Professional Development (Teacher In-Service) August 13-15

Mobridge-Pollock SchoolsProfessional DevelopmentAugust 13th, 14th, & 15th

August 13th

New Teacher In-Service

8am-4pm

Location: HS Library

8:00-8:45      Technology Coordinator - Dan Dawson

8:45-9:15      SPED Director - Jill Olson

9:30 - 10:15  Office Staff - Bonnie, Kathy, Kim

10:30-11:00  Superintendent - Tim Frederick

11:00-12:00  Building Principals/Work Time

12:00-1:00    Lunch (MPEA Sponsorship)

1:00- 4:00     Building Principals/Work Time

August 14th

8:00-8:30 a.m.         Healthy Breakfast

8:30-8:35 a.m.         Welcome Back

8:35-9:00 a.m.          Business Office Information

9:00-9:45 a.m.          Supt. Review of Policy/Wellness/Etc.  (Freeman Davis & Upper Elem                                                                     Teachers)
                                  HS Library

9:00-9:45 a.m.          Technology Director/Updates (MS & HS)  
                                  Mr. Hettick's Room
10:00-10:45 a.m.      Supt. Review of Policy/Wellness/Etc. (MS & HS Teachers)
                                  High School Library
10:00-10:45 a.m.      Technology Director/Updates (Freeman Davis & Upper Elem Teachers)
                                   Mr. Hettick's Room
10:45-11:30 a.m.       Special Education Teachers with Paras (Review of Snapshots)
10:45-11:30 a.m.       Course Guideline Work (K-12 Accreditation) 
11:30-12:30                Lunch on your own
12:45-2:15                  Building Principal Meetings 
2:15-4:00                   Work in Classrooms

August 15th
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.         Healthy Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.         Supt. Review of Crisis Management/Critical Policy (HS & MS Teachers)
                                   HS Library
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.        SPED Director (Upper Elementary & Freeman Davis Teachers)
                                  Mr. Hettick's Classroom
9:35 - 10:35 a.m.       Supt. Review of Crisis Management/Critical Policy (Upper and FD Teachers)
                                  HS Library
9:35 - 10:35 a.m.       SPED Director (HS & MS Teachers)
                                   Mr. Hettick's Classroom
10:35-12:00               Course Guideline Worktime
11:00-1:00                 NPIP Health Screening
1:00 - 3:30                 Classroom Work
3:30 - 4:00                 Coaches Meeting (HS Library)
                                                  

January 4th Staff Development Day - Welcome Back from Winter Break

Educators,

I hope all of you are in a warm place enjoying a few days of winter break as we see our first big winter storm of the year roll into our area.  It looks as if we may not get the brunt of the snow but we all know that what we get, will most certainly create havoc with the expected wind.

Please know as I share with you the schedule of the staff development day on January 4th that I truly believe we have made great strides as a school district during the first semester.  We have seen many of our students grow academically while witnessing our students demonstrating outstanding character through service leadership.  I want to thank all of you for creating learning opportunities for students allowing them to exhibit their strengths while building their confidence in accepting new challenges. 

We will continue to focus on addressing school climate and the impact it has on student/teacher growth in school during our January 4th event.  I look forward to having a conversation with each one of you as we prepare for the second semester.   

January 4th Staff Development Day

8:00 - 8:30          Coffee and Sharing

8:30 - 9:30          School Climate 

                            School Climate Survey/HS Commons Area

9:30-10:00          Leadership Team Meeting/Library

                           Classroom Work

10:00 - 11:00       South Dakota Retirement System 

                            Theater 

11:05 - 12:00       Classroom Work

12:00-1:00           Lunch on your own

1:00 - 1:30           Freeman Davis School Climate Discussion/Library
                             All others work in classrooms

1:35 - 2:05           Upper Elementary School Climate Discussion/Library

                             All others work in classrooms

2:10 - 2:40           Middle School Climate Discussion/Library
                             All others work in classrooms

2:45 - 3:45           High School Climate Discussion/Library
                             All others work in classrooms

Teachers participating in the restorative justice training in McLaughlin, are not required to attend.

