HIGHLIGHTS:

• Curriculum Renewal Cycles

  • Phase 2: CTE

  • Phase 3: Art, PE/Health, World Language

• Year 2 Formal Coaching Cycles:

  • Budde: Soundtrap certification - podcasting (psychology)

  • Cesarz: Classroom management; student progress-monitoring

  • Ebbole + Pipol: Proficiency scales for student progress-monitoring

  • Gerdman: Lesson Closure

  • Rembert + Prather: Messaging and reviewing Wellness Center data

  • Vega: Higher-level questioning (phases of learning, use of AI to generate classroom and test questions, resources for students)

• Additional Extended Coaching Cycles:

  • Insight Global Business Retreat with new team (Blechacz, Lange, Straub)

  • Kent: Continuous French content and classroom management support

  • Behrens and Migacz: Developing study graphics for students by standard

  • Cesarz, Fruth, Olson: Establishing routines to promote a positive culture/classroom management

• Collaborations:

  • Kent + Gernhardt: French 2 - crêpes

  • Fashion Analysis and Construction: Monster Project (Simono)

  • Child Development: Play-doh project (Simono)

  • Lamp: Makerspace Training and Support

  • Thomas: Reverse Job Fair Feedback

  • Student project feedback:

    •  Insight (Blechacz, Lange, Straub)

    • Impact (Klemme + Lange)

    • Elements of Health and Medicine (Coleman + A. Bartz)

    • Ideas in Action (Staus)

    • 4sight (Gilmore)

  • Sarah Smith's 4th grade class - Using Canva and the laser engraver in the Makerspace to create Mother's Day cutting boards.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Year 2 Formal Coaching Cycles:

  • Coleman: Realigning standards and creating and using proficiency scales for the INSIGHT Elements of Health and Medicine capstone project, aligned to the elements of the LAUNCH cycle and to the Graduate Profile

  • Migacz and Varela: Increasing Spanish students' comprehensible output in the target language.

  • Smelcer: Writing and using hybrid proficiency scales for teacher-, peer-, and self-assessment and feedback

  • Serfort: Higher-level questioning (phases of learning, use of AI to generate classroom and test questions, stations)

  • INSIGHT:

    • Simono (and Budde): Serving Others co-planning, co-teaching, and proficiency scales

    • Upton (Straub, Wersal): Global Business co-planning and co-teaching

    • Possible continuation and extension of INSIGHT program reviews ("retreat", standards and proficiency scales alignment, co-planning, co-teaching models) in 2024-2025:

      • Global Business (with new instructor)

      • Serving Others + Elements of Health and Medicine (crosswalk)

• Additional Extended Coaching Cycles:

  • Kent: Continuous French content and classroom management support

  • Behrens and Migacz: Increasing comprehensible input in the target language/introduction of grammar lessons and terminology

  • Cesarz, Fruth, Stingle: Phases of Learning, Student Goal-Setting and Feedback (Depth)

  • Demers: Proficiency Scales, etc.

• Collaborations:

  • Demers + Kent: ProStart/French 2 - crepes

  • Fashion Analysis and Construction: Monster Project (Simono)

  • Serving Others: Pumpkins (Budde + Simono)

  • Lamp: Makerspace Training and Support

  • Gilmore and Weihert: 4sight and Compass infographics, report cards, student project feedback

  • Ridolfi + Demers: 2nd Grade Thanksgiving recipes/cooking project

  • Thomas: Project 21 (18-21 students)

    • Digital photography + Use of Canva: Project 21

    • CVs and business cards for reverse job fair

    • Using new skills to give back to special education community - collaboration w/Shannon Dusel's 5th grade SpEd students to create About Me cut sheets to ease the transition to middle school.

