We met with the English department to introduce the entire humanities team. 

After the share we discussed upcoming meetings and our plan to meet with the science department to discuss writing. The high school group left to set up their room for the open house. The middle school team stayed behind and we discussed the following:

• • The High School PD day and how we are continuing to develop the Democracy in Action class.
  • The conversations we have been having on writing and how we could be more consistent and effective in our approach.
  • Middle school history crew expressed interest in looking at how we teach writing.
  • The rest of the conversation was on the best use of PD time for the middle school.
  • The consensus was that if all the middle school core teachers could spend a half day together sharing curriculum  across the grades.
  • They also wanted time with their partner in the grade to look at their specific curriculum and work on what they want to fix.
  • The challenge is how to find the time for the middle school teachers to all be together to focus on history.