Welcome to the Inspire ’16 Professional Development Day Website.
This Teacher-Driven PD Day has a wide variety of options for educators both within the Mendon-Upton Regional School District and outside of the district to participate, collaborate and learn.
Register for Sessions:
Please view the schedule options and click on the sessions you would like to attend to register and to build your day’s schedule.
This can be changed at any time leading up to the day.
You can view the schedule in various forms (simple, expanded, grid, by venue) by clicking on the Schedule Dropdown arrow.
Logistics:
The day will begin at 8:00, with the keynote presentation, starting promptly at 8:15 in the Nipmuc HS Auditorium.
Once sessions are approaching capacity, registration maybe closed if we can’t find a larger venue.
Some rooms may be changed between now and the day of the event.
Some details of sessions may be adapted as well.
We still welcome session proposals by emailing Maureen Cohen at mcohen@mursd.org
Search Features:
You can use the filtering feature on the right by clicking on the topical categories.
You can also use the search box to search by keyword, people, or tags.
Want to know who is attending various sessions? Click on the session and the attendees will be listed on the session page.
Important Note:
Please read the session information carefully. Some of the sessions are open to all participants, and others are closed sessions for only MURSD participants.
With the new science standards focusing on "doing" science rather than "knowing" about science, the 6th-grade science teachers will spend the time creating hands-on activities that line up with the standards and go with the curriculum that we teach. We currently do several hands-on activities, but we would like to create even more, now that the science standards stress this so much. We will brainstorm ideas, create lesson objectives and common activities, and hands-on assessments. This is a collaborative work project.
(This is a closed session for 6th-grade science teachers).
