Training Log Archive: barb

Celebrating today's meeting with the K-12 PE coordinator for Cambridge public schools. We have green light to propose development of curricula for PE, all grades. The format would be 4 45-minute classes each spring in each grade, for K-9. For grades 10-12 we'd develop a 20-lesson curriculum. We would provide professional development and help teachers get started teaching. We would do the development in collaboration with CPSD PE teachers, and pilot it in the spring, rolling it out system-wide in the spring of 2020.

Just, wow.

C • Wow indeed! 5

Evalin, Adam, Dave and I met with Linda and Julia, two experienced teachers who are on our Board of Directors. We wanted to get help as we prepare for the ~12 15-week classes we'll be teaching to kids in grades JK through 5 this fall.

They had us really focus on the design of each lesson. The first lesson should be, as all teachers do, setting expectations for the rest of the semester. I think we will probably start with Erin's Boundary theme, and riff on that. We also touched on classroom management.

Here are the components of each lesson plan:

* Overarching objective
* Objective for the lesson
* Activator
* Sequence of events
* Summarizer

Also, we lay out criteria for success and behavior expectations.

We've been pretty loosey goosy about our planning for these classes - it's going to be amazing to have written up the detailed plan, and to go through the process of testing and refinement.

In other news, today I filled out a questionnaire for IOF hinting at working regionally (with other countries) on development, with an emphasis on youth.

C • Questionnaire 4

We want to infuse orienteering throughout Cambridge. Here are the people we are working with, talked to recently, or will talk to soon. Shown in the hierarchy of city government. I post this because I think it shows what it takes to really get things going in your town.

City Council: Craig Kelley
* School Board: Fred Fantini
* * Superintendant
* * * Principals
* * * * K-5 teachers: Morse school eg Julia Bishop
* * * * Middle school teachers: VLUS eg Chris Rettig
* * * Athletic Director: Tom Arria
* * * * Girls in Sports Day (all 5th grade girls): Joel Burke
* * * * High school orienteering team: coach Ethan Childs, ass't Cristina Luis
* * * * Middle school teams: Dan Fusco
* * * * K-12 PE Coordinator: Jamie McCarthy
* * * * * PE teachers: Susan Harris
* Department of Human Services Programs: Ellen Semonoff
* * Office of Workforce Development: George Hinds
* * * Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program: George Hinds
* * Youth and Family Programs: Michelle Farnum
* * * Community Schools: Roslyn Shoy (plus 7 directors we work with at individual schools)
* * * Youth Centers: Jeneen
* * Senior Services: Susan Pacheco
* * Parks
* * * Danehy Park: Tom Cusick

Our after-school classes will happen! Very excited. This time we are planning ahead for a great experience, sharable lesson plans, incorporating observational environmental science, and more!

TIW plan my work for NG and OUSA for the next week. Update.

Thursday: work with Cristina on K-5 curriculum, and with Adam on after-school classes curriculum. Meet with Youth Centers program director.
Friday: Recruitment for teams. Athletic Director.
Saturday: start in on accounting. Send invoices. Draft updated employment agreements. Grants. NEOC, CSU f/up.
Sunday: start in on Board work. Additional fall programming. Take Izzy to the airport.
Monday: stuff I didn't get to yet.
Tuesday: meet with PE coordinator. Meet with intern about grants.

We are starting to talk with people in administration in the city about orienteering. Here are some of the people we have been talking with or will talk with soon:

Athletic Director, CRLS (high school)
Head of the Department of Human Service Programs
Management of Cambridge Community Schools
a City Council member, who is helping us a lot
a School Board member
K-12 Physical Education coordinator
Head of Senior Services for the city
Program director for youth centers
Coordinator of middle school intermural sports

Every conversation leads to something, if only more conversations with other people.