October 19th Professional Development Day Agenda

Professional Development Day

October 19, 2018

Time                     Activity and Staff Involved                                            Location

8:00 - 8:30           Breakfast - All Staff                                                       HS Commons

8:30-11:30           Math Training - K-5                                                       Bryan Zahn's Rm. 

9:00-10:00          Mentor/Mentee Meeting                                                Steven Anthony's Rm.

8:30-11:30          Course Syllabus - All Staff not in Math or                      Classrooms

                            Mentor/Mentee meetings

9:00-9:30            Website Tutorial                                                              Stephen Hettick's 

                             General website creation, organization, and maintenance                  Classroom (HS)                                                 

                           

10:30-11:00        Website Tutorial                                                              Cody Stotz's 

                            Using specific tools for communication, videos, photos, etc.               Classroom (HS)                                                      

11:30-12:30        Lunch                                                                              On your own

12:30-3:00          Math Training - MS/HS Staff                                            Bryan Zahn's Rm. 

12:30-3:00          Course Syllabus - All staff not involved in                       Classrooms

                            Math training

1:00-1:30            Website Tutorial                                                                Shalena Zeller's 

                            Completed Bios, share page ideas, & uploading pics                           Classroom (UE)                 

1:30-2:00            Website Tutorial                                                                Brittany Knudson's 

                            Creating contact list/texting, announcements, uploading videos,                   Classroom (FD)
                            using your phone & iPad                                                                                           

2:00-2:30            Website Tutorial                                                                Lindsay Bachman's 

                            Contacting Parents through website/texting,                                       Classroom (UE)                                      & modified flip classroom design

2:30-3:00             Veterans Day Committee                                                High School Library

2:30-3:00             Winter Coaches Meeting                                                 Stephen Hettick's

                                                                                                                       Classroom (HS)

3:00                      Dismissal

WEBSITE TUTORIALS - Please go to as many of the tutorials as you can throughout the day. Please make plans to attend at least one throughout the day.  

Teacher In-Service Schedule

New Teacher Orientation - Tuesday, August 14th

Place: High School Conference Room

8:30-9:00     Meeting with Mr. Frederick

9:00-9:30     Meeting with Mr. Dawson

9:30-10:00    New Teacher Mentoring Program with Mrs. Dale

10:00-10:30  Administration Paperwork with District Office Personnel

10:30-12:00  Principal Meetings with Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Randall

12:00-1:00     Lunch

1:00-2:00       Principal Meetings with Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Randall

Teacher In-service Day - Wednesday, August 15th

Time                                                                                           Place

8:00-8:20     Breakfast                                                                 High School Commons

8:20-8:30     Welcome from Mr. Frederick

8:30-11:30   Elementary Math staff meets with McGraw Hill      Mr. Hettick's classroom

8:30-11:30   MS/HS Sped Teachers IEP Training                       Pizza Ranch

8:30-11:30   High School Staff Meeting                                       HS Library

8:30-11:30   All other staff not in a training                                 Work in Classrooms

11:45-12:45 Lunch on your own    

1:00-4:00     MS/HS Math staff meets with McGraw Hill              Mr. Anthony's room

1:00-4:00     Elementary Sped Teachers IEP Training                  Pizza Ranch

1:00-4:00     All other staff not in a training                                  Work in Classrooms

Teachers participating in the McGraw Hill Math PD need to bring their teacher manual and laptop computer.                      

Teacher In-service Day - Thursday, August 16th

Time                                                                                               Place

8:00-8:30    Breakfast                                                                     High School Commons

8:00-8:30    Staff Pictures                                                               High School Conference Room

8:30-9:30    Business Office Information                                        High School Commons

9:30-10:30  Upper Elementary meeting with Mr. Frederick            Mrs. Huber's room

9:30-11:30  Building Principal Meetings                                          FD - FD Library

                                                                                                        HS - Mr. Hettick's room

                                                                                                        UE - Mrs. Huber's room (10:30)

                                                                                                        MS - Mr. Zahn's room (9:30)

10:30-11:30  MS meets with Mr. Frederick                                      Mr. Zahn's room

11:30-12:30  Lunch on your own    

12:30-1:30    HS meets with Mr. Frederick                                       Mr. Hettick's room

1:00-2:30      Upper Elementary McGraw Hill Redbird Training     Mrs. Dallman's room

2:00-3:00      FD meets with Mr. Frederick                                       FD Library

Teachers not in meetings with Principal or Mr. Frederick will work in classrooms.

