2016-17 New Teacher Staff Development

Anoka-Hennepin Secondary Teachers
P1 and New P3 New To District

Professional Development Plan
2016-2017
All Anoka-Hennepin probationary teachers participate in induction/mentor activities at their building

and/or through district professional development. This professional development delivers rigorous,
research-based learning experiences and resources, which are designed to challenge and support
probationary teachers in order to increase student achievement. This work is in accordance with the
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Work Agreement, which states:
Article VI, Section I Duty Days, Subd. 1. There shall be 187 days of service for teachers. The duty year
for new teachers (probationary first year and new probationary third year) shall include an additional
three days of orientation prior to the commencement of the school year and the equivalent of one
additional day outside the normal duty day during the school year for new teacher induction activities.
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The training and development may include Board Credits for Lane Advancements. (From page 6 of the
Working Agreement)
Anoka Hennepin P1 and NEW P3 Teachers (New to District) REQUIRED:

3 days - New Teacher Workshop on August 23, 24, 25 AND 7 additional after
school hours to include the following:
2 hours PAS/Q Comp Process Training (Writing Goals, etc.) REGISTER IN
LMS
1 CT Training /Viewpoint with Principals/Achievement Coach
2 Mental Health Nita Kumar REGISTER IN LMS
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2 Instructional Technology Resources (TaLS) Beginner or Advanced course
REGISTER IN LMS
40 minutes - Board Policy: Best Practices with Copyright Fair Use/Social
Media/Acceptable Use/Cell Phone (online) ACCESS IN LMS
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SPED New Teachers are required to attend two additional (paid) courses:
4 hours - Due Process Essentials 1 and Due Process Essentials 2
(see next page, special education only)
Probationary teachers should discuss their plans for completing these hours with their principal.
Courses will be held at Staff Development Center, 2727 North Ferry Street, Anoka, MN.
Registration for all district courses must be done ONLINE through Anoka Hennepin Learning
Management System (LMS). Please refer to handout called Accessing and Registering for Staff
Development Courses for accessing the LMS and registration instructions. You will have an opportunity to
sign up for these sessions during New Teacher Workshop; however, if your paperwork has not gone through
the channels, you will need to do at a later time and keep trying until your log in is active. Registrations
should be completed by September 14. For questions on your required courses, please contact the
Teaching and Learning Specialist for your discipline.
REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers - General

Course Title: Instructional Resources (Novice)
To be offered through both an online setting and through a face-to-face facilitation model
Course Description: This session will provide an overview of digital applications which will assist each teacher
regardless of discipline. Help Resources, AH-Apps Email forward to Outlook, Changing AH-Apps password, Why
Google Apps?, The Basics for Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, and Forms. How can I use this with
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students? Google Sites if time permits.
Course Location: Facilitated - TBD
REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers General Ed

Course Title: Instructional Resources (Advanced)
Course Description: This session will provide an overview of digital applications which will assist each teacher
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regardless of discipline. Help Resources, AH-Apps Email forward to Outlook, Changing AH-Apps password, Why
Google Apps?, The Basics for Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, and Forms. How can I use this with
students? Google Sites if time permits.
REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers General Ed

Course Title: Viewpoint
Course Description: This session will provide an overview of district tools for managing and analyzing data. In
addition, the session will assist teachers in developing a process for using the data to drive instructional
decisions.
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REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers SPED Ed
Course Title: Due Process Essentials 1: Overview - Required
Course Description: This session will provide a review of important Due Process Requirements. This information
is crucial basic knowledge for staff who case manage students resources available to all Anoka-Hennepin
teachers for staff who case manage students. *Staff members are required to attend the first two hours, and are
encouraged to stay for the duration. Staff members that attend the full session will be paid for the two
additional hours.
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REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers SPED Ed

Course Title: Due Process Essentials 2: Data Collection - Required
Course Description: To be updated.
P1 & NEW P3 Teachers

Course Title: PAS and Q-Comp Orientation
Course Description: P1 and new P3 teachers will learn all about the PAS/Q-Comp process. Topics include: the
observation process, writing and monitoring Student Achievement Goals, rubric components, using AHEP. As
part of the training, teachers will log into AHEP and select their look-for document.
Course Title: Atomic Learning - AHApps/GoogleApps Training
Course Description: P1 and New P3 teachers will view the tutorial series while logged in to Atmoic Learning
(tracking activated). They will use the tracking reporting tool to send verification of their completion of the
tutorial series.

