Rampart+High+School

**21st Century Teaching**


 * || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * **Collaboration** || Teacher encourages student collaboration in learning and creating projects ||  ||   || Teacher talks at students all class period. No group work or noise allowed. ||
 * **Technology Literacy** || Teacher encourages students to use a variety of meaningful technology tools ||  ||   || Teacher uses VHS, filmstrips, 35mm slides as examples of emerging technology. ||
 * **Information Literacy** || Teacher provides opportunities for students to use a variety of research tools ||  ||   || Teacher doesn’t require bibliography. Accepts Wikipedia as an authoritative source. ||
 * **Invention** || Teacher encourages creativity and invention in the classroom ||  ||   || Teacher provides step-by-step instructions for student creativity. ||
 * **Self-Direction** || Teacher provides opportunity for self-directed learning and student choice ||  ||   || Teacher controls every aspect of student learning. ||
 * **Critical Thinking and Reasoning** || Classroom assessments and assignments incorporate critical thinking and reasoning ||  ||   || Assignments and assessments consist only of bookwork and multiple-choice tests ||

We used a 3-pronged approach:
== Our cadre team met for at least an hour to plan our weekly PD. We used Google Docs to share information with other staff members. I was amused when at the very first Monday PD, at the very beginning of the session - a staff member asked if they could leave early once they had finished. Needless to say, no staff members ever left early. They were pretty engaged in using the lesson or exploring the topic. Our goal was to get them to improve/tweak an upcoming assignment using the lesson covered that week. ==
 * 1) == In December, we offered a class on Camtasia for use in flipped classrooms. ==
 * 2) == In January we got on the calendar for the Staff PD days. Although we hoped for 7 hours, we only received the ability to teach for 3.5 hours. We offered short, timely lessons on various topics. Staff signed up in advance and were assigned to three out of six general topics: ALEC, Blended Learning, Flipped Classrooms, 21st Century web-based tools, School Center and Excel. Our cadre staff team up to teach the class they felt most confident. We received very positive feedback on all the classes. School Center and Excel were taught by staff members outside the cadre. ==
 * 3) == Based upon the feedback, we designed two sessions of additional PD. These sessions were offered to all staff members along with the ability to register on The Spot for PD credit. We deliberately chose four consecutive Mondays after school. The first session was offered from 1/30-2/27 and covered: ALEC, School Center, Google Apps and Prezis. The first session met for one hour after school with the focus on how to use those web-tools for communication and collaboration. The second session was offered from 4/9-4/30 and covered: simulations & gaming, quadrant D & role play, feedback and global connectedness . For the second session we increased the session time by 15 minutes because we were always going over our alloted time. The focus on this session was more on 21st Century ideas -- we used a lot of the concepts and information we learned thoughout the cadre process. ==