Welcome to the Office of Organizational Development (OOD) website.
The mission of OOD is to develop all staff and improve the effectiveness of the organization to ensure high achievement for every student. Another way we say this is “Student learning drives our work.” We are committed to helping every school, every office, and every MCPS staff member develop the skills and knowledge they need in order to ensure success for all students and eliminate the achievement gap according to race.
These efforts are carried out by OOD teams you see listed in the column on the left. Each team has a specific mission and role to play in pursuing the OOD mission. Please click on any of the team links for information, resources, and contacts.
We look forward to working with you during the 2007-2008 school year.
Jamie Virga
Associate Superintendent
Access over 200 MCPS created staff development video resources in this searchable,
web database. Videos can be searched by keywords, level, type of resource, school, teacher, and instructional practice.
* Tier One Summer Training Memo (PDF)
Attachment A (PDF)
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Math Labs- 4th Grade: The video on this website features a fourth grade math lab lesson in which the teacher differentiates her instruction using centers.
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Biology - High School: This AP Biology class is studying evolution. Students make finishing touches on projects on topics of micro-evolution, then give short presentations. This lesson was taped as part of PD on motivation.
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Spanish - High School: This Spanish 3 class is beginning a unit on wellness. Many of the vocabulary terms are quite similar to their English equivalents (cognates or near-cognates). This lesson was taped as part of PD on motivation.
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Learning Stations - Middle School Social Studies: The videos show students using an extensive range of learning stations developed by a team of teachers. Extensive teacher reflection section regarding development and implementation of stations are included.
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Head Start Math Centers: The videos show a head start teacher and paraeducator demonstrating appropriate small group instructional practice for a Full Day Head start program in a lesson on "more and less." Note: analysis and reflective questions for the site are coming
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Head Start Literacy Centers: The videos show a head start teacher and paraeducator demonstrating appropriate small group instructional practice for a Full Day Head start program in a lesson on rhyming. Note: analysis and reflective questions for the site are coming soon.
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Read 180: The videos in this website show two teahers implementing a Read 180 lesson with a small group instruction component, instructional software center, and individual reading center.
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Math - Using Grouping Symbols: The videos in this website show a Math Content Coach and a classsroom teacher team teaching a lesson to 4th grade students on using grouping symbols.
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Shared Inquiry - Tom Sawyer: The videos on this website show a 7th grade class discussing the novel using an approach to classroom discussion of difficult questions in complex text.
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Shared Inquiry - Freak the Mighty: The videos on this website show a 7th grade class exploring questions of genuine doubt by supporting ideas with details from the text.
* I Want You to Know Me - ESOL students from Sargent Shriver Elementary School talk about whaat teachers do to help them learn better.
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Math Labs Program: The videos on this website feature a first grade math lab lesson in which the teacher differentiates her instruction using centers.
* Promethean Tools = Support Site for MCPS Promethean Classrooms
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Promethean Tools - English 6: The purpose of the lesson is to introduce the students the theme of Foundations using poetry as the vehicle. Concrete poetry is used as the literary element for the instruction. The video segments were recorded during Promethean Tools training with middle school teachers as an example of how interactive software can be integrated in instruction.
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Promethean tools - Math 6 (MS): This lesson comes from the MCPS Grade 6 instructional guide for Math A: Unit 1 - Graphing Data and Analyzing Statistics(pp.6-7). The essential question this lesson addresses is, " Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate in a given situation?" The video segments were recorded during Promethean Tools training with middle school teachers as an example of how interactive software can be integrated in instruction.
* Tools for Teaching: Extensive resources for schools intersted in starting a study group on the Fred Jones book Tools for Teaching.
* A new series of podcasts, Best
Practices: Staff Development on the Go! Each
episode includes interviews with specialists and
teachers on conference presentations, research,
and best practices focused on improving teaching
and learning. These audio shows can be listened
to in various ways: on the web, using iTunes, or
on an iPod.
