Professional+Development

=Professional Development= Pyramid Training Social Interactions Future Staff PD Ideas for Meetings
 * [|Clearly define learning desired - can we create a simple observation form to check? See video start]
 * Steering
 * Ideas to research (mentioned in NASP ListServe -- look in archives) - is this just for students with disabilities
 * Increase in recess time to 2 a day
 * Non-competitive exercise before class and after lunch
 * Omega 3 oils (that have replicated peer review findings of improved behavior)
 * A classroom management strategy called "scholar dollars,"
 * Cooperative learning techniques (see David Johnson's work
 * Fun learning games
 * School programs that allow students to specialize in an area of talent such as music, visual and performing arts, and technology for two periods in a row at the end of each day thus giving them a real reason to come every day to school
 * Thoughts
 * Do teachers really know what they need to know? How do we find out what they need to know vs. what they know. Car pool example (chemistry, math, physics) teachers -- hadn't had classes in college asked to solve problems with units only one knew how and taught others.