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== Welcome to the PDC meeting resource page.

Professional Development is the act of developing or enhancing an individual’s skills, knowledge, and expertise as an educator. The purpose of Professional Development is to generate a meaningful spark that will inspire the investigation and application of new ideas and concepts.

The Canandaigua City School District Office of Professional Development and the associated committee will emphasize the proposal of opportunities that ultimately foster collaboration among colleagues and support the instructional goals of the district Plan for Excellence.

[|What Does Great PD Look Like to You?] [|How Collaboration Empowers Learning]



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 * Welcome back to the 2014-15 School Year! Below is a list of our meeting dates for the year.**
 * All meetings are in room 463 in the Primary-Elementary School at 3:40.**
 * 9/18,** **10/16,****11/20,** **12/18,** **1/15,** **2/26,** **3/19,** **4/16,** **5/21,** **6/18**









Lyn Hilt's Fed Ex day resources are below. The first "getting started.." is how she kicked it off with staff. [|http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/1430] [|http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/4034] [|http://fromthehallways.blogspot.com/2011/09/fed-ex-day-we-delivered.html] [|FedEx Prep: Time for Innovation] shared by @mrwejr [|FedEx Prep: A Reflection] shared by @mrwejr [|http://life-long-learners.com/dan-pink-recommends-a-fedex-day-for-students-and-teachers/] || Here is the YouTube link to: [|The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us]
 * ** Getting started -my intro resources to staff, with info from Daniel Pink’s Drive ** || [|http://brecknock.wiki.elanco.net/November+24%2C+2010] ||
 * Reflections from principals using this type of PD day with staff || [|http://lynhilt.com/inspiration-delivers/]

[|The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us] [|Taking Charge of Professional Development] [|PDC Padlet (formerly Wallwisher)] This is a cool tech tool you can check out before our meeting Thursday. Feedback for Superintendent's day. Thank you to all who attended yesterday. Please see the minutes for any details. A big thank you to Caroline for typing up the meeting minutes!



Our Meeting Schedule for the 2013-2014 School Year: 9/19/13 10/17/13 11/21/13 12/19/13 1/16/14 2/13/14 4/24/14 5/15/14 6/19/14 All meetings are in the Prmary School Room 463 at 3:45 =**Meeting Minutes for 5/16/13**=

**Meeting Documents for 5/16/13**
[|Text of CH 3 -"Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?"]

**Meeting Documents for 4/25/13**
Shift Happens The Common Core Ate my Baby and other Urban Legends How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas?