2. Ahoy Western Area Principals! Western Area Support: Tim Locklair – Western Area Superintendent Jill Herbst – Western Area Special Assistant Aunecia Howell – Western Area Secretary New Crew Aboard: Rick Williams – Davis Drive Middle School Nikia Davis – East Cary Middle School Mike James – West Cary Middle School

3. Take a Seat….Make a Friend

4. Muster Drill If you could go on a cruise to anywhere, where would you go? Find something that you have in common that is not school related? What would you sing at Karaoke night? What makes you laugh the most? Who is a person that inspires you and why?

5. Celebrating our Journey…..Connecting the Pieces

6. CREATING A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY is analogous to a “voyage” and educators must prepare themselves to be buffeted by occasional ill winds along the way. While some schools are content to lie at anchor and accept things as they are and other schools simply drift from fad to fad, the members of a professional learning community will stay the course!

7. Charting Our Course Sailing the Cs to Vision 2020

8. Begin with WHY?

9. Simon Sinek

11. Leaving the Dock…….Sailing the Cs Brainstorm the “Cs” that can Guide our Work

13. Beginning Our Voyage…..Setting Our Course Core Curriculum Core Instruction Collaborative Teams Core Assessment/Evaluation

14. Core Curriculum 4 “Cs” Tight Alignment of standards, teaching and assessment Exploring the importance of Power Standards/Learning Progressions C-Mapp

15. Core Instruction ETF Community MTSS 4 “Cs” Research based, high leverage instructional practices/strategies Attacking “mediocre teaching” Bringing in resources like : – 17,000 Classroom Visits Can’t Be Wrong – The Skillful Leader – CITW 2 nd edition – The Core Six – Learning in the Fast Lane

16. Collaborative Teams Our work with our “crews” in our schools. Adaptive Schools Training-the how of professional communities Western Area PLTs/PLNs – Focus on the common threads – Hybrid of a PLT/PLN – Common problem of practice – Learning from each other here… through school visits….participating in learning rounds and/or walkthroughs ect…

17. Core Assessment/Evaluation Summative Data Formative and Benchmark Data TWC Data Comprehensive Needs Assessment Overall School Program Learning Rounds and Instructional Walkthroughs

18. Beginning Our Voyage…..Setting Our Course Core Curriculum Core Instruction Collaborative Teams Core Assessment/Evaluation

19. Underneath it all is our “KEEL” Our School Improvement Plan and work keeps our “ship” moving forward in a strategic and purposeful direction towards our final “port” or goal!

20. Charting Our Course Sailing the Cs to Vision 2020

21. Most Impactful Maneuvers mosttoleast

22. Captain’s Dialogue Group of 3 #1 Shares his/her most impactful C and why chose #2 Asks a clarifying question #3 Paraphrases #1’s response Repeat process until all group members have shared.

23. BREAK

24. Crew Collaboration…Data Dialogue Changes in latitude…. Getting our Bearings…

25. Karen Hamilton – Assistant Superintendent of Special Education Services Brad McMillen – Assistant Superintendent of Data and Accountability Guest Speakers:

26. Data in Context

27. 4 Cs 1.Critical Thinking 2.Communication 3.Collaboration 4.Creativity

28. All Hands on Deck Participants will: Read the 4C assigned to group independently highlighting key words, phrases and ideas (8-10 minutes) Discuss the 4C assigned with others at your table (8-10 minutes) 4C – Critical Thinking Pages 8-12 4C – Communication Pages 13-18 4C – Collaboration Pages – 19-23 4C – Creativity Pages 24-29

29. Charting Our Course… Sailing the “Cs” to Vision 2020 Definitions and Resources Handout: Content – Process – Product –

30. Sharing the View with the Crew Communication Sharing thoughts, questions, ideas, and solutions Collaboration Working together to reach a goal — putting talent, expertise, and smarts to work Critical Thinking Looking at problems in a new way, linking learning across subjects & disciplines Creativity Trying new approaches to get things done equals innovation & invention

31. Reflective questions for our next meeting 1.What intentional work will you facilitate in building teachers’ capacity for implementing the 4Cs in the written, taught, and assessed curriculum? 2.How do you foster a learning culture that is reflective of and supportive of the 4Cs? 3.Identify your next steps for the “beginning stages” of aligning your school’s work with the 4Cs to the Strategic Plan?

32. LUNCH BREAK 12:15-1:15 Enjoy your Lunch!

33. The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, and the realist adjusts the sails.

34. Trimming the Sails….Pulling the Lines

35. Why Adaptive vs Adapted

37. Trimming the Sails and Pulling the Lines How can you use the focusing questions to create an adaptive environment in your school? Share examples of adapted and adaptive systems in your school What happens when one of these elements of professional learning community are not in place? Why is it important to foster an adaptive culture and exercise adaptive leadership?

39. Trimming the Sails and Pulling the Lines What is the difference between dialogue and discussion? How does knowledge of the difference support your facilitation skills as a leader? How is this of benefit to PLTs in their work? What ideas from day 1 resonate with you and what have you had the opportunity to apply in your school setting?

40. Crew Collaboration Holding our Course on Core Instruction

41. BREAK

42. School Improvement Update SIT meeting schedule to Jill ASAP School website updated – link to online plan, one pager, membership, SIP meeting schedule

43. Announcements September 16 th – SIP Chair Regional Meeting at Morrisville Elementary School 3:00pm- 5:00pm By October 1 st - SIP Online Site and School Websites updated

44. CELEBRATIONS

45. Charting Our Course Sailing the “Cs” to Vision 2020

46. Watching the Sunset…. We need you!!!

47. Charting Our Course

48. Message in a Bottle