Artifact #18: Kindergarten PD

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Title of item Kindergarten PD

Owner/Creator Myself (Katelyn Thompson)

Site found https://cobbk12org-

Description of item content
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Created with Microsoft PPT Slides (Image
examples on portfolio).
On November 14, 2018, I implemented a
professional development module during the
Kindergarten Team Meeting, presenting a power
point presentation and the OneNote resources.
The PD included a discussion of the following:
I. Under-Representation Trends & Brumby
II. Differentiation/Enrichment
III. Compacting/Acceleration
IV. Creativity
V. Social/Emotional Needs

8 kindergarten teachers, the kindergarten ESOL

teacher, and an administrator were present for
the presentation. Teachers engaged by asking
questions and sharing challenges and ideas.

The PPT presentation is available for all teachers

How this item informs your goals.
Significance in your Practicum/Internship
experience.
Acquisition Challenge Level (considering
time, effort, money, etc. on scale of easy =
1 to difficult = 5)
to look back on through our Microsoft Teams
application (on Office 365).
This is a major culminating product of this
practicum meeting the goal of creating and
hosting a PD module to inform teachers of
underrepresentation trends in our school as well
as better informing them of best practices for
working with high ability students, meeting needs
in both academic and affective domains.
Level 3
It took several weeks to put the PPT presentation
together. It took effort and time to organize and
find time to meet with the Kindergarten team
during a meeting. The PD itself took only an hour.