Action Planning: Site Coordinators

School:

Names of Triton or Patterns teachers:

Goal

1. What is the working title (or topic) of each unit under development by members of your Triton/Patterns team?

Process

2. What resources or other specific assistance do you or your staff need in order to develop and implement your units (including posting them to the web)? Consider:

Technical resources

Information or data

Personal assistance

3. List the ways you intend to obtain the resources (e.g., contact a subject expert or find reliable information on water pollution) or hone the skills you or your staff need (e.g., contact one of the project resource teachers) to complete your project?

Staff Development

4. (For teachers who attended the Summer Symposium), what ongoing staff development activities do you have planned for the fall semester? Consider:

• when you plan to meet (e.g., biweekly after school for 45 minutes; during prep periods)

• topics you hope to cover

• materials you intend to provide

• presenters or speakers you plan to invite

• the outside workshops or Discover courses in which you’d like teachers to enroll

5. What is your plan for training teachers who did not attend the Summer Symposium? Consider:

• when you plan to meet (e.g., biweekly after school for 45 minutes; during prep periods)

• topics you hope to cover

• materials you intend to provide

• presenters or speakers you plan to invite

• the outside workshops or Discover courses in which you’d like teachers to enroll

6. What resources or other specific assistance do you or your staff need to implement your staff development program(s)?

Technical resources

Information or data

Personal assistance

Assessment

7. What is your plan for monitoring the progress of your teachers?

8. What, to you, would indicate a successful Fall semester?

9. How would you like the units your teachers are creating to be evaluated? Consider:

• measurement of student learning

• teaching standards-based content

• learner motivation

• alignment with/promotion of state and district-standards

• etc.

10. What is the process you intend to use to foster peer review of units under development?

Unit Development

Use the monthly calendars to note milestones or important activities related to Triton/Patterns unit development. Consider:

· Completing working drafts of each unit (teacher and student versions)

· Staff development activities

· Peer review of units

· Onsite help from the resource teacher assigned to your site

• Activities in which you share units with parents or the larger community

• Dates for full-scale implementation of units

• Etc.