Course Title: Instroduction to Anoka-Hennepin Libraries
Course Description: This session is a voluntary building paid session for secondary probationary teachers NEW
to Anoka Hennepin (first year teaching with Anoka Hennepin - P1s and New P3s). This is a practical, hand-on,
teacher-friendly look at our free information resources, overview of the copyright law, the most frequent
questions teachers ask, and an overview of the research process used in Anoka-Hennepin.
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Course Title: Atomic Learning - Suggested Tutorials
Course Description: P1, P2, and P3 teachers will view the tutorial series while logged in to Atomic Learning
(tracking activated). They will use the tracking reporting tool to send verification of their completion of their
selected tutorial series. Suggested tutorial series: Google Classroom, Google Earth, Google Maps, Active
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Inspire, SMART Notebook, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Cornell Notes, Instructional Video
Best Practices, Overcoming Test Anxiety, Successful Time Management Training, Effective Listening Training,
Moodle, YouTube.
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Anoka-Hennepin Secondary Teachers
P2 & P3 - Experienced
Not New to District
Professional Development Plan
Online Professional
2016-2017
Development
All Anoka-Hennepin probationary teachers participate in induction/mentoring
As one component of the probationary activities. This professional development delivers rigorous, researchbased
teacher induction sessions, all P2 and learning experiences and resources, which are designed to challenge and support
P3 teachers are expected to complete 2 probationary teachers in order to increase student achievement. These
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hours of online professional activities/sessions are in accordance with the Working Agreement, which states:
development through Atomic
Learning. The service can be accessed Article VI, Section I Duty Days, Subd. 1. There shall be 187 days of service for
through the district website dashboard teachers. The duty year for second and third year returning probationary teachers
after you log in. shall include the equivalent of three days outside the normal duty day for new
teacher induction/mentoring activities as determined by the District. The training
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The Clock Hour Request can be 3
times the amount of time you spend
watching tutorials. It is assumed that
for every 10 minutes of viewing you
will spend at least 20 minutes
practicing.
Staff must be logged in to their

and development may include Board Credits for Lane Advancements. (From
page 6 of the Working Agreement)
AH Experienced P2 and P3 Teachers REQUIRED:
3 hours - Professional development with Q Comp Peer

Evaluator (Tri 2) You will be contacted by your
individual accounts when watching assigned Peer Evaluator in Tri 2.
the tutorials in order to receive clock 2 hours - Online professional development using
hours for the training. Atomic Learning. Register in Atomic
Learning.
Recommended Atomic 16.5 hours - After school or online sessions (see next pages)
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Learning Tutorials: Register in LMS
Discovery streaming 21.5 hours Total

Entourage
Geometers Sketchpad Probationary teachers should discuss their plans for completing these hours with
Google Docs (AH Apps) their principal.
Google Earth
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Inspiration Registration for all district sessions will be available on the Anoka Hennepin
Microsoft Word Learning Management System (LMS). Please refer to handout called
Microsoft PowerPoint Accessing and Registering for Staff Development Courses. In LMS, click on
Microsoft Excel event course catalog for the Event name: SEC 2016-17 New Teacher PD, which is
Promethean Active Inspire (middle
located on bottom third of your landing page under Events-Professional
school only)
Development.
SMART Notebook (high school only)
Moodle
For questions on your required trainings, please call the Teaching and Learning
Specialist for your discipline.
Building Opportunities:
All district afterschool sessions will be held at the Staff Development Center,
Principals may also offer new teacher 2727 Ferry Street in Anoka unless otherwise noted. Please log into LMS and
mentoring opportunities in place of check times and rooms before you attend your session as they may change.
district sessions. These must be unpaid
and after hours.
Anoka Hennepin Secondary Probationary Teachers
General Education Courses
For P2 Teachers and Experienced P3 Teachers
2016-2017
FACILITATED COURSES
P2 & P3 Experienced Teachers

Course Title: AT Consideration
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Course Title: Atomic Learning - Suggested Tutorials
Course Description: P1, P2, and P3 teachers will view the tutorial series while logged in to Atomic Learning (tracking
activated). They will use the tracking reporting tool to send verification of their completion of their selected tutorial
series. Suggested tutorial series: Google Classroom, Google Earth, Google Maps, Active Inspire, SMART Notebook,
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Cornell Notes, Instructional Video Best Practices, Overcoming Test
Anxiety, Successful Time Management Training, Effective Listening Training, Moodle, YouTube.
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Course Title: Building Student Relationships/Classroom Management
Course Description: This session covers factors the teacher has control over to create an effectively managed classroom.
Learn about strategies for building positive relationships and creating classroom procedures that support student
learning.

