1. Professional Development Schedule
Albert Wicker Literacy Academy
Monday, July 27, 2009
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Breakfast All Staff Wicker Cafeteria 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
-Overview of the All Staff Wicker Library 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
transformation process
-Principal’s bio: How I
got here and why I do
this work
-Staff Introductions Leader: Sabrina Pence
Establishing Group All Staff Wicker Library 9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Norms
Leader: Sabrina Pence
Understanding Yourself All Staff Wicker Library 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
and Others for Optimal
Team Performance
Leader: Sabrina Pence
BREAK All Staff 10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Stages of Team All Staff Wicker Library 10:45 – 12:00 p.m.
Development
-Overview
-Work with Subject-
Level Teams to Create
Team Norms Action
Plan
Leader: Sabrina Pence
LUNCH – All Staff Wicker Cafeteria 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
PROVIDED BY THE
SCHOOL
Introduction to the All Staff Wicker Library 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
School Handbook
Leader: Sabrina Pence
BREAK 2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
School Handbook All Staff Wicker Library 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
-School Discipline Policy
Leader: Sabrina Pence
Leadership Team Sabrina Pence, Patrice Principal’s Office, 3-7 4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Fletcher, Kelly Reinker,
+2 teacher
representatives

2. Tuesday, July 28, 2009
ON-SITE TRAINING
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Housekeeping/ Christina Habashy, Heidi Wicker Library 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Assignments Bowman, Lisa
Giarratano, Wilhamina
Stroughter, Linda
Washington, Kelly
Reinker, Troy Mix,
Patrice Fletcher
Teacher Work “ Teacher 8:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Time/Individual Classrooms/School
Meetings with Principal
or Instructional Coach
LUNCH (On Your “ 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Own)
Teacher Work “ Teacher 1:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Time/Individual Classrooms/School
Meetings with Principal
or Instructional Coach
Leadership Team Sabrina Pence, Patrice Principal’s Office, 3-7 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Fletcher, Kelly Reinker,
+2 teacher
representatives
OFF SITE TRAINING
Training Staff Members Location Time
READ-180 Juliana Persaud, Wilauna Coghill Elementary, 5500 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Jackson, Gary Crosby, Piety Dr.
Donald Moore, Renee
Heinlein

3. Wednesday, July 29, 2009
ON SITE TRAINING/ACTIVITY
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Housekeeping/ Christina Habashy, Heidi Wicker Library 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Assignments Bowman, Lisa
Giarratano, Linda
Washington, Kelly
Reinker, Troy Mix,
Patrice Fletcher
Teacher Work “ Teacher 8:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Time/Individual Classrooms/School
Meetings with Principal
or Instructional Coach
LUNCH (On Your “ 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Own)
Teacher Work “ Teacher 1:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Time/Individual Classrooms/School
Meetings with Principal
or Instructional Coach
Leadership Team Sabrina Pence, Patrice Principal’s Office, 3-7 3:00 -4:00 p.m.
Fletcher, Kelly Reinker,
+2 teacher
representatives
OFF SITE TRAINING/ACTIVITIES
Training Staff Members Location Time
READ-180 Juliana Persaud, Wilauna Coghill Elementary, 5500 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Jackson, Gary Crosby, Piety Dr.
Donald Moore, Renee
Heinlein
Medication Training Kendria Rousseve Harney Elementary, 2503 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Willow St.
Jazz in America Website Wilhamina Stroughter Douglass High School, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
and National Jazz Computer Lab
Curriculum 3820 St. Claude Ave.

