teacher leader academy welcome! entry task: find the collaborative groups poster in the back of the...

Teacher Leader Academy

Welcome!

Entry Task:Find the Collaborative Groups Poster in the back of the room. Place sticky dots

next to the group or groups that you facilitate or are a member of

Introductions

Collective Commitments

What is a teacher leader?

And what do they do?

What do you notice about these lists?

Build skills

Purpose of the Academy

Collaboration

Break

Characteristics of Collaborative Groups

Capturing our ThinkingFour-Square

Essential characteristics

Non-linguistic representation

Examples

Non-examples

ASCD, 2009

Definition: A collaborative group is

Collaborative

Groups

Qualities of Collaborative Groups

• Collective focus on student learning and the work students do

• Belief that ALL participants bring expertise and unique experiences and perspectives

• A commitment to both personal learning and the learning of the group as a whole

• Shared focus determined by the group and significant to all

Collaborative Groups

Facilitation

Why do teacher leaders need to develop facilitation skills?

What is a facilitator?

Initial thoughts…

Facilitator Practice

Facilitator Responsibilities

1.The learning of the group2.The logistics of the meeting3.The longevity of the work

within the school or district

Jigsaw

Training, presenting and facilitating

Visual Representation

Lunch!

Back at 1:00

Facilitator Toolbox

Facilitator Moves

I am GREAT at that

I should work on that

?What is this and why is it important?

Body Language

Difficult Group Members and Challenging Situations

Break

Your collaborative group has been assigned the task of choosing three “hallway behaviors” for which students will be held accountable

Debrief

How did the non-productive participant create barriers?

How did you feel (group member, facilitator, difficult group member)?

Reflecting on Facilitation

Citizen Facilitator

Reflect

Additional Resources

nwesdteacherleadershipacademy.wikispaces.com

What’s Next

• Talking about learning: focusing on supporting effective instruction

• What would you like to explore (sticky note)

Evaluation and reflection

Contact information

• Jeanette Grisham jgrisham@nwesd.org

• Beth Neimi bneimi@nwesd.org

• Adrienne Somera asomera@nwesd.org