1. Lead Teacher Session #3 1 December 2014 Welcome! Please sit at any table & complete the Connector Activity Sheet Wireless network: MadPkWLAN Password: 657malcolmx

2. Connector: Taking Stock 2 Revisit the work plan and goals you developed during our first session: In what ways have you made progress on your work plan and/or goals? Where are you now? What has happened as a result (either unanticipated or intentional)? What obstacles or challenges are affecting progress toward your goals? Where would you like to be in February 2015?

3. Cross Table Share 3 Introduce yourselves to your table mates and take turns sharing progress toward your goals.

4. Introductions 4 Office of Human Capital (OHC) Alison Gross (Network A) Michelle O’Neill Turner (Network B) Gina D’Addario (Network C) Sarah Hausman (Network D) Tinu Akinfolarin (Network E) Leah Levine (Network F) Chason Ishino (Network G) Christine Lee (Network G) Angela Rubenstein Kris Taylor Shakera Walker

5. 5 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Choose a focus: – Planning for Professional Learning – Consult about a dilemma – Leveraging a core action Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

6. 6 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?

7. 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 7 Role of Lead Teacher

8. 8 Session 3 Objectives Today we will: Use the Professional Development Design Principles and/or the Core Actions to strengthen our work Work collaboratively to refine goals and plans for our work as Lead Teachers

9. 9 Feedback from Session 2 What was helpful: Time to work Conversations with others Design principle & core action info What would improve future sessions: Advance notice of agenda Differentiation Individual work time

10. 10 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Choose a focus: – Planning for Professional Learning – Consult about a dilemma – Leveraging a core action Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

11. 11 Planning Professional Learning In your table group, use the “Text Rendering Experience” protocol to examine the Guskey article on “Planning for Professional Learning” Choose a facilitator Choose a scribe (record electronically)

12. 12 Consultancy Step 1: Presenting teacher shares dilemma (3 min) The presenting teacher discusses their plan and dilemma without interruption. The partner teachers listen in and jot down notes, possible clarifying questions or questions that might promote further thinking. Step 2: Clarifying Questions (3 min) Partner teachers have 2-3 minutes to ask clarifying questions. The presenting teacher responds succinctly.

13. 13 Consultancy Step 3: Reflection and Analysis (4 min) The partner teachers have a “fishbowl” conversation among themselves discussing what they heard. Questions, musings, and suggestions that might extend the presenting teacher’s thinking and are voiced Step 4: Joint conversation (5 min) The group engages in a two-way conversation to discuss the feedback, share reactions and insights and reflect on possible refinements.

14. 14 Leveraging Core Actions Summarize the area of professional learning you are working on Identify 1-3 Core Actions that relate to this work and choose one as a focus Answer questions on worksheet about how teachers will work to meet the criteria Compare your answers with a colleague and review Core Action PPT What kind of collaborative learning experiences could you facilitate to deepen understanding of CAs and indicators?

15. 15 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Choose a focus: – Professional Development Design Principles – Consult about a dilemma – Leveraging a core action Break Work Time Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

16. 16 Break! Please be seated by 5:05

17. 17 Work Time Find a colleague and share what you have been working on Successes Challenges Next steps Use the next hour to get work done however you see fit Independently or in a small group By 5:00… Prepare a summary of what you worked on today and your next steps

18. 18 Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Work Time Break Choose a focus: – Professional Development Design Principles – Consult about a dilemma – Leveraging a core action Closing, Next Steps, & Reflection

19. 19 Takeaways Share a key takeaway from your work today that will inform your work back at school

20. 20 Announcements

21. 21 Next Steps Continue implementing your plans Answer your colleagues’ questions and/or connect them to OHC and other departments

22. 22 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.

23. 23 Resources: OHC website www.bostonpublicschools.org/OHC

24. 24 Resources: Interactive Rubric www.bostonpublicschools.org/IR

25. 25 Resources: Lead Teacher Materials www.bostonpublicschools.org/LT

26. 26 Resources: Curricula www.bostonpublicschools.org/IRD

27. 27 Session 3 Objectives Today we will: Use the Professional Development Design Principles and/or the Core Actions to strengthen our work Work collaboratively to refine goals and plans for our work as Lead Teachers

28. 28 Feedback We need to hear from you! Please fill out the survey before you leave: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DecLTSurvey Thanks, see you at our next session in February! (2/2, 2/3, or 2/4, 3:30 – 6:30, location TBD) Wireless network: MadPkWLAN Password: 657malcolmx