Gauger-Cobbs Middle School…Distributed Leadership Update Our Progress Thus Far… March 30, 2006

Professional Development… Collaboration: Science teachers facilitated a PD session around collaboration Group Activity…Strengths, Weaknesses, Outcomes, Threats relating to collaborative time Video Clips…Collaborative Teaching Revisited Rules of Engagement (group norms)

Professional Development … Book Study Department Chair People and Administrators read and discussed Getting Started Chairs sharing with department members

PBS Team of teachers planning for the roll-out of PBS Dean of students is the Internal Coordinator

AVID AVID site team taking leadership in teaching AVID strategies to Gauger staff (helping to AVIDize Gauger) (AVID site team: administrator, counselor, 4 teachers)

Action Teams… Each staff member is on one of the following teams: Scheduling Parent Involvement Teaching and Learning Technology School Climate

The Work of the Action Teams… Review and reflect on our school data Set goals in each given area Develop and plan the implementation of action plans to meet school goals Submit plans for the PEP

Using Data… MAP data…slowly beginning to use to help design instruction Developed data notebooks for Pathway to Excellence planning Making data available to teachers

Recent Examples of Teacher Leadership… DSTP Implementation PBS planning MAP Testing (Implementation and help using the data) Creation of the Data book Teachers serving on a Literacy Team Master Schedule planning PEP Planning Technology Inventory Weekly Collaboration Teachers Organizing Extras (Pictures, Intramurals, Clubs, Extended Day, Performances, Dances)

Celebrating Teacher Leadership… Faculty Meetings Friday Footnotes

Next Steps… Send a team to PLC conference…summer 2006 Continue to focus on teaching and learning…How will we know what our students know…and…How will we respond if they do not learn what we intended them to learn?