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Objective 1
Objective 1
Over the course of the 18/19 academic year, Brassfield MTAC will help develop more partnerships with the community. We will have at least two author visits in partnership with Quail Ridge Books and our Brassfield PTA. In addition, we will work with the public library to help our 5th grade students get library cards so they could use additional online resources. We will continue to increase our family involvement through Learning Commons volunteer trainings, Book Fair Events which have family events, and book clubs that parents are invited to join with their children.
Over the course of the 18/19 academic year, Brassfield MTAC will help develop more partnerships with the community. We will have at least two author visits in partnership with Quail Ridge Books and our Brassfield PTA. In addition, we will work with the public library to help our 5th grade students get library cards so they could use additional online resources. We will continue to increase our family involvement through Learning Commons volunteer trainings, Book Fair Events which have family events, and book clubs that parents are invited to join with their children.
Evidence & Reflection
Evidence & Reflection
We began increasing our community partnerships in 2018-19 in following ways:
We began increasing our community partnerships in 2018-19 in following ways:
Held two author visits sponsored by our PTA and Quail Ridge Books
Held two author visits sponsored by our PTA and Quail Ridge Books
Partnered with a branch of the Wake County Public Library to register 5th grade students for library cards
Partnered with a branch of the Wake County Public Library to register 5th grade students for library cards
Held a fall PTA Scholastic Book Fair and a spring PTA Bedford Falls Book Fair
Held a fall PTA Scholastic Book Fair and a spring PTA Bedford Falls Book Fair
Organized two book clubs and invited parents to read the books with their children
Organized two book clubs and invited parents to read the books with their children
Had WCPSS translation services translate into Spanish our Book Fair Wish Lists and our library book notifications
Had WCPSS translation services translate into Spanish our Book Fair Wish Lists and our library book notifications
Fall Book Club
Fall Book Club
Parents and students came together to celebrate reading Wish. We played Kahoot, discussed the book, rated the book, and made our own wishes.
Drew Daywalt and Scott Campbell Visit
Drew Daywalt and Scott Campbell Visit
With the help of our PTA and Quail Ridge Books, we were able to host Drew Daywalt and Scott Campbell as they shared about their book, Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy.
Spring Book Club
Spring Book Club
Several parents joined their children to celebrate reading Fuzzy Mud. They played Kahoot, navigated a Fuzzy Mud Maze, and shared what they liked about the book.
Barbara O'Connor Author Visit
Barbara O'Connor Author Visit
Our PTA and Quail Ridge Books worked together to bring Barbara O'Conner to our school in September 2019.
Objective 2
Objective 2
Over the course of the 18/19 academic year, our MTAC will investigate what Professional Learning staff need and want. Our teacher librarian will go to a variety of Professional Development to help support our Professional Learning goals. We will invite the Digital Learning Coordinators to help us decide ways to support our staff's Professional Learning. We will create a plan of how to increase staff knowledge of Fair Use and Copyright. We will also identify resources to increase staff knowledge of technology and post those resources where staff may access 24/7.
Over the course of the 18/19 academic year, our MTAC will investigate what Professional Learning staff need and want. Our teacher librarian will go to a variety of Professional Development to help support our Professional Learning goals. We will invite the Digital Learning Coordinators to help us decide ways to support our staff's Professional Learning. We will create a plan of how to increase staff knowledge of Fair Use and Copyright. We will also identify resources to increase staff knowledge of technology and post those resources where staff may access 24/7.
Evidence & Reflection
Evidence & Reflection
We began working on our goal to improve our Professional Learning at Brassfield. We started working on this area, but we found this year was a year to decide how to best improve this area so in 2019-20 we may implement our plans. A huge obstacle was finding the time we could share professional learning with our staff.
During the 2018-2019 school year, Marni Wall, our Media Coordinator, attended two Professional Learning PD sessions. During her first session, she was able to modify a Fair Use and Copyright Presentation to share with MTAC. MTAC felt it was a valuable resource to share with the staff but needed some additional modifications before setting up sessions with the rest of our staff. During her second session, she set up a time for our Digital Learning Coordinators to come to one of our MTAC meetings so we could plan an impactful year of Professional Learning for 2019-20.
At the meeting with the DLCs, we came up with some great possible solutions for how to implement great Professional Learning. One idea was to have the DLCs train the MTAC representatives and then the representatives would take what they learned back to their PLTs. Another idea was to have our DLCs come at specific times for sessions staff would sign up to attend and receive CEUs for their time and learning. Marni Wall and Terri Hawley plan to meet with the DLCs to make a definite plan to implement these goals.
We hoped to accomplish more this year, but we look forward to starting the 2019-20 with a focus on this area.
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