Leadership Team Planning Time Cascading the Work Back At The School Site

Status of Academic Conversations at Our Site Frequency (Red) Depth (Black) 1 Just getting started 2 A few times per week Mostly retelling and sharing; Largely teacher led and directed. 3 Daily, but mostly in 1-2 subject areas Generating and supporting ideas with textual evidence; Mostly teacher led, sometimes student led 4 Frequently throughout the day and across subject areas Creating, arguing and defending ideas with textual evidence ; Mostly students leading the conversations

What Will We Get Better At This Year? What is the status of academic conversations at our site? How can we find out? Where should we start? Increase the frequency of conversations Increase the depth of conversations Action Planning-What can we begin to do in this area to build: a. Our Knowledge-What are academic conversations? b. Our Skill-How do we effectively engage students in academic conversations?

Collaborative Strategies to Build Our Knowledge and Skill Text-Based Discussions ELA/ELD Framework http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/cf/elaeldfrmwrksbeadopted.asp Articles Book Study Video Analysis Teaching Channel- www.teachingchannel.org Collaborative Planning of Lessons Analysis of Student Work Peer Observations (At Your Site and Other Sites)

Action Plan: What Will We Get Better At This Year Action Plan: What Will We Get Better At This Year? __Frequency __Depth __Other (Please Specify) _____________________________ What Actions Will We Take ? When ? Who?