1. WLWV Learning Communities
Leading for Believing : Behavioral and Social Success for All

2. Grounding Our Purpose
How do we create learning communities for the greatest thinkers and most thoughtful people…for the world?

3. Grounding Our Purpose
“By all students we mean just that—each and every student, including students academically behind, students still developing the English language to make sense of their academic subjects, and students who have adapted some form of behavior to cope but not to learn.”
-Fink & Markholt, 2011
Leading for Instructional Improvement

4. Learning Communities
THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE WORKING TOGETHER…David White’s poem
Beliefs…..Behaviors….
We are a constructivist district, much language & research in this area comes from a behaviorist frame
Learning from language, choosing language for our capacity building

5. District Vision & Values
Growth Mindset
Moral & Performance Character
Culturally Responsive Teaching
What do these mean in terms of behavior & social growth?
Learning Communities
Behavioral & Social
Success for All

6. Focus Areas
My area is most connected to behavior & social development. Claims & Evidence
Learning Communities
Behavioral & Social
Success for All

7. Finding Common Ground with PBIS
Learning Communities
Behavioral & Social Success for All

8. Going Deeper With Skip Greenwood

9. Building Community: Best Practices
All Children
Some Children
Few Children

10. Choice Words Revisited
In pairs, take one card & consider the following questions:
What comes to mind when you see this label?
In what ways would this label impact a student’s sense of self as a learner?
How might shifting language around students impact actions of adults in the school?

11. Looking With New Eyes
Find the Behavior Support plan for one child at your school
In epep
What was successful for the student and staff in terms of this plan?
In light of the conversation today, what elements would you like to see revisited?

12. Beginning To Close Our Day
CEL Core Beliefs
Powerful