Agenda

Friday, October 3, 2008 Central Office Board Room

What do we believe? Learner Profile · What are their strengths and weaknesses as a reader? · What are patterns in their behaviour? · More? Assessment SMART Goals – Nancy
 * Prioritize instructional belies individually and choose the most significant.
 * Share with others and negotiate until you arrive at a consensus on the most important.
 * Discuss how you show this in your classroom, or what restricts you from implementing it.
 * Describe your student using only the info from your learner Profile.
 * Does the profile answer these questions:
 * Do you have enough information?
 * Chapter 3 – assessment – plan guide for discussion
 * Make a firm plan for assessment for the students they have Learner Profiles on.

Instruction Teacher Reflection Despite what we believe, what we learn, it doesn’t always translate to practice. So what actually happens in the crush of the day? Future Plans [|Language and Behavior]
 * In order to teach to individual need, students need to be independent when working on routines. How do we get them to be independent?
 * Daily 5 - 10 Steps to teaching Independence
 * Use Planning Sheet (JoAnne will make) to plan for developing independence on 1 behavioural and 1 academic routine
 * General
 * Value and belies at beginning
 * What I learned today?
 * Observation of teacher practice
 * See how much of your time is focused on teacher-directed instruction, teacher-student academic, or behaviour.
 * How often?
 * Who are you comfortable with observing you _ another teacher/administrator/EA?
 * Set group goals
 * Plan days
 * Focus – physical environment/staff relationships/transitions/instruction

**S2 – Day 3 – January 16, 2009** 1) Discussion - development of a concrete protocol for each of these ** b.  Where are we going? Differentiation of instruction (reading, writing, math), grouping, management 2) Introduction to Chapter 8 Discussion: a) analyze your day plan. Did it go according to plan? How much instruction time spent, time on behavior, time with specific students? Reflection to prepare for instruction. 3) Discussion of Chapter 8 a. Placement of students – map of classroom. i. Make a map of their classroom (public/action zones  ii.  Analyze where they’re at and student’s behav
 * a. ** Where we’ve been? What’s your perception/understanding of it? How do these all fit together**?

b. Teacher awareness skills i. Functional Behavior Assessment; ii. Teacher Repertoire for calling on students (putting up hands, calling out, etc.). Reflection – how to keep them involv c, Interpersonal i. Reflection – non-contingent interactions (positive) ii. Large group discussion re: define ways to encourage positive interaction; Is it hard to do this? d. Clear Communication i. Language and EBD - reading ii. First Nations Students e. Prompt vs. Correctio i. Classification of ‘prompts’ vs ‘corrections’ – discuss. f. Teacher Self-Control i. Rating Scale. ii. What are your trigger points?

g. Self-Management i. How do you teach it? ii. SMART goal for behavior management – can you work on a goal with your students? – give them some power. iii. How to chart their progress – graphs/blogs iv. Self-monitoring plan – technology – how do they incorporate it now?

Closure: Homework: routines and grouping scheduling
 * 1) Analyze a period of the day for time spent on whoel class instruction, individual istruction and behaviour. Reflect and bring an AHA! moment (insight), a strength and a challenge that you noted. Include the EA's time if you wish. Document in a form that youare comfortable with: video, observation, journal
 * 2) Possible language observation
 * 3) Next day: **Donna with digital story-telling tools, search engines**
 * SLP - language classroom strategies**
 * self-management of behaviour**
 * finalize protocol**

S2 Project – Day 4 March 2, 2009

a) Use of technology in the classroom b) Instructional Procedures
 * 1) Donna DesRoches

2.SLP a)Strategies in developing language in S2 classroom b)Overview of article. c)Referral process/protocol.

3.Protocols a)Learner profiles b)SMART goals c)Direct Instruction d)Differentiation e)Assessment

4. Analysis of day plan a)Discuss/share what learned.

b)SMART goal for Behavior

S2 Project - Day 5 - Monday April 6, 2009

1. Recent conference discussion a) Muhammad b) ASCD c) Other

2. Analysis of day plan - discussion and reflection.

3. Routines [[[] Based On:|Routines and EBD Students]] tomlinson.ppt

[|centers/routines]

4. Relating PPP to the curriculum - adjustable assignments, The Daily 5, Anchor Activities

[|Adjustable Assignments.doc] [|Adjustable Assignments describe2.doc] [|Adjustable Assignments spelling.doc] [|Adjustable Assignments questions.doc]

[|S2 template.doc] [|planning template 3.doc]

[|Digital Language Arts] [|Daily Five] [|Daily Cafe] [|Transitions] [|anchor activities] [|Centers]

[|Philosophy].