    

Staff Development Day, April 16, 2018

Staff Development Day
April 16, 2018
Agenda

8:00-8:25                            Classrooms/Buildings

8:25-9:00                            Healthy Breakfast in the HS Commons Area

9:00-11:00                          Alice Training with Justin Paige - HS Commons Area

                                           (All Teachers)   

11:00-12:00                        All Directors/Coaches of Activities meet with Mr. Stenberg

                                           (Mr. Hettick's Classroom)

                                           

                                            All other teachers work in classrooms.

11:00-11:45                        Building Enthusiasm for Science

                                           All teachers that teach science in grade 3-8 will meet in Mrs. Konold's

                                           classroom to discuss how we teach science and what we can do get

                                           students more excited about learning science.  

                                           (3-8 Science Teachers meet in Mrs. Konold's classroom)

11:00-11:45                         Sources of Strength

                                           (All MS & HS Teachers trained in Sources of Strength meet in HS

                                            Conference Room) 

12:00-12:45                        Lunch on your own

12:45- 1:15                        Understanding the Graduation Proposal (Social Science)

                                           Mr. Weisbeck will lead a discussion on how the new graduation 

                                           proposal changes requirements for Social Studies.

                                           (HS Teachers in Mr. Weisbeck's classroom)  

12:45-1:15                         Preparing MS Students for the New HS Graduation Proposal

                                           (MS Teachers in Mr. Zahn's Classroom)

                                           

12:45-1:30                         K-2 & 3-5 Teachers - Sharing Reading Strategies that Work 

                                           (MS Commons Area) 

1:30-3:45                           All Teachers Working in Classrooms  

Staff Development Day - January 15, 2018

Time	Description	Location
8:00 -8:30	Breakfast	HS Commons
8:20-9:30 9:30-10:00 10:00-12:00	K-12 Math teachers Pearson Webinar Discussion and Break McGraw Hill Webinar	Mr. Hettick’s Room Bring Pearson and McGraw Hill samples with you.
8:30-12:00 9:45-10:00	TIE Online Learning For all staff not involved in math webinars bring laptop and headphones with you to HS commons at 8:00am. If you don’t have a laptop, get one from a cart prior to breakfast. Break	Groups, Classrooms, and Links will be handed out on Monday during breakfast.
12:00-1:00	Lunch on your own
1:00-3:00	All staff Speaker: VJ Smith author of The Richest Man in Town	Middle School Theater
3:00-4:00	K-12 Math wrap up of webinars	Mr. Hettick’s room
3:00-4:00	TIE groups meet in original rooms to share reflection page with each other. Hand in reflection form to building principals by Tuesday morning.	Same classrooms and groups from the morning.

October Staff Development Day

The Mobridge-Pollock School District will be hosting a professional development day for all certified teachers, principals, and para professionals on October 20th.  The focus of the professional development will be on classroom management strategies.  We welcome Rich Mittelstedt from SDEA as he will collaborate with our team of teachers in utilizing classroom strategies that will enhance the learning experience for all of our students.  


Tentative Agenda

8:00-8:30                     Breakfast served in Commons Area

8:30-11:30                   Classroom Management Strategies-HS Commons Area
                                    Rich Mittelstedt, SDEA

11:30-12:30                 Lunch on your own

12:30-2:00                   Classroom Management Strategies-HS Commons Area
                                    Rich Mittelstedt, SDEA

2:00-2:15                     Root-beer Floats  (sponsored by MPEA)

2:15-4:00                     Classroom work time/Collaboration


At this time, it is my understanding that Rich will be coming back to Mobridge to complete this training for credit for interested teachers.  

