Heather Pereira's Student Work
Durfee PLC Team Close Obs/Analysis Work
Durfee PLC Team Close Obs/Analysis Work
Durfee PLC Team Close Obs/Analysis Work
Durfee PLC Team Close Obs/Analysis Work
Letourneau's Ms. Berberick leading hundreds of singers!
Ms. Grinnell using her agenda to drive academic conversations!
Steph Pereira's PD on Mini Tutorials
Steph Pereira's PD on Mini Tutorials
Chelsea Burnham's PD on Mindfulness/Centering
Strings and Band Team Collaborating on Events
In the News This Week:
- PD Day Friday 2/10 Wrap Up
- Release Time Day 3/6 Plan
- Accountable Talk and Close Observation/Analysis in Art, Music and Theatre
- Calendar Items
PD Day Wrap Up:
- So great to have you all in the house together to laugh and learn together. We had groups working with Steph Pereira on mini-tutorials, Abby Casey led a group on engagement, Nicole Turgeon led the group on planning for performances, and Chelsea Burnham led the group on yoga/calming centering strategies.
- I spent some time during middle school CPTs this week listening to teachers explain how they will use what they learned in their planning ahead. Excited to see how it goes- PLEASE SHARE pics or slides or any output of these PDs so that we have evidence of its' impact on your work! Email me anything you would like to share!
3/6 Release Time Day:
- The last of our 2022/23 days of teacher learning time, this half day will be similar to the last half day in terms of timing, with the district providing 2 hours of PD for teachers. I will have this 2 hour slot in TeachPoint soon. We will be having groups meet at Durfee in a few art rooms to work on mapping, PPG artifacts, etc.
- I will send an email with specifics when we return from vacation so that you know what to plan for.
- There will be a group for K-5 Art, K-5 Music, 6-8 Art, 6-8 Music, Band/Orchestra, 9-12 Fine and Performing Arts
Accountable Talk and Close Observation/Analysis in Fine/Perf Arts:
- This has been a focus for us at the high school, and as we transition from one Pre-AP (and Durfee) pillar to another, we, like our students are gradually building muscle in improving our students' ability to explain their reasoning using arts vocabulary.
- Specifically, our goal in the next few weeks will lie in refining our prompt writing and desired outcomes. AKA: What are we asking kids to respond to and what are the "ingredients" of a good response?
- Above are some examples of really good thinking in action as the Durfee team shared out their prompts for Close Obs/Analysis.
- Here are a couple of Blendspaces for review- one on Accountable Talk and one on Close Observation and Analysis.
Ray Daniels, guest conducting at Durfee!
Calendar:
- 3/4- Preliminary Round METG Comps
- 3/6- R/T day- PD in PM
- 3/21- All City Orch Practice
- 3/23- All City Band Practice
- 3/29- All City Orchestra Concert
- 3/30- All City Band Concert
- 3/31-4/1- Kuss Musical- Schoolhouse Rock Jr.
- 4/25- UMD/DMB Side by Side Concert @UMASS D
- 5/9- Solo Fest
- 5/18- FRPS K-12 Arts Expo and Durfee Spring Concert
- 5/23- Morton Spring Concert
- 5/24- Talbot and Kuss Spring Concerts
- 5/26- Adjudication Festival- Band/Chorus/Orch
- 5/31- Orchestra Small Fry Concert
- 6/1- Band Small Fry Concert
- 6/6- HLCS and Doran Combo Concert
- 6/15- Last Day of School
Thank you, and have a WONDERFUL VACATION!
-Jackie
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