New DPS teachers: Summer activities and professional learning 2015

New DPS teachers: Summer activities
and professional learning 2015
Calendar key: REQUIRED for teachers new to DPS (see event description for applicable teacher groups) OPTIONAL for teachers new to DPS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED for teachers new to DPS (see event description for applicable teacher groups) June 2015 Monday 1 Tuesday 2 8 9 Summer Academy Training (REQUIRED if participating in Summer Academy; must Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 Summer Academy Training Day Summer Academy Training Day (REQUIRED if participating in Summer Academy; choose either 6/3 OR 6/4) (REQUIRED if participating in Summer Academy; choose either 6/3 OR 6/4) 10 A 11 A Friday 5 Last ½ day for 2014-­‐2015 school years 12 Apprecitin Apprecitin Summer Academy: June 10 to July 2 (weekdays only) (Open to all teachers new to DPS; new teachers that participate in Summer Academy meet their ELA –T qualification) attend both 6/8 and 6/9) 15 16 Standards/Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) modules for high school civics/American history teachers modules for high school chemistry Standards/LDC 17 18 19 Curriculum rollout for 6th-­‐8th grade language arts teachers (OPTION 1 of 2) 22 24 th
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A Standards/LDC modules for 6 grade science A Apprecitin teachers Apprecitin A Summer Academy: June 10 to July 2 (weekdays only) A Apprecitin Apprecitin 23 30 Summer Apprecitin Academy: June 10 to July 2 (weekdays only) A 26 Apprecitin Ice cream social (all new teachers invited) Summer Academy: June 10 to July 2 (weekdays only) 29 A A 25 Apprecitin (cont.) New DPS teachers: Summer
activities and professional learning 2015
July 2015 Monday Tuesday Wednesday 1 Thursday 2 Friday 3 6 13 Classroom prep time at Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) (all new teachers invited; 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 22 23 24 Summer Academy: June 10 to July 2 (weekdays only) spend time at RAFT with current DPS teachers creating materials for your new DPS classroom!) 20 21 ALL Special Education Teachers REQUIRED (OPTION 1 of 3) New Teacher Induction: Early Start Curriculum rollout for 6th-­‐8th grade language arts teachers (OPTION 2 of 2) A th
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Apprecitin 27 A 28 29 REQUIRED for all teachers new to DPS that will be working at Ashley Elementary, McAuliffe International School, or one of the schools in our Denver Summit Schools Network (i.e.; schools that have their first day on July 27) All other teachers new to DPS will attend New Teacher Induction: Kick-­‐Start from August 4-­‐7 30 31 Apprecitin ALL Special Education Teachers REQUIRED (OPTION 2 of 3) A Apprecitin (cont.) New DPS teachers: Summer
activities and professional learning 2015
August 2014 Monday 3 New Educator Welcome Event Tuesday Thursday Friday 4 5 New Teacher Induction: Kick Start 6 7 Required for all new DPS teachers on a regular start schedule (i.e., schools that have their first day on August 24); new DPS kindergarten teachers will attend the Kindergarten Kick-­‐Off Labs in lieu of New Teacher Induction: Kick-­‐Start Required for all new DPS teachers Kindergarten Kick-­‐Off Labs (New kindergarten teachers that do not work at a DSSN school, Ashley or McAuliffe) 10 Wednesday 11 12 ALL Special Education Teachers REQUIRED (OPTION 3 of 3) 13 14 MS/HS Registration MS/HS Registration New Teacher Induction: Great Special Education Center Institute: Required for all AN, MIA and Multi-­‐Categorical teachers A Apprecitin A Apprecitin GT and HGT Institute: Required for all gifted & talented and highly gifted & talented teachers Beginnings Time reserved for school-­‐
based orientation activities or classroom prep time Kindergarten Kick-­‐Off Labs (New kindergarten teachers that do not work at a DSSN school, Ashley or McAuliffe) A 17 18 Apprecitin 19 20 21 28 STANDARDS DAY FIRST DAY for Teachers (School-­‐based: Principals and ILT “deliver” Standards focus to teachers) 24 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 25 26 27 31 Questions? Reach out to newteachers@dpsk12.org or check out neweducators.dpsk12.org/