Profesional Developement
Maxwell teachers are dedicated to the continuous improvement process. Faculty and staff engage in a variety of embedded and ongoing professional learning experiences throughout the year. Members of the faculty frequently attend and even facilitate enriching professional development sessions that target all aspects of teaching, including the focus of developing language and implementing successful immersion instruction. Please find below a listing of professional development offerings in which Maxwell teachers have participated at the school, local, state, and even national level.
Maxwell teachers are dedicated to the continuous improvement process. Faculty and staff engage in a variety of embedded and ongoing professional learning experiences throughout the year. Members of the faculty frequently attend and even facilitate enriching professional development sessions that target all aspects of teaching, including the focus of developing language and implementing successful immersion instruction. Please find below a listing of professional development offerings in which Maxwell teachers have participated at the school, local, state, and even national level.
Conferences/Professional Development that Maxwell teachers have attended during the 2017/2018 school year:
Conferences/Professional Development that Maxwell teachers have attended during the 2017/2018 school year:
- ACTFL - Nashville, November 2017
- KWLA Conference - Lousville, September 2017
- Fayette County World Language Conference - Lexington, January 2018.
- Oral Proficiency Interview. Two of our teachers were certified to be official OPI raters, Nadxi Alquicira and Matt Olsen. - Lexington, Summer 2018.
- Immersion teachers and administrators from Utah. - Lexington, June 2018.
Conferences/Professional Development in which Maxwell teachers presented during the 2017/2018 school year:
Conferences/Professional Development in which Maxwell teachers presented during the 2017/2018 school year:
- KWLA Conference - Louisville, September 2017
- Minecraft Education in the second language classroom. Presenter: David Mato (Instructional Media teacher)
- Cooperative Learning in WL class - Lexington, November 2017
- Presenter: María Mato (4th grade teacher)
- Fayette County World Language Conference - Lexington, January 2018
- EdPuzzle in a SIP class. Presenters: Julie Adler and Rosa Cubero-Hurley (3rd grade teachers).
- SeeSaw, an APP for communication between parents and school. Presenter: Kim Durbin (kindergarten teacher).
- ¡Nos vamos de compras! How to integrate math and target language. Presenter: María Mato (4th grade teacher).
- Spanish Phonics. Presenter: Sandra Street (kindergarten teacher).
- Inmmersion Collection of Resources (Team Drive in Spanish Immersion FCPS) Presenters: David Mato and Nadxielii Alquicira (Instructional Media and 5th grade teachers)
- Two of our teachers, David Mato and Nadxielii Alquicira, were part of the committee that organized this conference.
