The second unannounced informal should be final-

ized by April 3rd. The full guidelines are now available for review. If you

have any questions, please reach out to your site principal or a TLE Coordi-

nator.

What Teachers Are Saying About

Fall Focus Intersession

2016:

“I gained some new ideas to take back to my classroom.”

“The topics were relevant, the speakers were prepared and for the most part, interesting.”

“I felt that the classes were relevant and well organized. I enjoyed the variety of classes that were available.”

“I liked the ability to be able to go to the sessions that I wanted to go to. I also found the planning day to be very helpful.”

OKCPS Professional Development

The Professional Development Department participated in the

2016 Fall Career Fair October 6 at John Marshall. Representatives

from TLE and Instructional Coaching were present to greet potential

candidates and take resumes.

OKCPS 2016 Fall Career Fair

New Teacher Of The Month!

The Professional Development Depart-

ment is pleased to recognize an outstand-

ing new teacher! Laramie Ball was select-

ed as September’s New Teacher of the

Month. Ms. Ball teaches second grade at

Heronville Elementary. To celebrate her

success, the Professional Development

Department awarded Ms. Bell with a certif-

icate, flowers, balloons and a gift bag!

Monthly nomination forms are sent out to

all principals. If you have an outstanding

new teacher deserving of this special

recognition, contact your site principal!