“Removing Roadblocks with the Effective Use of Time” NSIP National Conference 2016 Dr. Todd Langley Kia Henley

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Title I School: Gwinnett County Public Schools “Title I Award School” 2015 Top 10% Title I Schools in Georgia

Introductions Please introduce yourselves to your table mates: Who are you ?(professionally and/or personally) What brought you to this particular session? What do you hope to take away from today’s training? Introduce your table/row mates to the larger group.

Primary Audience Principals – to create* the plan SAMs – to help implement the plan

The REAL work of the SAM project “SAM is a complex change process disguised as a simple idea.” Jody Spiro Wallace Foundation

What do you do with your time? How do you determine how to get better? What is keeping you from being your best? How can you create an environment that is innovative, engaging and academically proactive for your students? How can this project translate to making a difference? Reflection Questions

Cup Song

Initial Roadblock Confessions

Cup Tutorial

Roadblock Confessions

What are the Roadblocks at your school? Roadblocks are often avoidable with planning. Rerouting is an option when you have planned ahead. Once Roadblocks are identified, they need to be quickly and effectively addressed to keep moving forward.

How can help you remove Roadblocks?

What is the Change you want to make?

Time Most valuable commodity we have! Do you treat it like it is? Decide what you can do with your time to best serve your students, community and stakeholders. Remove the roadblocks with the effective use of time!

Tackle what you can handle Climate and Culture Problem Avoidance vs Problem Solver Instructional Strategies

Climate and Culture Routines and Procedures. Planning for success and acknowledging it. Create opportunities for student and teacher wins. Use your time to celebrate the right things. Every decision, plan, event and activity leads to students feeling valued, loved and challenged.

Problem Avoider Problem Solver

Instructional Strategies Focus on effective teaching no gimmicks. Effective strategies can fit into any program or leadership style. Using your time to develop strategies will save time in the long run vs continual program changes.

Instructional Strategies Lab Classrooms & Feedback Destination Learning & Falcon Showcase Friday Writing Initiative

Lab Classrooms Pre-Conference Observation De-brief

30 Second Feedback Cushion Teaching Learning Tag Tool 1: 30 Second Feedback Quick Description… A short burst of positive reinforcement that links a specific teaching practice to a specific learning outcome. Purpose/Rationale: 30 second feedback seeks to deliver a short, but meaningful, bit of positive reinforcement based on a walk-through or short observation. 7 Tools for Developing Teachers & Teaching - RLG

The Artisan Approach 23 Teacher Themes 7 Tools for Developing Teachers & Teaching - RLG

5 Minute Feedback Cushion THEME Teaching DISCUSSION Learning + Tag Tool 2: 5 Minute Feedback Quick Description… A brief feedback conversation that identifies a specific teaching practice, links the practice to a principle of learning, describes the effect on learning and learners, and engages the teacher is a short dialog affirming the feedback. Purpose/Rationale: 5 Minute Feedback seeks to engage the teacher in a short, interactive analysis of a specific episode of instruction. 5 minute feedback supports the teacher’s ability to see relevant patterns of effective practice, not just individual episodes of effective practice. 7 Tools for Developing Teachers & Teaching - RLG

Destination Learning 1. Develop Meaningful Relationships 2. Focus on Grade-Level Learning Skills 3. Data-Driven Decision Making 4. Modeling Home Practice Activities 5. Parent Practice with Activities and Materials 6. Set Short-Term Learning Goals Team Meeting (60-min.) Held In Oct Falcon Showcase LA Held In Nov Team Meeting (60-min.) Held in Jan Team Meeting (60-min.) Held in March Falcon Showcase LA Held In Feb Destination Learning is a classroom-based, teacher-led, data-driven family engagement model to support children’s academic goals by linking home and school learning!

Friday Writing Initiative

Time as the Tool Planning for your time and relentlessly protecting it sends an effective message to those you lead that their time is valuable also. Don’t find a program to fit your time, create the time to run an effective program. Know what is important to you and your teachers, go after it and protect it.

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