Staff Development Day

                                                                                  Staff Development Day
                                                                                      September 22, 2017

The Mobridge-Pollock School District will be hosting a professional development day for all certified teachers, principals, and para professionals on September 22nd.  The focus of the professional development will be on training staff members on Applied Suicide Intervention Skills.  Julie Moore from Avera will be hosting the training.

Staff members will learn how to do the following:

• Identify people who have thoughts of suicide.
• Understand the reason for thoughts of suicide.
• Develop a plan to increase safety from suicidal behavior.  

8:00-8:30                  Breakfast in the commons area of the high school

8:30-9:45                  Principal Meetings
                                 Student medical concerns, attendance, & behaviors

10:00-11:30              Freeman Davis and Upper Elementary Teachers 

                                 Theater-ASIST Training

                                 HS/MS Teachers working in classrooms

11:30-12:30              Lunch on your own

12:30-1:00                Teacher collaboration time (grade levels/departments)

1:00-2:30                  High School/Middle School Teachers

                                 Theater-ASIST Training

1:00-2:30                  FD/Upper Elementary working in classrooms

2:30-3:30                  School Improvement Plans / State Report Cards

2017-2018 Teach In-Service Schedule

I would like to extend a warm welcome to all new teachers and veteran teachers as we begin the process of preparing for the 2017-2018 school year. It once again promises to be an exciting school year as we continue to move forward as a "learning organization" that takes a tremendous amount of pride in offering our students and community opportunities to grow together. 

We will start off the school year with a new teacher orientation on August 15th.  I look forward to the conversation that we will have on this day.  Hopefully, this will help alleviate some of the anxiety that you may be feeling coming into your new position. 

All teacher in-service will follow on August 16th and 17th. As is the case every year, we will once again take time to cover our comprehensive needs assessment and some annual topics that must be reviewed.  Once this is completed, many of you will have scheduled time to meet with the folks from Houghton Mifflin to review through the new ELA curriculum.

Please take time to check this post out several times over the next few weeks.  I am certain the schedule will change as we get closer to our start date.  I should also mention that we will have time allotted in the schedule for building principal meetings and classroom prepping. 

We look forward to seeing all of you in the very near future. 

Sincerely,

Tim L. Frederick
Superintendent
Mobridge-Pollock Schools


August 15, 2017
New Teacher Orientation

Time                            Activity                                                                                            Location         
8:30-9:00                     Meeting with Mr. Frederick, Superintendent                          HS Conf.Room
9:00-9:30                     Meeting with Mr. Helm, Technology Coordinator                  HS Conf. Room
9:30-10:30                   New Teacher Mentoring Program, (Building Principals)       HS Conf. Room
10:30-11:00                 Meeting with Business Office                                                    HS Conf. Room
11:00-12:00                 Discussion on Student Intervention Plans (504’s, TAT’s,       HS Conf. Room
                                      & IEP’s)  Knowing your role as a teacher.
12:00-1:00                   Lunch served by MPEA                                                               HS Conf. Room
1:00-3:00                     Processes and Procedures (Building Principal)                        TBD


August 16, 2017
All Staff In-Service, Day One

Time                             Activity                                                                                             Location            
8:00-8:30                      Breakfast served in High School Commons                              HS Commons
8:30-8:45                      Welcome and Opening Remarks                                                HS Commons
8:45-9:45                      Northern Plains Insurance Pool (Sanford & Dakota Care)      MS Theater
9:45-9:50                      Aflac Agent -Tonya Schoenhard                                                  MS Theater
9:50-10:00                    Business Office                                                                              MS Theater
10:00-10:45                  Leadership/Data Collection Team                                              MS Theater
                                       Comprehensive Needs Assessment Report
10:45-12:00                  Building Principal Meetings                                                         TBA
                                       (Comprehensive Needs Assessment Discussion)
12:00-1:00                    Lunch on your own
1:00-2:00                      Leadership/Data Team Meeting-Supt. Frederick                     Supt. Office
                                       Classroom Prepping                                                                      Classrooms
2:00-3:30                      Building Principal Meetings                                                         TBA
                                       (What I Learned This Summer)
3:30-4:00                      Classroom Prepping                                                                       Classrooms

