WELCOME TO
TALLMADGE
CITY SCHOOLS
Resident Educators,
New Teachers and
Mentors
Wednesday, August 13,
2014
Welcome! Meet District Staff
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Tallmadge City Schools: Excellent Rating!!!
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A great place to work and live….involved,
supportive parents!
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Mentor Meetings: great way to network with a
small group that was hired at the same time you
were.
Standard 5: Learning Environment
Learning Environment: Teachers
create learning environments that
promote high levels of learning and
achievement for all students.
Learning Environment
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Teachers treat all students fairly and establish an
environment that is respectful, supportive and
caring.
Teachers create an environment that is physically
and emotional safe.
Teachers motivate students to work productively
and assume responsibility for their learning.
Teacher create learning situations in which
students work independently, collaboratively
and/or as a whole class.
Teachers maintain an environment that is
conducive to learning for all students.
Learning Environment
DIRECTIONS
 Each pair will read one indicator from
the Areas of Focus for Standard 5.
 Chart out “evidence” of what you
would see in a successful classroom.
 When you finish, be thinking about
some of the challenges you might
face when making that ideal
classroom a reality.
Freeze Frame
We just completed an activity about
the learning environment:
What are of the activities you could
use in your classroom?
How could you use them?
Adapt them?
Ohio Standards for the
Teaching Profession (OSTP)
The Ohio Standards for the Teaching
Profession were developed for use
as a guide for teachers as they
continually reflect upon and improve
their effectiveness as educators
through all stages of their careers.
Ohio Standards for the
Teaching Profession (OSTP)
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Standard 1: Students
Standard 2: Content
Standard 3: Assessment
Standard 4: Instruction
Standard 5: Learning Environment
Standard 6: Collaboration and
Communication
Standard 7: Professional
Responsibility and Growth
Let’s look at our goals….
Too broad?
 Too narrow?
 Once you have narrowed your topic,
write down your topic as a question.
Example:
What procedures can I put in place to
help my students do more thoughtful
independent work?
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SMART Goals
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What are they?
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Why use them?
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How do you write them?
Why SMART Goals?
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Goals state a desired future
achievement
SMART Goals assist in getting
focused
SMART Goals help define exactly
what “the future” state looks like and
how it will be measured
SMART Goals show others how their
work aligns and relates to the focus
of the school
What are SMART Goals?
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Specific
Measureable
Attainable
Results-Oriented/Relevant
Time-bound
How to write SMART goals
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I will lose weight.
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I will lose 5 lbs by
June 1 by
eliminating sugar
from my diet and
walking 10,000
steps a day.
Improve this goal….
I will create more formative and
summative assessments.
Are you in the ballpark….
By the completion of the 1st quarter I
plan to have created and
administered 3 formative
assessments for one unit of material
on commonly missed topics that
students will retest on until mastery
is shown on the summative
assessment.
Self-Assessment Summary
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Take out your Self-Assessment Form
that you brought with you
Also take out the Self-assessment
Summary from your folder
Review the Self-Assessment Form
and complete the Summary with your
mentor
Goal Setting:
SLOs, SGMs, PGPs
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Using your Self-Assessment
Summary, see if you can write a
SMART Goal and determine what
Standard this goal will address.
Be ready to share your SMART Goal.
If you complete one SMART Goal,
begin to work on a second one.
SMART Goals (PGPs)
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Are used with PLC’s
You are to use them to help you
obtain results as a professional
Small steps on your way to reaching
your over arching goal(s)….
One final word of advice….
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved
in your heart and try to love the
questions themselves.”
Rainer Maria Rilke, poet
Housekeeping
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Collect the “48 words or less”
Calendar of meetings…attendance is
a must.
This afternoon: Meeting with Kurt
Gwin, Director of Technology
Back to buildings…meet with
mentors and/or principals
Mentors meet with lead mentors
Housekeeping
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Talk with your mentor during lunch
about Opening Day….time, where to
go, what to wear, etc. Be there on
time and be there ready to impress!
Introductions in Auditorium….all eyes
will be on you….Superintendent,
BOE members, the Mayor of
Tallmadge
Questions?
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Seek your mentor
Seek another colleague
Seek a Lead Mentor
Don’t hesitate….ask!
You are appreciated….
Have an AWESOME school year!
Thanks for all you do for our students!