Hello Everyone,

I hope that everyone is have a great holiday season so far. I wanted to let you know that the agenda for the professional development on January 18, 2010 has been released. This year teachers will be able to register from a selection of sessions throughout the day. The agenda and registration form are on the Professional Development page of the Curriculum website. Please complete the registration as soon as possible. We would really appreciate it if as many teachers registered prior to leaving for the holiday break as possible so that we have an idea about numbers of teachers in particular sessions and can plan accordingly.

The day will break down as follows:
From 8:00 - 9:00 all staff will be in a general session in the WWT Auditorium to continue the discussion we began at the beginning of the year about our mission, "Failure is not an option". Then teachers will attend the sessions that they registered for from 9:30 - 11:30 and 12:15 - 3:15. Lunch will occur from 11:30 - 12:15 on your own.

Please note that the Everything Google, and Curriculum sessions run all day so even though you have to make two selections on the registration form you will be in the same location. For example, if you select ELA curriculum in the morning you cannot select a different afternoon session.

Also note that some sessions(Pearson Inform, Everything Google, and Blackboard) are capped at 32 participants due to computer lab restrictions and registrations will be taken on a first come first serve basis.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday break!

John