Lead Teacher Session #4 1 February 2015 Welcome! Please sit at any table Wireless network: MadPKWLAN Password: 657malcolmx

Checking In 2 Please introduce yourself and share: How has your work as a Lead Teacher been going? What has been the main focus of your work lately?

Introductions 3 Office of Human Capital (OHC) PD Team: Kris Taylor Shakera Walker

4 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Team Functioning: A Case Study Choose a focus: – Peer Observation – Preparing for PARCC Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

5 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 ACTION Improved teacher practice leads to improved student learning LEAD TEACHER SERIES OBJECTIVE Lead Teachers will support the professional learning of their colleagues, contributing to improved student learning 6 Role of Lead Teacher

7 Lead Teacher Work Log Thanks for the great work! “Created and chaired the PD Committee at my school.” “Worked with a teacher action prep group to plan PD focused on diverse learning approaches for students with moderate disabilities and English Language Learners.” “Facilitated CPT for 4 th and 5 th grade teams.”

8 Session 4 Objectives Today we will: Analyze opportunities and challenges presented by teacher team dynamics Compare different protocols for learning through peer observation Explore PARCC Resources Work collaboratively to refine plans for our work as Lead Teachers

9 Feedback from Session 3 What was helpful: Article/reading research Looking closely at core actions Differentiating session activities What would improve future sessions: Real world case studies Share out more frequently Less independent work time

10 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Team Functioning: A Case Study Choose a focus: – Peer Observation – Preparing for PARCC Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

11 Team Functioning: Analyzing the Case Step 1: Read the case Read thoroughly, underlining or highlighting pieces of information that you think are significant to understanding the case Step 2: Establish the facts of the case What are the significant facts of the case? Try to withhold judgment, inferences or evaluation

12 Team Functioning: Analyzing the Case Step 3: Case Analysis Questions Describe the problem How would you describe the interpersonal dynamics on the team? What are some of the possibilities of why Ms. D behaves in this manner?

13 Team Functioning: Analyzing the Case Step 3: Case Analysis Questions What course of action would you recommend to this Lead Teacher? It is important for teams to have a process for resolving interpersonal tensions between team members. What might this process look like? What are some steps this Lead Teacher can take to help foster a more positive community?

14 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Team Functioning: A Case Study Choose a focus: – Peer Observation – Preparing for PARCC Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

15 Peer Observation Read the SRI’s “Rationale for Protocols” How can protocols help overcome some of the challenges of peer observation?

16 Peer Observation 1. Watch the video and try out 1 of the 4 protocols with your jigsaw group Focus Point Interesting Moments Video Camera Observer as Learner 2. Compare protocols with your group 3. Which would you use at your school? Would you make any changes? How can protocols help support peer observation?

17 Video Observation

18 Exploring PARCC Resources 1.Review the PARCC resources in the shared folder here: 2.Additional Resources: – Educator Resources: http.bostonpublicschools.org/Page/4191 – Practice Tests: 3.Work independently or discuss with others how you might use these resources to prepare for the PARCC assessment

19 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Team Functioning: A Case Study Choose a focus: – Peer Observation – Preparing for PARCC Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

20 Break!

21 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Team Functioning: A Case Study Choose a focus: – Peer Observation – Preparing for PARCC Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

22 Work Time Find a colleague and share what you have been working on Successes Challenges Next steps Use the next 30 min to get work done however you see fit Independently or in a small group By 6:15… Prepare a summary of what you worked on today and your next steps

23 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Team Functioning: A Case Study Choose a focus: – Peer Observation – Preparing for PARCC Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

24 Takeaways Share a key takeaway from your work today that will inform your work back at school

25 Next Steps Examine team dynamics and consider using a case study Continue implementing your plans Capstone Product

26 Announcements Hiring season: Find materials related to the hiring process at teachboston.org PD Catalogue Other announcements?

27 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 2 nd : 4-6 work log entries Feb 3 rd : 3-5 additional entries Apr 7 th : 2-4 additional entries Upload any documents associated with your entries to the Google Drive.

28 Resources: OHC website

29 Resources: Interactive Rubric

30 Resources: Lead Teacher Materials

31 Resources: Curricula

32 Session 4 Objectives Today we will: Analyze opportunities and challenges presented by teacher team dynamics Compare different protocols for learning through peer observation Explore PARCC Resources Work collaboratively to refine plans for our work as Lead Teachers

33 Feedback We need to hear from you! Please fill out the survey before you leave: Thanks, see you at our next session in April! (4/7, 4/8, or 4/9, 3:30 – 6:30, location TBD) Wireless network: MadPKWLAN Password: 657malcolmx