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 Team Meeting Notes: 

==Mission Statement: We are a learning and problem solving team dedicated to providing instructional support to teachers and one another to ensure student access to and success with academic programs and career path choices to enable our students to be life-long learners and productive citizens.==



=Agenda for May 18, 2011:= =8:30 - 10:00= =Location: CAP=

Please email April Alcorn with any agenda items / goals that you would like to see our team address before the end of the year. This will build our agenda for our next meeting and determine future meeting dates!

Agenda Items: >
 * Reflections from the DOES meetings from February, March, and April.
 * Continued discussion of the Summer Content Enhancement Sessions
 * As many Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs) will meet for the last time this month, we will be discussing next-year’s’ schedule and determine meeting days and times. Once meeting days and time have been determined, email Stacey and let her know so that she can update the ILT schedule as well as the ILT email groups.



== Location: Elkton Blvd. Room 111
 * Agenda for February 18, 2011 **

8:30 - 10:00 AM
Participants will: · read in advance and contribute thoughts regarding differentiation and facilitating change (Chapter 7). · develop an understanding of the KUDos chart and how it fits in with differentiation · discuss the connection between professional development and short-term school improvement goals.

8:30 - 9:00 - __Book Study on Chapter 7__ in The Differentiated School and __Chapter 4__ in Making Differentiation a Habit

9:00 - 9:30 – KUDo Process Discussion

9:30 - 9:45 - Open Discussion on PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT as it relates to SHORT-TERM SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS

· Feeder pattern PD? Bring together elementary, middle, and high teachers to have focused dialogue and PD.

9:45-10:00 - Discussion about meeting dates, times, and agenda items

· March 25th – 8:30 – 10:00 Location: TBD

Agenda for March 25th: · Are there any Content Enhancement Routines that as a team we would like to explore?

Facilitator: Tim Corder Time Keeper: Nikki Note Taker: Stacey Process (questioning and participation) Observer:



8:30 - 10:00 AM
Participants will:
 * read in advance and contribute thoughts regarding differentiation and facilitating change (Chapter 6).
 * share out around the topic of Ideas to Facilitate Change with the purpose of gaining instructional knowledge, implementation strategies and helping others in overcoming barriers.
 * discuss the connection between professional development and accomplish short-term school improvement goals.

8:30 - 9:00 __Book Study on Chapter 6__ in The Differentiated School and __Chapter 3__ in Making Differentiation a Habit

9:00 - 9:30 Ideas to Facilitate Change


 * If teachers don’t get the understand of the KUDos, how do we help them? What can we do to help teachers move from the Novice to the Apprentice/Practitioner levels of AID?


 * Reflections on the New Teacher Professional Development. How can we replicate this process for ALL teachers? (all year long meetings with coordinators present)

9:30 - 9:45 Open Discuss on PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT as it relates to SHORT-TERM SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS

9:45-10:00 - Discussion about meeting dates and times.

Co-Facilitators: Tim Corder/Cynthia Vanella Time Keeper/Note Taker: Roz Battee/April Alcorn Process (questioning and participation) Observer: Jill Lenihan



8:30 - 10:00 AM
Participants will:
 * read in advance and contribute thoughts regarding differentiation and facilitating change (Chapters 4 and 5).
 * share out around the topic of Ideas to Facilitate Change with the purpose of gaining instructional knowledge, implementation strategies and helping others in overcoming barriers.
 * discuss the connection between professional development and accomplish short-term school improvement goals.

8:30 - 9:00 __Book Study on Chapters 4 and 5__ in The Differentiated School and __Chapter 2__ in Making Differentiation a Habit

9:00 - 9:30 Ideas to Facilitate Change
 * Discuss pacing guides and teachers' choice/voice
 * What does instruction look like? Specialized instruction v. not knowing which teacher is the special education teacher/general education teacher.
 * What is working well for us? Share ideas that are helping to facilitate change.

9:30 - 9:45 Open Discuss on PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT as it relates to SHORT-TERM SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS

9:45-10:00 - Discussion about meeting dates and times and possibly changing the frequency or day fo the week of the meeting.

Facilitator: ? Time Keeper: ? Process (questioning and participation) Observer: ?