4. Thursday, July 30, 2009
ON SITE: Albert Wicker Literacy Academy
ALL DAY TEACHER WORK DAY
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
OFF SITE
Training Staff Members Location Time
Second Step (Title IV Wilauna Jackson Cohen High School, 8:30 – 11 a.m.
Violence Prevention 3520 Dryades St.
Curriculum)
LaTAAP: New Renee Heinlein, Juliana Douglass High School, 12 – 3 p.m.
Teachers / Out of State Persaud, Heidi Bowman, 3rd Floor
Certificate Holders Gary Crosby, Christina 3820 St. Claude Ave.
Habashy
Second Step (Title IV Lisa Giarratano, Donald Cohen High School 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Violence Prevention Moore 3520 Dryades St.
Curriculum)
Crisis Prevention Linda Washington, Reed High School 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Intervention Team Patrice Fletcher, 5316 Michoud Blvd.
Wilhemina Stroughter,
Troy Mix

5. Friday, July 31, 2009
ON SITE TRAINING/ACTIVITY
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Team-Building Renee Heinlein, Juliana Wicker Library 8:00 – 8:30 a.m
Persaud, Wilauna
Jackson, Christina
Habashy, Lisa
Giarratano, Gary Crosby,
Donald Moore, Heidi
Bowman, Kelly Reinker
Classroom Management “ Wicker Library 8:30 – 10:15 a.m.
BREAK 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
“The Details”: Sweating “ Wicker Library 10:30 – 12:00 p.m.
the Small Stuff
LUNCH (On Your “ 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Own)
Planning Student “ Wicker Library 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Induction: The 1st Week
BREAK 2:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Planning Student Wicker Library 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Induction: The 1st Week
OFF SITE TRAINING/ACTIVITY
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Crisis Prevention Linda Washington, Reed High School 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Intervention Team Patrice Fletcher, 5316 Michoud Blvd.
Wilhemina Stroughter,
Troy Mix

6. Monday, August 3rd, 2009
ON SITE TRAINING/ACTIVITY
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Managed Curriculum All Staff Wicker Library 8:00 – 10:00 a.m
Leader: Patrice Fletcher
BREAK 10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Managed Curriculum All Staff Wicker Library 10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Leader: Patrice Fletcher
LUNCH (On Your 11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Own)
SPED/RTI Process All Staff Wicker Library 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Leader: Kelly Reinker
BREAK 2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
JPAMs All Staff Wicker Library 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Leader: Maria Jones,
Data Manager

7. Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
ON SITE TRAINING/ACTIVITY
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Data-Driven Instruction All Staff Wicker Library 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Leader: Sabrina Pence
BREAK 10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Data-Driven Instruction All Staff Wicker Library 10:15 – 12:00 p.m.
Leader: Sabrina Pence
LUNCH (On your own) 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Convocation All Staff Franklin Avenue Baptist 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Church, 2515 Franklin
Ave.

8. Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
ON SITE TRAINING/ACTIVITY
Training/Activity Staff Members Location Time
Teambuilder All Staff Wicker Library 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
State Testing All Staff Wicker Library 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Information & LEAP
PASS/EAGLE Leader: Patrice Fletcher
Teacher Work Time All Staff 1:00 – 4:15 p.m.
LUNCH (On your own) 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Teacher Work Time All Staff Teacher 1:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Classrooms/School
Leadership Team Sabrina Pence, Patrice Principal’s Office, 3-7 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Fletcher, Kelly Reinker,
+2 teachers
**If there is any additional planning that needs to happen for student induction, we will do this from
10:00 a.m. til 12:00 p.m.
AUGUST 6th: FIRST DAY WITH STUDENTS
We will meet for 30 minutes after-school the first day in the Principal’s Office, Room 3-7.
AUGUST 7th: SECOND DAY WITH STUDENTS
We will meet for 30 minutes after-school the second day in the Principal’s Office, Room 3-7.

9. ADDITIONAL TRAININGS
Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Training Staff Members Location Time
New Teacher Induction/ Gary Crosby, Christina Lindy Boggs Center, 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Class Habashy 2045 Lakeshore Dr
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Training Staff Members Location Time
Too Good for Drugs Troy Mix Cohen High School 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
(Title IV) 3520 Dryades St.
**Substitute Required