1. Teacher Leader Academy Entry Task: Find the Collaborative Groups Poster in the back of the room. Place sticky dots next to the group or groups that you facilitate or are a member of

2. Introductions

3. Collective Commitments

4. What is a teacher leader? And what do they do?

5. What do you notice about these lists?

6. Build the skills you need to be successful Purpose of the academy

7. Collaboration

8. Break

9. Characteristics of Collaborative Groups

10. Capturing our thinking…

11. Qualities of Collaborative Groups Collective focus on student learning and the work students do Belief that ALL participants bring expertise and unique experiences and perspectives A commitment to both personal learning and the learning of the group as a whole Shared focus determined by the group and significant to all

12. Facilitation… Why do teacher leaders need to develop facilitation skills

13. What is a Facilitator? Initial thoughts…

14. Facilitator practice…

15. Facilitating Jigsaw 1.The learning of the group 2.The logistics of the meeting 3.The longevity of the work within the school or district

16. Jigsaw directions

17. Responsibilities Difference between training and presenting and facilitating

18. Visual Representation

19. Lunch! Back at 1:00

20. Facilitator Toolbox

21. Facilitator Moves

22. Body Language

23. Difficult Group Members and… Challenging Situations

24. Break

25. DRAMA! Your collaborative group has been assigned the task of choosing three “hallway behaviors” for which students will be held accountable

26. Debrief How did the non-productive participant create barriers? How did you feel (group member, facilitator, difficult person)?

27. Reflecting on facilitation

28. Citizen Facilitator

29. Reflect

30. Additional Resources Open binder

31. What’s Next Talking about learning: focusing on supporting effective instruction What would you like to explore (sticky note)

32. Evaluation and reflection

33. Contact information Jeanette Grishamjgrisham@nwesd.orgjgrisham@nwesd.org Beth Neimibneimi@nwesd.orgbneimi@nwesd.org Adrienne Someraasomera@nwesd.orgasomera@nwesd.org