8-C-1

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Directions:
On the table below, add at least **five** events or activities you can do during the __#|school__ year in the right column of the table. Each event or activity should help you address a component of the Achievement Triangle and be appropriate for the time in the school calendar.
 * 1) Click the **Edit**tab in the upper-right corner.
 * 2) Place your cursor in the table cell next to the month and achievement triangle section you want to contribute an event or activity idea to.
 * 3) Add your text in the cell.
 * 4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 for your remaining event and activity ideas.
 * 5) Press **Save** on the Editor bar.

Achievement Triangle Event and Activity Ideas List

 * Month || **Achievement Triangle** || Event and Activity Ideas ||
 * August || Know Self || Set personal goals for the upcoming school year based upon self-assessment of needs

Seek out and f ollow up with colleagues with ELL certifications to see what courses to take for certification. Christina ||
 * August || Know Students || Back to School __#|Surveys__ and Interviews to get to know students

Get to know you R.A.F.T. project. Christina

Talk with past teachers and coaches about student strengths.(Shannon)

Call parents to celebrate early discoveries about their children and to learn more about them. (Shannon) ||
 * August || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice || Take note of the posters, pictures books, and other accessories in the room and be aware of the racial representations in these resources.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Set up “current events” assignment. Having mini-presentations weekly that allow students to link events and current happenings in the world around us to physics content being taught in class. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">(could happen any time in August – September) Christina

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Find articles about culturally responsive instruction in biology to read to give me ideas. (Shannon) ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">September || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self || Write down your first impressions of your students these first few weeks. Do you see any stereotypes forming? Reflect on how to deconstruct these perceptions.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Enroll in the Beginning Spanish for Educators course that runs on Mondays from October through December. Christina ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">September || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || Make personal phone calls to the families to talk about how their children are adjusting to the first few weeks of school and if there are any concerns or questions. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">September || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice || Choose a topic such as differentiated instruction, multicultural education, etc. to read about more each month

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Set up weekly meetings with the physics survey instructors to check in and follow through with best practices. Christina ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">October || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self || Review personal goals and see if there are any you can add at this point. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">October || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || Student assessment on the contect learned so far, before the quaterly exam. Make sure students are OK with the content.

Be sure to communicate invitations to all students and parents about open house early and often, making phone calls and rescheduling meetings if parents can't make that night. (Shannon) ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">October || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">November || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self || Have students complete an evaluation of the class so that I can make changes based upon their feedback. (Shannon) ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">November || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || Ask students again about their goals for their future science classes, personally asking students who might be able to move to more rigorous class to work toward that now. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">November || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice || Take note of the instruction techniques that are being used in the classroom and make sure they represent a variety of learning opportunities. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">December || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">December || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || Allow students to share experiences of how they celebrate the holidays based upon their own families or cultures ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">December || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice || Semester end culture party (world cultures class). Students bring in food and present a presentation discussing their culture. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">January || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self || Mid-year evaluation of personal goals progress

Be sure NOT to ask where everyone went over winter break because many students are in town for winter break. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">January || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have students complete a bio poem as a way to reacquaint with each other and to incorporate any new/transfer students into the classroom as the new semester begins. Christina

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have conversations / interviews with each student about course placement options for the following school year. Christina ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">January || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">February || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self || Review goals from the year and adjust as needed. (Shannon) ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">February || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || Show the students you love them. Each week this month I pick 4-5 students and give them little surprises in their desk or cubby throughout the week. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">February || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">March || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">March || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">March || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">April || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">April || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">April || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">May || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">May || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || I give my students notes at the end of the year that list specific traits that I will miss about them and their contribution to our classroom. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">May || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice || We always share about the kids' plans for summer break. Turn the activity into sharing more about family traditions or family reunions. What special activities or food do they eat when they get together for family reunions? ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">June || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self || Ask parents to fill out an end of the year __#|survey__ to help identify strengths and weaknesses from the year ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">June || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || Have the students fill out the L from their KWL chart and see what the students have learned. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">June || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">July || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Self ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">July || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Students || Reflect on the year and decide what class and what text might support a deeper understanding of Whiteness. (Shannon) ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">July || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">Know Practice ||  ||