  • Pewaukee Scholarship Fund: Managed digital application and scoring

  • Music department student teacher observations, feedback, and mock interviews

  • Child Development Winter Olympics with K4 students (Simono)

  • Student project feedback in Impact (Klemme/Wersel), Elements of Health and Medicine (Coleman/A. Bartz) and Ideas in Action (Staus)

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Year 2 Formal Coaching Cycles:

  • C. Behrens: Proficiency Scale/Rubric Hybrids for teacher-, peer-, and self-assessment - Presentational Writing in French A

  • Coburn: Executive Functioning

  • Gao: Proficiency Scale/Rubric Hybrids for teacher-, peer-, and self-assessment - Interpretive Communication (Reading and Listening) in Chinese 3

  • Gernhardt: Proficiency Scale/Rubric Hybrids for teacher-, peer-, and self-assessment - Presentational Writing in French 3/4

  • Jussila: Classroom Routines - Bell work, Clarity, Closure, Gradual Release Model, Classroom Management in ELA7

  • Olson: Artist Statements in CER format and proficiency scale - Foundations of Art

  • Staus: Student management skills (feedback) to develop 

  • Stimpert: Student Success Skills, Relearn-Redo, Proficiency Scales

  • Weihert: PD for Paras

  • Wolf: Clarity in ELA8

  • Yuskis: Student Research in American History

• Additional Formal Coaching Cycles:

  • Fruth: DPI Licensure in Business

  • Stingle: Blended Learning strategies in Band

  • Migacz: Proficiency Scale/Rubric Hybrids for teacher-, peer-, and self-assessment - Presentational Speaking in Spanish B

  • Cesarz, Fruth, Stingle: Elements of the ACMS Instructional Playbook -- Bell work, Clarity, Gradual Release Model, Student Collaboration, Closure

  • Co-facilited Demers formal cycle with Melissa: assessment and feedback

• Collaborations:

  • Demers: ProStart demo - les galettes bretonnes; Culinary Club sales (automated receipts)

  • Simono: Valentine's day froyo sales

  • Dohlby: Flexible Spaces site and sign-ups

  • Zindler: Action Research documents

  • Lamp: Makerspace Training and Support

  • Gilmore: 4sight proficiency scales, student application and progress forms

  • Ridolfi: Early Literacy/WL connection - comparison of proficiency scales, classroom observations (Loepfe - Spanish, Cecchettini - 1st grade)

  • Ridolfi + Smith: Writing proficiency scales at PLE and Horizon

• Concordia University-Chicago university supervisor for Maggie Ganiere's student-teacher, Tessa Wienss

  • Helped plan lessons with clarity and best practices both in the classroom and online 

  • Conducted 5 Tier-1, 1 Tier 2, and 1 Tier 3 observations using both the Danielson Framework for Teaching and the CUC teaching standards to evaluate performance and provide feedback

  • Coached student teacher on cognitive load, blending learning strategies, importance of clarity, and the workshop model

  • Conducted a teacher dispositions analysis 

  • Submitted grades in Blackboard

• Curriculum Development:

  • Mitchell: New Rock and Roll course -- assessments, essential questions, learning targets, proficiency scales

  • C. Behrens: French A, B, 1 realignment

• Other Projects:

  • Clarity observations and feedback

  • Pewaukee Scholarship Fund: Managed the digital application process

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Formal Coaching Cycles: 

  • Fruth x 2

    • Goal Round 1:  To identify three learning pathways/projects (HTML, PLTW, Tynker) based on students, interests and abilities and to incorporate the goal setting, conferencing, blended learning strategies, mini-lessons, and formative feedback including self-assessment and peer assessment 

    • Goal Round 2: To incorporate the LAUNCH cycle into Code to Create.

  • Bartoszewski: Build and Update ACMS Student Services Website

  • Budde, Thomas, Backus, Cook: Google Cardboard + Sensory Videos project (AP Psych students + 18-21 transition students)

    • Email Chain Reaction

  • Gerdman: Spanish Art galleries (A3 and B3) - In Makerspace, Spanish 4 students create companion piece for Prado art, create video presentations with inspiration and artist statement, build digital art museum with QR codes.

