The high school history team met to discuss writing and the third trimester Democracy in Action class.

Tom met with the middle school team in the middle school. We continued our discussion of what would be the format for PD for the group. After some discussion they came up with a plan for a two stage PD program.

First the middle school history team would meet for a half day (12 -3) discussion that would focus on the following:

• • • • They would share an overview of their curriculum, followed by a deeper discussion of the themes of their programs. This would help new get a clearer sense of the middle school program.  
      • They would also discuss how they teach writing in the different grades. Each of theme would examples of student to see how they build on each other’s work and I would give them a sense of how this fits in with what is done at athe high school.

Finally, we discussed how this first half day meeting might be the incubator for ideas for a full day retreat for all the middle school core teachers. We hoped to schedule the first half day sometime in Jan, and the full day workshop in the spring.

The high school will continue to meet each Friday and may ask for a another PD day in the second trimester.