Bringing New Teachers Into the Curriculum Mapping Fold

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Bringing New Teachers Into the Curriculum Mapping
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• Paige Fenton Hughes, Superintendent, Fremont
  County School District 1, Lander, Wyoming
• Julie Mathiesen, Director, Technology
  Innovations in Education, Rapid City, SD

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Essential Questions

• How can training of initial contract teachers
  help sustain the curriculum mapping process in
  your school/district?
• Why is the concept of support key to making
  mapping a successful endeavor for new teachers?

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Overview of initial contract teacher training
• Support pieces
• Meshing support and mapping

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Reflection

• Think back to your own induction into teaching
• How valuable were those experiences?
• What do you remember the most?

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Initial Contract Teacher Training

• Introduction to the district
• District-wide initiatives
• Building-level work
• Contractual requirements

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Support Pieces

• Leadership team
• Principals
• Instructional facilitators
• Mentors
• Technology staff
• TIE trainers

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How do the support pieces fit with CM?

• Each support piece fills a particular need
• Attempt to set new teachers up for success
• Support pieces are coordinated with each other

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New Teachers Have Maps Available

• Maps for new teachers are available as resources
• Can use as a collaborative tool
• Assists mentors and facilitators
• Principals use maps as a guide

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Technology

• Used Elluminate to complete the CM training piece
  remotely
• Need to let new teachers know the purpose
• Remote support for new teachers from TIE
• Support from technology facilitators and
  leadership team

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Communication is Key

• Websites
• Wikisresources available for them
• Mentors and IFs in contact with principals and
  each other

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Continuously Linking All PD to CM

• Begin by seeing this as an umbrella
• In our maps we want to see evidence that
• Diverse needs of students are being addressed
• Step Up to Writing and 6 Traits are being
  implemented
• Formative assessment is being used
• Technology is being embedded into instruction
• Best practices are in place (Marzano, UbD, for
  example)

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Reflection

• Think back to your own new teacher experiences
• Weve shared some ideas today
• What are some ideas you have for things you could
  do in your own districts for new teachers,
  especially with regard to mapping?

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Contact Information

• Paige Fenton Hughes, pfhughes_at_fre1.k12.wy.us or
  at www.fcsd1.com
• Julie Mathiesen, jmathieson_at_tie.net or at
  www.tie.net
• This presentation, with slides added at the
  conference, will be available on both websites.