Elon Park Elementary 2016-2017 Celebrating a Decade of Excellence

Today’s Chat Coffee Chat Norms Today’s Agenda Please put cell phones on vibrate If you have to take a call, please go into the hallway Limit sidebar conversations Hold questions until the end of each segment Focus on issues that are within our control Vision and Mission Statement ILT Academic Conversation lesson Skills & Qualities desired by employees

At Elon Park Elementary, staff, students, families and community members collaborate to provide an extraordinary learning environment where all reach their full potential, enrich their individual talents and exhibit school pride…at ALL times, in EVERYTHING they do. Vision

At Elon Park Elementary, the school community will support the commitment to the following: Providing every student with rigorous, engaging and balanced instruction. Basing all decisions on student strengths and needs according to all available data. Appropriate, effective collaboration among staff, families and community members for the benefit of each student. Facilitation of 21st century learning through implementation of best practices. Delivery and participation in effective professional development. Continuous school improvement. 180 School Days resulting in a minimum of one year’s growth academically for every student. Mission

Meet Your Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) What is ILT? A “train the trainer” model. A group that collaborates to lead Elon Park toward continuous improvement What does ILT do? Attends bi-monthly meetings to receive PD Synthesizes information and provides selected PD to EP Staff. The #1 Goal of the ILT is Continuous Improvement. 2016-2017 Instructional Leadership Team Beth, 5th Grade (2nd year ILT) Marie, TD Teacher (2nd year ILT) Cus, 2nd Grade (1st year ILT) Kelly, Literacy Facilitator (1st year ILT) Jill, Literacy Facilitator (2nd year ILT) Jason, DOS (1st year ILT) Jane, AP (2nd year ILT) Chuck (2nd year ILT) September coffee chat Meet Your Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)

Literacy & ILTs: Where We Have Been and Where We are Going Teacher Teams Complex Text Close Reading TDQs & Tasks Academic Discourse Academic Writing ILT Year 1 EVIDENCE Annotating Chunking Vocabulary Topics ILT Year 3 ILT Year 2

What skills and qualities are desired by employers? THINK PAIR SHARE

Academic Conversation Norms Be fully present during session Actively participate and actively listen Take advantage of the expertise in the room Enjoy the professional learning experience! Honor the roles (facilitator, recorder, time keeper, and process observer) Respect time issues

Shared Conversation Norms 9

Secret Envelope #2 Each table group of 4-5 people has an envelope Person 1: Take the envelope and select ONE card Read the card aloud Answer the question and practice a mini “academic conversation” using elaboration & clarification language frames (Group members should practice prompting and responding.) Pass the envelope to the next person and repeat the process until time is called

(For Prompting & For Responding) Elaborate & Clarify Tools for Students I think it means that … In other words … Can you tell me more about …? What do you mean by …? Language Frames (For Prompting & For Responding)

Elaborate & Clarify Let’s practice

Secret Envelope #2 Each table group of 4-5 people has an envelope Person 1: Take the envelope and select ONE card Read the card aloud Answer the question and practice a mini “academic conversation” using elaboration & clarification language frames (Group members should practice prompting and responding.) Pass the envelope to the next person and repeat the process until time is called

Skills and Qualities Desired by Employers Communicate effectively (#1 skills on most lists) (e.g., clearly listen, speak, and write complex and abstract concepts) Ask insightful and critical questions Collaborate well with others (work in a team; lead and be led) Solve problems logically, systematically, and creatively (define, plan, follow a plan, reflect, and improve over time) Conduct logical, thorough research, and critically evaluate evidence Analyze, synthesize, prioritize, and organize ideas Weigh the relevance and importance of ideas Recognize bias See multiple perspectives on an issue and empathize Strong work ethic Initiative Flexibility/adaptability Honesty Professionalism Loyalty/trustworthiness Enthusiasm/encouraging of others Willingness to learn Emotional intelligence Curiosity/interest Cross-cultural understanding Leadership THINK-PAIR-SHARE: With a neighbor, reflect on your thoughts. 14

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