The Chalkboard winter issue has been posted on the Professional Development page. To register for any workshops, please click the Registration link. There are some very popular offerings in this issue and registrations are coming in daily!

Please consider offering a workshop of your own for the spring issue.

The Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors
Association for Best Practices are publishing a draft of grade level
common core level standards, and they are now seeking public input. Please follow the link below for more information regarding the K-12 Common Core Standards Initiative. http://www.corestandards.org/Standards/K12/   

The fall issue of The Chalkboard is here! Follow The Chalkboard link to see all that is available for in-district professional development this fall. To register, please follow the Registration link.

Knowledge alone is no longer enough for our students to be successful in the 21st century. They will also need to be creative, collaborative, critical-thinkers who communicate effectively. To keep up with the pace of a rapidly changing world, the greatest asset our students can have is the capacity to be life-long learners. As educators we must not only teach our students the skills to become life-long learners, we must model and inspire this love of learning.

Kate Burnham
Director of Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."   ~ John Cotton Dana

The DESE has posted a dozen new summer Professional Development Institutes, all in the area of Special Education:

The Massachusetts Computer Using Educators (MassCUE) group is sponsoring several PD opportunities this summer. Please see the attached flyer for details.

The Spring 2010 issue of the Chalkboard is now available.  Click below to learn about summer professional development opportuntities, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Cohort 2, the district's professional development plan, and iTunes U Resources for K-12 education:

• The Chalkboard - Spring 2010

We are looking for Math, ELA and Special Education teachers at all grade levels to join the district's second Universal Design for Learning (UDL) cohort. Participants in the cohort will be trained in the principles, strategies and technology tools of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to make curriculum more accessible to special education students and other struggling learners. Staff members will be chosen to participate based on administrative and UDL cohort #1 recommendations, demonstrated ability to lead and train others, and content specific need. All interested parties will be notified by Friday, June 4th and if chosen, asked to attend a brief meeting on June 10th at TES from 3:15-4:00 to review the training, commitment, and answer any questions you may have.