Course Title: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Course Description: Learn about what it means to create a culturally responsive classroom in Anoka-Hennepin. This
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session will focus on the language of culturally responsive teaching and the framework that A-H uses in thinking about
creating a culturally responsive classroom.

Course Title: Differention Course(s)
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Course Title: Due Process Essentials 2: Data Collection
Course Description: Data Collection is crucial to the learning process. This session will provide strategies and tools that
will assist staff in establishing data collection processes that are systematic, easy and effective.

Course Title: ESY
Course Description: This session will be helpful to staff who are new to the ESY process. We will review the data
collection necessary to determine eligibility as well as the process for registration.
Course Title: FBA/Manifestation Determination
Course Description: Manifestation Determination meetings are often difficult on many levels. This session will define
the requirements and provide staff with assistance in this process with tips for completion.

Course Title: Functional Behavioral Assessment
Course Description: A well done FBA provides a valuable tool in determining what is the underlying function of the
students behavior. Knowing the function provides crucial information necessary in determining an appropriate behavior
plan. Since an FBA is one of the only portions of an evaluation completed by teaching staff, staff are often hesitant about
the process. This session will define the requirements and provide staff with assistance in this process with tips for
completion.
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Course Title: Growth Mindset
Course Description: Participants will be introduced to the concept of growth mindset in which they will explore current
research and examples of how growth and fixed mindsets impact students. Teachers will work on ways to implement
the research into their classroom.
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Course Title: High School Scheduling and Registration Process

Course Title: Homework & Practice
Course Description: Homework and practice are related, connected by the context when students are learning on their
own and applying new knowledge. This session will present best practices related to assigning homework and practice.
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Course Title: Implementing Best Practices through Questioning and Discussion techniques
Course Description: Interested in learning several strategies for increasing student discussion and refining your
questioning skills? Look no further! this interactive session will be hosted by Q-Comp Peer Evaluators and focus on
Component B: Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques. There will be plenty of time to talk with your colleagues
and consider how the strategies could work in your large and small group setting.
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Course Title: Increasing Student Learning using Feedback & Assessment in the Classroom
Course Description: Interested in learning several strategies for increasing student achievement and refining your
feedback and assessment skills? Look no further! this interactive session will be hosted by Q-Comp Peer Evaluators and
focus on Component D: Using Feedback and Assessment. There will be plenty of time to talk with your colleagues and
consider how the strategies could work in your large and small group setting.

Course Title: Introduction to Anoka-Hennepin Libraries
Course Description: A practical, hands-on, teacher-friendly look at our free information resources, overview of the
copyright law, the most frequent questions teachers ask, and an overview of the research process used in Anoka
Hennepin.
Course Title: Linking the IEP to the ESR
Course Description: Our evaluation summaries are a wealth of information about a students strengths and needs. This
session will help staff get the most from the ESR and link the information effectively to their IEPS.

Course Title: Math Instruction for All

Course Title: Probationary SEED
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Course Title: Reading in the Content Areas - Advanced
Course Description: This session is for those teachers having already participated in the original session during the
previous calendar year. Practical strategies to ensure that all students can engage in the text will be presented.
Participants should expect to dig deeply into close reading strategies. This session meets the MN Reading clock hours
requirement.
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Course Title: Reading in the Content Areas - Teaching with Tough Texts
Course Description: This session will answer the question, but what do I do when my students cant understand my
textbook? Practical strategies to ensure that all students can engage in the text will be presented. This session meets
the MN Reading clock hours requirement.

Course Title: Reflective Cohort
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Course Description: Are you interested in being a part of a cohort where you have reflective conversations with your
colleagues about the professional rewards and challenges you are dealing with on a daily basis? Early in their careers,
teachers often find themselves in settings that are challenging both personally and professionally. This class, facilitated
by a Q-Comp Peer Evaluator, is designed to help you and your colleagues reflect upon your teaching experience and
move forward professionally. Over the course of four meetings, the cohort will provide an avenue for you to analyze,
evaluate and discuss your teaching experience; and give you valuable and practical information about practical concerns
like classroom and behavior management, lesson planning, and working with parents.
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Course Title: Reflective Conversation Skills
Course Description: Do you ever find yourself in reflective conversations with colleagues, parents, students, etc.? In this
interactive session, you will learn about and practice the use of listening, paraphrasing, and questioning skills to help
guide the people you support on their own journey of self-improvement. Grow in your own listening and reflection skills
as you improve your ability to support the growth of others.

