Lead Teacher Session #2

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October 2014

Welcome!Please sit at any table

& complete the Do Now

Wireless network: MadPkWLANPassword: 657malcolmx

Introductions

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Please introduce yourself to your

tablemates & share your answers to the Do

Now

Introductions

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Office of Human Capital (OHC)Alison Gross (Network A)

Michelle O’Neill Turner (Network B)Gina D’Addario (Network C)Sarah Hausman (Network D)Tinu Akinfolarin (Network E)

Leah Levine (Network F)Chason Ishino (Network G)Christine Lee (Network G)

Angela RubensteinKris Taylor

Shakera Walker

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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• Core Actions• Professional Development Design Principles• Lunch Break• Work Time• Next Steps, Closing, & Reflection• Optional Eval / Data Support

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Norms & Community Agreements

• Start and end on time• Include everyone in conversations• Vegas Rule: maintain confidentiality• Limit use of technology to work time• Take an inquiry stance• Ground statements in evidence• Assume positive intentions• Others?

THEORY OF ACTIONImproved teacher practice leads to

improved student learning

LEAD TEACHER SERIES OBJECTIVELead Teachers will support the professional

learning of their colleagues, contributing to improved student learning

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Role of Lead Teacher

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Session 2 Objectives

Today we will:

• Understand the ideas behind the Core Actions

• Reflect on one of the Professional Development Design Principles

• Work collaboratively to refine goals & plans for our work as Lead Teachers

Envisioning Success

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Last month we asked: What area of

professional learning do you want to influence as

Lead Teacher at your school?

Today we want to know: What would success

look like?

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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• Core Actions• Professional Development Design Principles• Lunch Break• Work Time• Next Steps, Closing, & Reflection• Optional Eval / Data Support

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Core Actions

What: Student Achievement Partners identified core actions for ELA and Math as instructional guides to Common Core aligned practice in the classroom. Instructional Research and Development has developed 2-3 core actions for each content area & included specific scaffolds & supports for English Language Learners or Students with Disabilities

Why: To identify content-specific instructional

practices that help students master Common Core

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Core Actions

Choose a content area of interest:• Gr 6-12 ELA• K-12 History/Social Studies• K-12 Mathematics• K-12 Science• K-12 Visual & Performing Arts• World Languages• WIDA

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Core Actions

In your table group, use the “Text Rendering Experience” protocol to examine the core actions• Choose a facilitator• Choose a scribe

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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• Core Actions• Professional Development Design Principles• Lunch Break• Work Time• Next Steps, Closing, & Reflection• Optional Eval / Data Support

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PD Design Principles

What: A set of guiding principles to follow when designing professional learning experiences

Why: To increase the impact of professional learning experiences on student learning

How: Lead teachers will help schools apply; OHC Professional Learning & Growth team will help district PD apply

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PD Design Principles

Choose a Design Principle: 1. Relevant2. Inquiry driven3. Led by practitioners4. Demonstration of learning & growth5. Opportunity for reflection6. Collaborative7. Equitable/anti-racist/anti-biased education8. Research based

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PD Design Principles

Complete the “Applying the Professional Learning Design Principles” Activity

1. Answer the questions independently2. Share with a partner

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PD Design Principles

Choose a Design Principle: 1. Relevant2. Inquiry driven3. Led by practitioners4. Demonstration of learning & growth5. Opportunity for reflection6. Collaborative7. Equitable/anti-racist/anti-biased education8. Research based

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PD Design Principles

Complete the “Applying the Professional Learning Design Principles” Activity

1. Answer the questions independently2. Share with a partner

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Lunch Break!Please be seated by 12:00

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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• Core Actions• Professional Development Design Principles• Lunch Break• Work Time• Next Steps, Closing, & Reflection• Optional Eval / Data Support

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Work Time

Last time…• Identify an area of PD you would like to strengthen• Identify 1 or more Design Principle you would like

to apply• Identify a way to measure progress

Today…• Find a colleague who is working on something

similar• Sit together and use the next few hours to get work

done however you see fitBy 2:15…• Prepare a summary of what you worked on today

and your next steps

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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• Core Actions• Professional Development Design Principles• Lunch Break• Work Time• Next Steps, Closing, & Reflection• Optional Eval / Data Support

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Announcements

• Consulting Teacher opportunity• Goals & action plans must be approved in

EDFS by November 1, 2014• Stay tuned for Staff & Student Survey info:

we are piloting surveys in each school and will ask you to work with your principal/headmaster to identify a point person for administration

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Next Steps

• Begin implementing your plans

• Answer your colleagues’ questions and/or connect them to OHC

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Deliverables

Submit logs of any work (during or outside of the school day): • Drop-in office hours• School-based PD sessions• Common Planning Time• ILT meetings• Time spent distributing info,

guidance docs, data, or resources

• Time spent developing resources, gathering data, or planning PD

• Capstone Product (due in early June)

Work Log Collection Dates:• Dec 2nd: 4-6 work log entries• Feb 3rd: 3-5 additional entries• Apr 7th: 2-4 additional entries

Upload any documents associated with your entries to the Google Drive.

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Resources: OHC website

www.bostonpublicschools.org/OHC

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Resources: Interactive Rubric

www.bostonpublicschools.org/IR

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Resources: Lead Teacher Materials

www.bostonpublicschools.org/LT

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Resources: Curricula

www.bostonpublicschools.org/IRD

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Session 2 Objectives

Today we will:

• Understand the ideas behind the Core Actions

• Reflect on one of the Professional Development Design Principles

• Work collaboratively to refine goals & plans for our work as Lead Teachers

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Feedback

We need to hear from you! Please fill out the survey before you leave:

http://bit.ly/OctLTSurvey

Thanks, see you at our next session in December! (12/2, 12/3, or 12/4, 3:30 – 6:30, location TBD)

Wireless network: MadPkWLANPassword: 657malcolmx

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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• Core Actions• Professional Development Design Principles• Lunch Break• Work Time• Next Steps, Closing, & Reflection• Optional Eval / Data Support