Teacher Leadership June 3, 2016 Intro: - Names and basic bio Thank Sue and BES for inviting us – Excited to be here today to talk about one of the most important parts of our roles – growing teachers and staff. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

Describe your post productive GLC/GLT meeting or moment this year. Do Now: In 4 minutes and 2 seconds, answer the following questions with as much detail as possible. What is LEADERSHIP? Describe your post productive GLC/GLT meeting or moment this year. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

Agenda Objectives: TLWBAT push their leadership voice by practicing scenarios they will encounter as teacher leaders TLWBAT brainstorm approaches to building a cohesive team with varying constituents, including onboarding a new team member and best practices for strong communication. Agenda: Lunch and Welcome Teacher Leadership & Practice Group Think – Best Practices Closing & Feedback Walk through the agenda – narrate why we came up with this: This is a really big topic – we thought about the key milestones as developing teachers as crucial, which includes Our goal with this today, want to give exposure to all 3 components – and want to provide two concrete tools for you to use. Excited to be here with this group of educators today – looking forward to working with you and learning from you as well today. Going to give you a hiring overview, glimpse into what happens with Excel We are going to share our own challenges with you – while schools have a hiring process, no process is perfect. We have made mistakes in the process as you will, so we want share those with you. NK Share we will then dive into two of the key moments we see in teacher development – Staff Orientationa nd Eval Process/Coaching A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

Generosity of Spirit: Operate with a generosity of spirit. Mission Focus: Live the mission daily. Let it drive what we do and how we do it. Generosity of Spirit: Operate with a generosity of spirit. Weigh In to Buy In: Speak your mind so you can commit to the group’s decision. Face to Face: Encourage and support one another to have face-to-face conversations, especially when necessary, to clear the air. Collaborate: Proactively ask for and offer help and support. Care For Yourself: Give yourself permission to nurture your mind and body so you can care for others while maintaining your personal well-being and sense of joy. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

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An email regarding a high level behavior decision came to your team, and you hear a team member disagreeing with the decision in the teachers office. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

Leader will complete role play, receive feedback, try again. Teacher Feedback 1 Feedback 2/team member A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

GROUPS Brittany* Katie Keith Stephanie Brett* Kendrice Kristina Margaret Krista* Ciara Robin Rachel Matt* Sarah S Ellie Cassi Emma* Josh Betsy Lindsay A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

You are in the middle of a meeting and one team member is visibly frustrated and doesn’t want to contribute to the conversation. They sit in the meeting silently. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

An email regarding Friday PD just went out, and a teacher in the teacher’s office says “I don’t understand why we have to do PD when I have to grade, they just don’t get it” to the person sitting next to them that they are friends with. It is loud enough for others to hear. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

A team member is expressing extreme frustration with a student, but does not have any action steps. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

You are transitioning into a class after lunch and you see a teacher give a demerit to a student who had a soda during lunch. What do you do? A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

You are in the middle of a team meeting discussing student data (either content or behavior), and one team member starts crying because their students always perform the lowest. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

During dismissal, you get up to cover your post and the person sitting next to you does not. You remind them that it is dismissal, and they respond, “I just need to finish this one last thing, I will be out in 5 minutes”. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

You are discussing implementing a new ____ and a member of the team pushes back because there are competing priorities/differences at other campuses. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

You have a challenging interaction with a team member publicly during a meeting and crossed the line. You need to follow up with folks. A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Personal Reflection 3 minutes A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

Communication & Collaboration Category Before Summit Summit School Year Team Building   Onboarding New Staff Communication & Collaboration A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

GLC 1 Margaret Brett Keith Rachel Emma GLT 2 Sarah S Betsy Katie Josh Kendrice GLC 2 Krista Kristina Ellie Lindsay GLT 1 Matt Brittany Robin Stephanie Ciara A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Task: Share the resources that you have used with the group by copying them into the appropriate folder on the network drive. You have 5 minutes A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

Agenda Objectives: TLWBAT push their leadership voice by practicing scenarios they will encounter as teacher leaders TLWBAT brainstorm approaches to building a cohesive team with varying constituents, including onboarding a new team member and best practices for strong communication. Agenda: Lunch and Welcome Teacher Leadership & Practice Group Think – Best Practices Closing & Feedback Walk through the agenda – narrate why we came up with this: This is a really big topic – we thought about the key milestones as developing teachers as crucial, which includes Our goal with this today, want to give exposure to all 3 components – and want to provide two concrete tools for you to use. Excited to be here with this group of educators today – looking forward to working with you and learning from you as well today. Going to give you a hiring overview, glimpse into what happens with Excel We are going to share our own challenges with you – while schools have a hiring process, no process is perfect. We have made mistakes in the process as you will, so we want share those with you. NK Share we will then dive into two of the key moments we see in teacher development – Staff Orientationa nd Eval Process/Coaching A TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC, CHARTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL

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