Welcome to the Martin Behrman Charter Staff Website!
Click here for the Behrman Lesson Plan Template 2009-2010
Click here for our master calendar for important dates.
Click here for 2009-2010 "Welcome Back to School" letter and inservice schedule
Technology Thursdays are back! After school every other Thursday in the TRC.
2009-2010 Faculty Roster coming soon!
Upcoming Technology Trainings:
*All instructional technology workshop participants will be
awarded Continued Learning Units (CLUs) for participation.
1hr = 1CLU - Certificates will be awarded quarterly. Participants may earn 1.0 CLU for each hour since
we will be actively engaged in high quality, structured professional development activities with clear
goals and objectives and identifiable outcomes.
Instructional/Assessment Resources
www.louisianaschools.net
www.prometheanworld.com
www.prometheanplanet.com
www.thinkingmaps.com
Atoms interactive lesson
www.briainpop.com
www.childrensprogress.com
Professional Development Outline 2009-2010
Job-embedded professional development has been planned for the 2009-2010 school year, taking
place very frequently throughout the school year during daily teacher planning periods. Teachers
conduct research and meet in cluster groups to acquire best instructional strategies for all subject
areas, to improve students' composition skillls, and to infuse the arts and technology into instruction.
Afterschool and Saturday trainings are offered as well.
TAP
The Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) model provides weekly Staff Cluster Group Meetings,
Professional Development, and Curriculum Conferences focusing on the instructional strategies
designed to promote proficiency in using the best practices of teaching and reading. Teachers will
become more knowledgeable about the best practices of teaching reading (i.e. Cycle of Effective
Instruction, Cooperative Learning Cycle, and Reading and Word Strategies that will be evident in their
classroom instruction). They will demonstrate their understanding of reading strategies through model
lessons that will be observed by the Master Teachers. The observers will use a checklist to observe
teachers four times during the school year to assess the effective use of strategies in the classroom.
Monthly PD - Mathematics
All PreK-8th math teachers will be trained during monthly PD and/or cluster meetings in instructional
strategies designed to promote knowledge in using problem solving strategies and steps to solve
mathematical problems. Teachers will become more knowledgeable about teaching mathematics for
meaning and learning, which will be evident in their classroom instruction. (i.e. Teachers as facilitators,
teachers teaching mathematics concepts through exploration of problem solving steps and strategies,
teachers providing opportunities for students to construct their own meaning, teachers using
instructional aids and technology to enhance instructional delivery). They will demonstrate their
understanding of the problem solving strategies and steps through model lessons that will be observed
by the Master, Mentor teachers, and Administrators.
Special Education - Inclusion
Improving the performance of Special Education students is vital in Martin Behrman’s quest to improve
our AYP. The working relationship among regular education teachers of special needs students and
Special Education Inclusion Teachers is evolving and being strengthened so that students will receive
the proper feedback and instruction. The master and mentor teachers will provide quarterly staff
development workshops that focus on including students with disabilities in the classroom with the use
of differentiated instruction. Teachers will become more knowledgeable about inclusion practices for
students with disabilities. They will demonstrate their knowledge of inclusion by presenting sample
differentiated lesson plans, sharing reflections of focus group readings and discussion, completing an
evaluation, and keeping a journals or written reflections on the trainings.
Faculty Retreat 2009 in Point Clear, Alabama
Theme: "The Art and Soul of Education"
Speaker: Dr. Charles Beaman
Click here for the Behrman Lesson Plan Template 2009-2010
Click here for our master calendar for important dates.
Click here for 2009-2010 "Welcome Back to School" letter and inservice schedule
Technology Thursdays are back! After school every other Thursday in the TRC.
2009-2010 Faculty Roster coming soon!
Upcoming Technology Trainings:
- Creating e-Lesson Plans
- Curriculum Mapping on Computer
- Creating e-portfolis for you and for your students
- Using Laptops in the Classroom
- Using Handheld Computers in the Classroom
- Using Email as a Management Tool
- Using Interactive Boards in the Classroom
- Using Powerpoint in the Classroom
- Gradekeeping on the Computer - PowerSchool
- Technology Resources for Effective Teachers
- Innovations in Technology to Use in the Classroom
- Planning for Technology Integration -Step by Step
*All instructional technology workshop participants will be
awarded Continued Learning Units (CLUs) for participation.
1hr = 1CLU - Certificates will be awarded quarterly. Participants may earn 1.0 CLU for each hour since
we will be actively engaged in high quality, structured professional development activities with clear
goals and objectives and identifiable outcomes.
Instructional/Assessment Resources
www.louisianaschools.net
www.prometheanworld.com
www.prometheanplanet.com
www.thinkingmaps.com
Atoms interactive lesson
www.briainpop.com
www.childrensprogress.com
Professional Development Outline 2009-2010
Job-embedded professional development has been planned for the 2009-2010 school year, taking
place very frequently throughout the school year during daily teacher planning periods. Teachers
conduct research and meet in cluster groups to acquire best instructional strategies for all subject
areas, to improve students' composition skillls, and to infuse the arts and technology into instruction.
Afterschool and Saturday trainings are offered as well.
TAP
The Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) model provides weekly Staff Cluster Group Meetings,
Professional Development, and Curriculum Conferences focusing on the instructional strategies
designed to promote proficiency in using the best practices of teaching and reading. Teachers will
become more knowledgeable about the best practices of teaching reading (i.e. Cycle of Effective
Instruction, Cooperative Learning Cycle, and Reading and Word Strategies that will be evident in their
classroom instruction). They will demonstrate their understanding of reading strategies through model
lessons that will be observed by the Master Teachers. The observers will use a checklist to observe
teachers four times during the school year to assess the effective use of strategies in the classroom.
Monthly PD - Mathematics
All PreK-8th math teachers will be trained during monthly PD and/or cluster meetings in instructional
strategies designed to promote knowledge in using problem solving strategies and steps to solve
mathematical problems. Teachers will become more knowledgeable about teaching mathematics for
meaning and learning, which will be evident in their classroom instruction. (i.e. Teachers as facilitators,
teachers teaching mathematics concepts through exploration of problem solving steps and strategies,
teachers providing opportunities for students to construct their own meaning, teachers using
instructional aids and technology to enhance instructional delivery). They will demonstrate their
understanding of the problem solving strategies and steps through model lessons that will be observed
by the Master, Mentor teachers, and Administrators.
Special Education - Inclusion
Improving the performance of Special Education students is vital in Martin Behrman’s quest to improve
our AYP. The working relationship among regular education teachers of special needs students and
Special Education Inclusion Teachers is evolving and being strengthened so that students will receive
the proper feedback and instruction. The master and mentor teachers will provide quarterly staff
development workshops that focus on including students with disabilities in the classroom with the use
of differentiated instruction. Teachers will become more knowledgeable about inclusion practices for
students with disabilities. They will demonstrate their knowledge of inclusion by presenting sample
differentiated lesson plans, sharing reflections of focus group readings and discussion, completing an
evaluation, and keeping a journals or written reflections on the trainings.
Faculty Retreat 2009 in Point Clear, Alabama
Theme: "The Art and Soul of Education"
Speaker: Dr. Charles Beaman
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