November 1st was a blustery day, but staff weathered the storm to get to BFA. Some staff-members reported driving through high waters, and colleagues providing "lifeboats" to get them to work despite washed out driveways and culverts.
The morning brought staff together to define the current PLP process and look at data collected from the previous in-service prompting discussion. Mr. Kimball and Ms. Kattam fielded questions and cast some vision for the following activity. Staff met together again in Proficiency-Based Learning Circles to read excerpts from books and publications about proficiency grading systems and then link them to the discussion of the four major PBL questions populated from the previous surveys.
After PBL circles, staff participated in a much needed hour of wellness activities organized by Edee McArtor and Jennifer Konrad, the VEHI wellness coordinators. Staff engaged in some friendly competition in ping-pong, corn hole, basketball, and mindfulness in Yoga. It was the perfect segway into an afternoon of Parent-Teacher conferences.
The Guidance Department was working hard all day, writing senior letters of recommendation and uploading finalized transcripts for college applications. All in all a very productive day.