  • Baker: Safety and Instruction videos in tech labs

  • Mitchell: Student Performance website development

  • Thomas: Transition Students' website and virtual processes

• Collaborations:

  • Jussila: Using Google Sheets and Autocrat to communication with students and families

  • Weiss: Mastery Paths in Canvas for math differentiation

  • Demers: ProStart demo - les galettes bretonnes

  • A. Bartz: Kite/Sail math and physics

  • ACMS staff intro to Makerspace with Ben Lamp

  • Tombari: Recommendation process for reading intervention services

  • Roberts: Flexible Spaces site and sign-ups

  • Zindler: Virtual Lit Crew

• Curriculum Development:

  • Mitchell: New Hip Hop course -- assessments, essential questions, learning targets, proficiency scales

  • Fruth, Montez, Prell: Vertical CS alignment, review of Code to Create, Exploring Computer Science, and Accounting

  • C. Behrens: French A, B, 1 realignment

  • E/LA: Graphics and Commitments

  • DEI: Graphics and Commitments

• Other Projects:

  • Canvas module building and feedback

  • Clarity observations and feedback

  • EE comprehensive review and proposed updates

  • Converting all existing teacher and district Classic Google Sites into New Sites Format

  • PHS + ACMS classroom library equity audit tools

• Formal Coaching Cycles: 

  • Bedard (To create and sustain a classroom culture conducive to student learning and engagement)

  • Budde (Blended Learning - Station Rotations) 

  • Frankwick (Redesign the Parents Place project to create the appropriate balance of teacher-directed, scaffolded instruction and student agency)

  • Gerdman (Blended Learning - Station Rotations) 

  • J. Giese (Blended Learning to increase student achievement on Document Based Questions and to provide student learning options based on interests and abilities)

  • Igielski (Clarity - "to make the purpose and why in my classroom more authentic and relevant to students")

  • Jussila (Build station rotation and playlists for different book groups. "I use the STAR scores as well as reading response assessments to help place students where they are in regards to their reading ability. Having blended paths for the different ability levels would add another level of personalization to an already personalized experience. )

  • Kashdan (Blended Learning - Station Rotation)

  • Klemme (Implementing blended learning strategies)

  • Kuelthau (Blended Learning - Station Rotation)

  • Mitchell (Blended Learning - Flex Model: Student Goal Setting + Studio Time)

  • Roberts (Efficient use of Canvas to create an effective blended learning experience for students.  Use skills developed to create a flipped/diversified experience for other classes.)

  • Straub (Integrate Blended Learning strategies  to enable greater student agency and ownership which should improve student engagement and learning)

  • V. Whelan (To incorporate blended learning strategies/playlists to help students independently learn grammar principles)

  • Yuskis (To focus on the effectiveness of using technology-driven stations as well as some jigsaw grouping)

• Other Projects:

  •  Co-op portfolios (Demers)

  • Advanced Culinary portfolios (Frankwick)

  • Green Tech Project portfolios (Colwell)

  • PHS Counseling Site (Lewek, Sorkness, Williams)

  • Business Foundations Apprentice Project - judges panel for all five rounds and final interviews (Staus)

  • Digital Threat Assessment Training (Stangler)

  • District ACP Canvas courses and conference appointments (Plach and teachers at ACMS & PHS)

  • Asynchronous communication tools for co-planning (ACMS Social Studies department)

  • Clarity observations and feedback (several teachers as well as the ACMS Social Studies and Science departments)

  • Summer 2019 Learning -- Graduate Profile Project (Zindler)

• Set up Canvas courses with every teacher at ACMS and PHS

• This Used to Be... Exploring Wisconsin Project - Google MyMaps (Yuskis)

• Co-op portfolios (Demers)

• Advanced Culinary portfolios (Frankwick)

• Green Tech Project portfolios (Colwell)

• Refined the Engineer's Notebook process (Spoerke)

• Refined National History Day process using Canvas and other tools for organization and feedback (Douglass, Reuter, Weltzin)

• ATAC Presentation on Tech for IEP & Data (Coburn/Lichte) 

• ACMS Counseling Site (Bartoszewski)

• Business Foundations Apprentice Project - judges panel for all five rounds and final interviews (Staus)

• Creating surveys and tracking data for business projects (Insight)

• Digital Threat Assessment Training (Stangler)

