Meeting 14 - Mar '13

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Science Department Meeting
Friday, March 22, 2013
H103 – BioHazard Meeting Room
07:30 – 08:00
Hiring Kim Horowitz-Chemistry. No response of acceptance as of this time.

  1. Looking Ahead – Important Dates to Note
    1. Wednesday, March 27: Faculty Retreat & Easter Break
    2. Tuesday, April 2: Happy Birthday Gary! (Take the week off)
    3. Monday, April 15: Science Teacher Recs Due
    4. Thursday, April 18: Restricted Course Teachers’ Meeting (Sch #2 Homeroom)
    5. Friday, April 19: Faculty In-Service
    6. Monday, April 22: Restricted Course Acceptance Lists Posted
    7. Tuesday. April 30: Deadline for Registration

  1. Restricted Course Acceptance Procedures
    1. Students Pre-Register for 2013-14 Courses (completed)
    2. Spreadsheet Distribution for Current Science Teacher Recs – Tue, April 9
    3. Current Teacher Recommendations - Tue-Fri, April 9-12 (due April 12)
    4. Spreadsheet Distribution with Recs to Restricted Course Teachers – Mon, April 15
    5. Acceptance List Meeting (Only take students who select “Priority 1”) – Thur, April 18
    6. Sophomores:
i. 4 sections of H Chem (100 students)-

Brian Kwan in charge...Tuesday April 9th at the latest, distribute spreadsheet comments...a few words of comments for each student, due April 12th Friday. Restricted course teachers will meet on April 18th, finalized at that time. Will select students that have chosen priority 1 as their selection. Sophomores will accept 125 students into H Chem...will accept qualified students. Junior and seniors, a bit more complicated.
  1. Juniors:
i. AP Chem - (25 students) 37 students priority 1
ii. AP Bio - Equivalent of 1 section (25 students) 84 juniors priority 1
iii. APES – Equivalent of 3 sections (75 students) 75 juniors priority 1

There will be some movement within the classes...spillover.
  1. Seniors:
i. AP Chem – (?)
ii. AP Bio - Equivalent of 1 section (25 students) 56 seniors priority 1
iii. APES – Equivalent of 3 sections (75 students) 65 seniors priority 1
iv. AP Physics B – (25 students) 36 seniors priority 1
v. AP Physics C – (50 students) 60 seniors priority 1
vi. H Astro – (20 students) 96 priority 1 or 2

Easy enough to change a chem class into AP chem or bio class into AP bio
  1. Faculty In-Service (April 19)


    1. Teachers Presenting Sample Lessons within the Department
i. Idea – one/two activities from each (Phy-Chem-Bio-Senior Electives)
  1. Physics – Cacnio, Lew, Bouma, Jackson
  2. Chemistry – Uy, Qazi, Kwan
  3. Biology – Picard, Ramon
  4. Senior Electives – Gatfield, Aristov, Utley, Gorr
  5. Focus on Aligning the Lesson with the Observation Protocol
  6. 10 Minutes in Sub-Groups Deciding on an Appropriate Activity

Two 75 minute presentations - department specific, teachers teaching teachers model.

Each teacher in subgroups responsible for 35 minutes each.