Tuesday, August 14 -- The second day focused on curriculum sessions that provided new teachers with instructional tools that they would be using in their classrooms.
Teachers follow a
Social Studies
curriculum
presentation.
Secondary Social Studies Curriculum
Coordinator Mark Stout discusses
classroom management techniques.
Alternative education teachers
listen to Program Coordinator
Craig Cummings.
Teachers review materials.
New teachers listen closely to
veteran
teachers' advice.
Secondary Science Curriculum
Coordinator John Quinn flips through
a recommended text.
Science teachers absorb the material.
A new science teacher appears
ready to get started.
Media specialists discuss their
new roles and responsibilities.
A new media specialist
follows a presentation.
Middle school teachers
review paperwork.
Leaders and new teachers
talk between sessions.
Secondary Math Facilitator Jon Wray
instructs new middle and
high
school math teachers.
Math teachers work out a problem.
Teachers access computers behind
a statue of a Wilde Cat, the mascot
of the host school, Wilde Lake High.
ESOL teachers compete in
a "pop quiz."
New guidance counselors listen
to a colleague's experiences.
Elementary Language Arts teachers
get out of their seats to form letters.
A rare break allows a teacher to
make a quick phone call.
Professional Development Facilitator
Juliann Dibble and Program Director
Jackie Conarton review the
next day's NTO agenda.