• Children's Books and Poetry Anthologies (Thoma)

• La Chandeleur 2018 - ACMS French B (Kashdan)

• District ACP Canvas courses and conference appointments (Plach and teachers at ACMS & PHS)

• Website to teach students to create New Sites for ACP portfolios (KBD, Bartoszewski, Plach)

• Project L.I.F.E. presentation for Admin Cabinet 12/14/17 (Thomas)

• Inclusion Journey Presentation (Strancke) and feedback on co-teaching at both ACMS and PHS (Prout, Budde, Reuter)

• The 510 Book Challenge "We READ-y" video (Zindler)

• Summer Reading 2018 - Easy as 1, 2, 3 (Zindler)

• Disciplinary Literacy Posters for 2018-2019, modeled after PS4 game cover (Zindler)

• Planning for Convening Session on Failing Forward (J. Giese)

• Set up course websites for several teachers at both ACMS and PHS

• Google Forms Session (set up and use) - Insight (Article in Insight newsletter)

• Set up blogs, Google+ in HE9 and American Lit for student writing (Curtis)

• Set up blogs for student publication in English 9 (Thoma)

• Advanced Culinary portfolios (Frankwick)

• Co-op portfolios (Demers)

• District ACP Site (Plach)

• ACMS ELA Workshop Resources Site (Turba)

• Community Resources Site (Woodford)

• Mechatronics & Engineering Portfolios (Spoerke)

• ACMS Student ePortfolios - Study Skills (Lichte/Coburn)

• #READ22 video and pledge form - Pirate Reading Challenge (Zindler)

• ELL Site (Ronge)

• Techniques and tools for effective classroom management and student engagement (Kowzan)

• Board of Education Spotlight on Learning (1/9/17): Braden's IEP (Lichte)

• Board of Education Spotlight on Learning (2/6/17): Project L.I.F.E. (Thomas)

• ATAC Presentation on Tech for IEP & Data (Coburn/Lichte) 

• Patriot's Pen video (Pizzo)

• ACMS Counseling Site (Bartoszewski)

• ACMS Course Highlights video (Pizzo and ACMS staff)

• Creative Director Fundraising Project and Promotional Videos - redesigned (Stingle)

• Flipped lesson videos (Lamp) - see website

• ACP Conference Videos - 10th and 11th grades (Plach)

• 2017 Summer Reading Video (Zindler)

• Courses in Canvas for the 2017-2018 school year (several teachers at PHS and ACMS)

• Working with Biology teachers to create screencast "flip books" to illustrate the processes of meiosis, mitosis, and cellular decay.

• Working with American Literature, Honors English 9, and Essential Humanities teachers and students to give voice and audience to their writing, using Blogger.

• Co-designing and presenting a Mardi gras lesson in ProStart Culinary class

• Collaborating with French teacher to provide lesson materials, activities, and assessment tools.

• Continually modifying "Dancing with the Stars" activity to include increased opportunities for creativity, self- and peer- assessment.

• Co-created engaging way for readers to share book assessment: A Date with Literature 

• Co-creating a music literacy video that illustrates the connections between music and language.

• Modifying an Essential Humanities lesson to include screencast student analyses of their presentations.

• Collaborating with science teachers to suggest tools for creating ecolodges and to use Google Maps to illustrate ecosystems in National Parks (link to map)

• Using Trudacot framework to analyze and modify Rube Goldberg lesson at ACMS.

• Co-designing standards-based rubrics for Special Education/Essential Humanities, Music, Tech Ed/Engineering

• Periodic tech tools mini-lessons in Alt-Ed and Study Skills classes (sharing Chrome extensions, Google Add-ons, etc. to help students be more productive and organized).

• Creating iMovie Trailers with Special Ed students at Asa Clark Middle School.

• Designing numerous course websites and instructing teachers on how to use them to communicate learning targets and agendas, provide materials and information, and showcase student work.

• Membean as vocabulary builder at ACMS & PHS 

• Finding digital alternatives to AP Stats "poster project" (using Infographics) and co-creating rubrics for peer-assessment.