October 20, 2011

By the end of the meeting, participants will:  Revisit the purpose of the workgroup and the importance of each person’s contributions.  Understand the content/processes for our segment in the DOI mtg  Identify future topics/ideas for the Teacher Mentoring for Teacher Leader series.  Understand the format/structure of on-line follow-up to the Aug. Teacher Induction Academy.

 Welcome  DOI Meeting : Teacher Induction  Next Steps for “Teacher Mentoring for Teacher Leader” series  Online follow-up for the August 2011 Teacher Induction Academy  Closure

 Talk with someone with whom you do not usually work.  Discuss:  The ways your program is supporting/mentoring teachers  Ideas/resources you have used/plan to use from the Aug Teacher Induction Academy

 Teacher Induction Segment  What is Induction?  Policy Brief: Comar Review  Instructional Mentoring  Reflection

 78 attended  47% completed feedback form  86% rated content of course as a 4 or 5  Delivery of Course  Well Organized  Best training I’ve been too in a while  Facilitators were knowledgeable  Activities and discussion were good  Great tools and resources  Changes  Timing (more or less)  More on Coaching  How to help teachers to discover on their own  Same materials used that were used in past to training

 Corinne, Karen, Maha, Bev  Leslie, June, LeeAnn, Cheryl, Stephanie M.  Sandra, Alicia, Kim K., Joyce, Jenny M.  Shannon, Geordie, Missie, Claire  Juliann, Jenny N., Stephanie H., Kym N.

 Small groups  Refer to Mentoring Support in HCPSS Select two topics that could be developed into a workshop for Teacher Leaders Complete a form Identify two topics Describe the key ideas/content that could be addressed within each topic

 What are our outcomes for this year?  Phase 1?  Phase 2?

 Initial Introductory Webinar Oct.18 11:30 a.m. or Oct. 25 7:00 p.m. (will be recorded) Purpose: Understand the objectives and expectations of the online PD in November. Develop familiarity with NTC’s online learning platform  Online Learning and Practice Asynchronous – During the month of November Collaborative Assessment Log Classroom Profile Selective Scripting

 Reflection:  What supports are you willing to offer to the work of this group?  What supports do you need to implement the work of this group?  Next Meeting  November 10th

“There must be a connectedness among persons, each with a sense of urgency, each with a project. And there must be a capacity to imagine, to think of things as if they could be otherwise.” Maxine Green, “From Jagged Landscapes to Possibility,” 2006