8:30 - 10:00
Outcomes: Participants will:
 * read in advance and contribute thoughts regarding three chapters of study.
 * share out around the topic of Ideas to Facilitate Change with the purpose of gaining instructional knowledge, implementation strategies and helping others in overcoming barriers.
 * discuss the connection between professional development and accomplish short-term school improvement goals

8:30 - 9:00 __Book Study on Chapters 3 and 4__ in The Differentiated School and __Chapter 1__ in Making Differentiation a Habit 9:00 - 9:30 Ideas to Facilitate Change All team members sharing thoughts, examples, processes, and/or questions regarding the list below 9:30 - 10:00 Open Discuss on PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT as it relates to SHORT-TERM SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS

Facilitator: Stacey Rakaczky Time Keeper: April Alcorn Process (questioning and participation) Observer: Melissa Fazzino

__September 15th- Team Meeting Notes__

For October 6:
 * Stacey will set the agenda and post it here, but in the mean time we will read chapter 3 and 4 in the Differentiated School and Chapter 1 in Making Differentiation a Habit. (Questions for reflection are on the Wiki).**
 * It was also suggested that we may also want to share, for 10-15 minutes, one piece of the ideas to facilitate change that we discussed today (listed below and also noted in the team meeting notes) and how we worked through one of them within our buildings in the past two weeks?**


 * __Ideas to Facilitate Change__**:
 * Videotaping- when we see people attempting- even if it is not done well makes people want to try it themselves
 * Modeling
 * building teacher leaders
 * Power of conversation and KUDo
 * For example, the Special Ed Dept. uses KUDo to focus instruction on the critical pre-requisite skills to increase student understandings of objectives
 * Administrators using team meeting times with staff as opportunities to listen rather than to influence
 * Help teachers as they assess students
 * Facilitating discussions about the why and when do you know to stop asking
 * Look for the teacher leaders that are seeing connections this is where the healthy virus will begin to spread teacher to teacher
 * Keep in mind that 45% of communication is listening
 * When we get in and learn with others the dialogue is more authentic
 * Transparency is the foundation and learning is the work.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Do we lead prof. development with the same expectations that we expect of teachers when instructing their students? ( consideration of readiness, differentiation)

Team Meeting September 15, 2010 Kenmore, Rm. 11, 8:30-10:00

AGENDA I. Book Study Discussion __The Differentiated School__, Chapters #1 and 2 Concepts: Challenge of school change, Two schools making differentiation a school-wide reality, Leadership, and Second order change II. School Improvement Updates Use of KUDos Frame, Electronic Template III. Other

Next Month's Meetings: October 6th and October 20th (Location TBD)

August 2010 ILT Notes

September 1, 2010 Cherry Hill Middle Rm. 122/124 8:30-10:00 __Agenda__ I. Recap first few days II. Wiki III. Book Study "Making a Differentiation a Habit" and "The Differentiated School" IV. School Improvement Plan - KUDOs Frame IV. For the good of the cause V. Next ILT Agenda
 * Overall, the start for all schools in the feeder pattern went well!
 * Cherry Hill will still be focusing on the alignment and rigor of objects. The "why" and "understand" parts. Teachers working with coaches are benefiting!
 * CCST presented differentiation for their pd. Except for new cosmetology students, all students were returning students.
 * CAP focusing on planning and the "why" portion. Looking at assessment for learning. Developed a list of "look fors" that Judi will share with team (will be posted on the Wiki!). Personal professional development will occur through our book study.
 * Coaches are very excited that our calendars are already filling up. Consistency with messages being shared across county through the pd sessions and from the administration. We are seeing many opportunities for coaches to support teachers across the pattern! More collaboration with CIC's and IC's. Very nice already having relationships built within the buildings. We are switching between "learner and leader".
 * In "Making Differentiation a Habit", we discussed using p 58 (can really begin to make connections to UDL) as a lesson plan format and p 96 as a simple tier format. How complex are teachers making their "differentiated" plans?
 * Page 141, "Curriculum Depth and Complexity".
 * We must speak the language of the discipline!
 * Looking at the Three-Tier on p 96, Georgia was concerned that it may not provide a planning opportunity for the challenge students. More focused on Tier One, Two and Three. (RTI model).
 * We will be focusing on Chapters 1 and 2 for discussion at our next ILT.
 * As we begin to deliver our building PD, look for teacher leaders to help develop and deliver the sessions.
 * Next meeting will be at Kenmore on September 15 from 8:30 to 10:00.
 * Continue our discussion on using the KUDOs frame to plan out School Improvement Plans.
 * Chapters 1 and 2 - differentiation discussion.