Course Title: Setting Clear Objectives and Providing Effective Feedback
Course Description: Discover the connection between clear objectives and student learning. Examine simple ways to use
effective feedback to make students more reflective learners and to increase student achievement in your class.
Course Title: Trauma Informed Mental Health in the Schools

Course Title: Turnitin.com
Course Description: Utilize pre-assessment effectively and manage different levels of knowledge to engage more
students in your classroom more of the time (without going crazy).

Course Title: Vocabulary Instruction, Part I: Selecting and Introducing Words
Course Description: Explore ideas for selecting words for instruction, helping students to learn words in context, and
embedding vocabulary in your curriculum. Learn practical classroom activities that lead to improved student learning.
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Course Title: Vocabulary Instruction, Part II: Going Deeper with Word Learning
Course Description: Explore ideas for selecting words for instruction, helping students to learn words in context, and
embedding vocabulary in your curriculum. Learn practical classroom activities that lead to improved student learning.
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Course Title: Webbs Depth of Knowledge
Course Description: Promote higher level thinking in your classroom, increasing student engagement and achievement.
Bring an assignment or course topic material with you in order to make the session highly practical.

Course Title: Working Effectively With Parents
Course Description: Explore practical methods for creating parent partnerships to improve student learning. You will
leave with a specific plan to work more effectively with the parents of your students.
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Course Title: Writing to Promote Learning in the Content Area
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ONLINE COURSES
These courses are to be taken online during the date range indicated.
The online link will be emailed to all registered participants near the
course start date.

Course Title: Building Background Knowledge (Online)
Course Description: Have you ever taught a carefully prepared lesson with which your students couldnt connect? In this
session, well identify techniques for connecting students experiences and past learning to lesson concepts.
Course Location: Online
Course Title: Creating Nonlinguistic Representation (This is an online course)
Course Description: Learn how nonlinguistic representations can help with instruction and classroom management. This
session will include examples of specific strategies teachers can put into practice to impact student learning.

Course Title: Differentiation - how to prevent chaos
Course Description: Learn ways to keep the whole class moving forward when using differentiated instruction.
Classroom strategies for differentiation and how to avoid chaos will be discussed. This online course will take
approximately 2 hours over the week of

Course Title: Formative Q-Comp Profesional Development cycle
Course Description: During second trimester, all returning P2 and P3 teachers will participate in three hours of
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personalized staff development with a Q-Comp Peer Evaluator The three hours will be scheduled flexibly and catered to
the needs of the teacher. Staff development activities will consist of a series of meetings, written reflections, and
observations, similar to those conducted with continuing contract teachers on low cycle. They may include: planning
conversations with your Peer-Evaluation, observations by your Peer Evaluator, observations of veteran teacher, and
reflective conferences with your Peer-Evaluator.
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Course Title: Generating & Testing Hypotheses (This is an online course)
Course Description: Learn more about how to help students enhance skills in decision-making, problem solving,
investigation, analysis, and inquiry through the generation and testing of hypothesis and the development of
conclusions.

Course Title: Success for All Learners
Course Description: Participants will learn about the critical basics which help all students succeed in the classroom.
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Course Title: Summarizing & Note Taking (This is an online course)
Course Description: Summarizing promotes comprehension by analyzing a subject to expose what's essential. Note
taking assists students in concentrating on and understanding material delivered in the classroom or through textbooks.
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Course Title: Using Cooperative Learning (This is an Online Course)
Course Description: Are you working harder than your students? Discover strategies that actively engage your students
in their learning.

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Anoka-Hennepin Secondary Teachers

P1 and New P3 New To District

All Anoka-Hennepin probationary teachers participate in induction/mentor activities at their building

Anoka Hennepin P1 and NEW P3 Teachers (New to District) REQUIRED:

REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers - General

REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers General Ed

REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers General Ed

Course Location: Facilitated - TBD

REQUIRED for P1 & NEW P3 Teachers SPED Ed

P1 & NEW P3 Teachers

P1 & NEW P3 Teachers

Staff must be logged in to their

AH Experienced P2 and P3 Teachers REQUIRED:

3 hours - Professional development with Q Comp Peer

Discovery streaming 21.5 hours Total

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