- Learning Services
- Instructional Resources
Resources for Teachers
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Providing support for our staff is of the utmost importance.
Below you will find resources to support staff in synchronous and asynchornous learning environments.
Resources for Instruction
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Big3 Training Modules
All sessions are approximately 60-90 minutes in length. Created in Nearpod, they may be delivered by an instructional coach, building administrator, or teacher leader. The training may beprovided to an entire staff, a department or grade level, or an individual PLC. The sessions are housed in the Nearpod District Library in the Big 3 Professional Learning folder. For questions on accessing and launching the sessions, please contact your Instructional Coach.
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Big3: Professional Learning Communities
Big3 One-Pager
Olathe Public Schools Certified staff can use their district username and passoword to open this document titled PLC One-Pager that outlines the following district expectations around Professional Learning Communities:
- PLC definition
- PLC evidence of effectiveness (what will success look like at the end of the 21-22 school year if implemented)
- PLC resources
PLC Learning Opportunities
Olathe Public Schools Certified staff can use their district username and password to access the professional learning opportunities around PLCs. Additional resources will be added throughout the year.
- Nearpod - Rebooting Your PLC: Back to the Basics
- Nearpod - 3+4=5: The Formula for Effective PLCs
- HyperDoc: Teacher Clarity around the Big3
- 3 Big Ideas of a PLC
- Microsoft Team: Collaborative Conversations around PLCs
- Olathe Public School staff can add your name to this link https://forms.gle/RrK2qaDkhCmKidL7A and you will be added to the Microsoft Team entitled Collaborative Conversations around PLCs. You will receive an email when you have been added. Please log into the Microsoft Team and follow the directions to get started.
- Digging Deeper with the 3 Big Ideas of a PLC with a focus on a Collaborative Culture
- Digging Deeper with the 3 Big Ideas of a PLC through a Layered Curriculm
Articles about Professional Learning Communities
You can click here to access Bites about the Big3 about PLC.
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Big3: Standards-Based Instruction
Big3 One-Pager
Olathe Public Schools Certified staff can use their district username and passoword to open this document titled Standards-Based Instruction One-Pager that outlines the following district expectations around Professional Learning Communities:
- Standards-Based Instruction definition
- Standards-Based Instruction evidence of effectiveness (what will success look like at the end of the 21-22 school year if implemented)
- Standards-Based Instruction resources
Standards-Based Instruction Learning Opportunities
Olathe Public Schools Certified staff can use their district username and password to access the professional learning opportunities around PLCs. Additional resources will be added throughout the year.
- Nearpod - Next Level Guarantee 3
- Nearpod - Are you a data collector or a data user?
- Has your PLC reviewed the district's outlined Priority Standards and identified what standards you would teach and when?
- Nearpod: Unpacking standards to improve instruction
Articles about Standards-Based Instruction
You can click here to access Bites about the Big3 standards-based instruction.
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Big3: Student Engagement
Big3 One-Pager
Olathe Public Schools Certified staff can use their district username and passoword to open this document titled Student Engagement One-Pager that outlines the following district expectations around Professional Learning Communities:
- Student Engagement definition
- Student Engagement evidence of effectiveness (what will success look like at the end of the 21-22 school year if implemented)
- Student Engagement resources
Student Engagement Learning Opportunities
- Nearpod: Engaged Kids Learn Best
- Nearpod: Going Old School
- SAMR Model
- Digital Citizenship
- ISTE Standards for Students
- Approved Instructional Tools (Microsoft, Google, Apple, Seesaw, Nearpod, NewsELA, Synergy, Checkout Items)
- Olathe Public Schools has outlined Daily Lesson Essentials to establish foundational lesson components that should be present in any classroom in the Olathe Public Schools. Click here to view the Daily Lesson Essentials.
- The Big3 Discussion Strategies playbook contains the Olathe Public Schools shared vocabulary for research-based strategies that support the big3. This is a fluid list. You should always begin with building positive relationships, backward design of units that begins with the Board of Education approved Standards, and then utilize your Professional Learning Community to analyze data that will identify the research-based strategies needed to support students in your classroom.
- Panorama Playbook
- Second Step (Elementary and Middle)
- Kansas SECD Standards
Articles about Student Engagement
You can click here to access Bites about the Big3 about engagement.
Assessment Office Resources
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Grants and Research
The following link will take you to a shared folder with documents to support grants and research. You will need to be logged in to your district Office 365 account to access the folders.
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Grading Handbooks
The district grading handbooks are available in a shared folder. You will need to be logged in to your district Office 365 account to access the folders.