August 17, 2017
All Staff In-Service, Day Two

Time                             Activity                                                                                              Location     
8:00-8:30                     Breakfast served in High School Commons                                HS Commons
8:30-9:00                     Horace Mann Presentation                                                           HS Commons
9:00-9:10                     Technology-Brian Helm                                                                  HS Commons
9:10-9:20                     Business Office                                                                                HS Commons
9:20-11:30                   ELA Curriculum Training (All Day)                                                TBA
                                      Building Principal Meetings
                                      Classroom Prepping
11:30-12:30                 Lunch on your own
12:30-2:30                   ELA Training and Classroom Prepping                                         TBA
2:30-3:00                     K-5  (SPED Review- Mrs. Olson)                                                    HS Commons
                                      6-12  (Policies, Procedures, etc. -Mr. Frederick)                        Mr. Hettick's Rm.
3:00-3:30                     6-12 (SPED Review- Mrs. Olson)
                                      K-5 (Policies, Procedures, etc. - Mr. Frederick)
3:30-4:00                     Mandatory Coaches Meeting-Mr. Stenberg                               Mr. Hettick's Rm.
                                      Classroom Prepping                

Great Day to Learn!!

Staff Development Day

March 27, 2017

Mobridge-Pollock School District

8:00-8:30

Meeting in HS Commons Area for coffee and breakfast treats.

8:30-9:45

Horace Mann Presentation 

"Putting your mind at ease - Planning for the Future"

9:45-9:55

School Management 

Presenter Time

Session  1 10:00-10:30

Session 2 10:45-11:15

Session 3 11:30-12:00

Session 4 1:00- 1:30

Session 5 1:45- 2:15

Session 6 2:30-3:00

Session 7 3:15-3:45

Brittany Knudson

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Using the Apple TV and iPad apps to increase student engagement

Upper Elementary 206

Paul Goehring

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group A

DIY Project!

CTE Building

TJ Knudson

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group A

Group B

Movement in the classroom- “Move your body, grow your mind”

MS Commons Area

Ladonna Mielke

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group A

Group B

Group C

What's up Doc? Hyperdocs and Student Engagement

Middle School Classroom 106

Stephen Hettick

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Using blackboards to save trees, money, and chiropractor bills. 

High School Classroom 148

Cody Stotz

Group F

Group G

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Schoology: The First Step to Customized Learning

High School Classroom 142

Stacy Wiest

Group G

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Class Dojo on Chromebooks

Upper Elementary Classroom 205

Group A Mary Jo Anderson Jolaine Bain Marian Beck Hillary Beyer Shela Bohlander Jackie Quaschnick Pam Wells  Dawn Busch

Group B LuAnne Bosch Erin Dale Amy Larsen Linda Reecy Troy Stenberg Adrienne Thompson Jason Weisbeck Karrie Stroeder

Group C Mike Busch Letha Cattanach Nicole Dallman LeAnn Mack Philip Russell Derek Veldhuisen Monica Weninger Lisa Zahn Melinda Wagner

Group D Kelsey Dalzell Nathan Ford Jody Kludt Katie Konold Nancy McClellan Jimmie Schmidt Bryan Zahn Lindsey Kramer Jessica Jahraus

Group E Gena Dubois Rhonda Frederick Brenda Kettering Ann LaMont Sara Ofstehage Latara Pateneaude Loxie Shillingstad Debby Walker

Group F Winter Duncan Mary Gonzales Debra Kraft Lynnette Kuehl Kristen Moser Matthew Scott Melissa Wientjes Christopher Sprenger Kim Brewer

Group G Molly English Debra Hafey Tanya Huber Jaimie Odde Jill Olson Jamie Weisbeck Shalena Zeller Jeremy Storly Amanda Perez