Context

CATEGORY I: PLANNING & PREPARATION / CONTEXT

 * Evidence that the staff developer organizes adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school (district)**.



Many of the professional learning experiences that I facilitate provide participants with the materials and resources necessary to implement the content of the professional learning experience. Below are a few examples.
 * Evidence that staff development provides the resources necessary to support adult learning and collaboration.**

//Write From the Start: Building a Community of Writers// Participants received the following resources to support this professional learning experience:
 * __The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts__ (And They're All Hard!) by Katie Wood Ray
 * //Units of Study// by Lucy Caulkins (grades K-2 or 3-5, as appropriate) or //Lessons That Change Writers// by Nancy Atwell
 * __Notebook Know-How__ by Amy Buckner
 * Digital Document Camera
 * __How's It Going?__ by Carl Anderson

I presented an introduction //Understanding by Design// at St. Thomas Aquinas on April 26, 2011. As part of this workshop, participants received the text by Wiggins and McTighe.

I also provide a [|follow-up website link] for all workshops. On this site, participants are able to download my presentation slides and access any additional resources that I have posted.