Professional Development Plan

Session Purpose: The purpose of this staff development session will be to have teachers (1) analyze the most recent STAAR Math data, (2) study grade specific TEKS, and (3) determine a plan of action to help students pass the current school year’s STAAR Math test.
Learning Objective to Be Addressed: Study and understand each grade level’s Math TEKS Determine a plan of action to improve STAAR Math scores
Approving Principal: Susan Brenz			Presentation Date:
Grade Level: All K-5 Math Teachers	Facilitator: Jessica Anderson	Location: School Library		Start Time: 7:30 a.m.	End-Time: 8:30 a.m.
Learner-Centered Activity	Purpose	Description		Steps	Estimated Time
Icebreaker Activity	This activity will allow the teachers to feel safe and comfortable in the meeting setting. This activity will also allow teachers to share and learn about different effective, learning strategies teachers are using in their classrooms.	On large chart paper, each grade level will create a poster that shares effective, learning strategies they are using in their math classes.		1.     Each grade level will create a poster that shares effective, learning strategies they are using in their math classes. 2.     Each grade level will share their poster with the group.	7:30-7:40 (10 minutes)
Review and analyze the most recent STAAR Math data	This activity will allow teachers to see where our students are currently performing according to last year’s STAAR Math exam.	The facilitator will share, in PowerPoint form, our campus’ most recent STAAR Math data. The teachers will review, analyze, and discuss in small groups and with the entire group what they have observed or learned.		1.     The facilitator will share, in PowerPoint form, our campus’ most recent STAAR Math data. 2.     The teachers will discuss in small groups what they observed and learned from the data. 3.     The teachers will share with the entire group what they observed and learned from the data.	7:40-7:55 (15 minutes)
Review and discuss each grade level’s Math TEKS	This activity will allow teachers to see, first-hand, what students at each grade-level should already know, what they will learn in their current grade-level, and what they will learn in the future.	The teachers will read, review, and possibly discuss each grade level’s Math TEKS.		1.     The facilitator will share the Math TEKS one-grade level at a time. 2.     The teachers will possibly discuss and  take notes of what their grade level students should already know, what they will learn in their current grade-level, and what they will learn in the future.	7:55-8:10 (15 minutes)
Data-Dig	This activity will allow teachers to discover the specific skills their grade-specific students struggled with last year. By doing so, the teachers can focus a larger amount of teaching time on these more difficult skills rather than on skills that students have already mastered.	Each grade level will take their grade level’s TEKS and the most current STAAR Math data and determine, as a grade-level team, which TEKS need to be focused on in the current school year.		1.     As a grade-level team, teachers will review and analyze their grade level’s Math TEKS and the most current STAAR Math data for their grade level. 2.     As a grade-level team, the teachers will determine which skills their students struggled with the most the past year.	8:10-8:30 (20 minutes)