February+25,+2011+-+Elem+1

February 25, 2011 || Facilitator Today: Joanne ||
 * Instructional Coach CoP Meeting **
 * Meeting Date:
 * Recorder Today: Gina || Timekeeper: Lynn ||
 * Team Members Absent: None || Team Goal:Increase our knowledge of coaching tools by researching and implementing coaching cycles to improve teacher instruction and student achievement. ||


 * Topics/ Meeting Outcomes: ** To discuss best methods to take our staffs through activity #4 of standards implementation, to discuss our reading assignments of the Speed of Trust by Covey. What does this mean for us, our schools and how we work with staff?

1. As a team, we brainstormed ideas of how to take our staffs through activity #4 of the standards implementation work. This opportunity offered us a chance to share ideas, aniticipate outcomes, and problem solve. So far, we like the idea of coaches going through the process with one grade level prior to sharing this with staff. This will help coaches get familar with the process so that they can help multiple grade-levels. Also, we'll have a grade-level that can share the process with staff. We like the idea of sharing this process with staff on a staff-meeting day, start of PLC day or other short period of time. Next, we are thinking of offering half of our staff delvelopment day in April for teachers to finish this process. Finally, we'll keep in touch with each other about any new ideas that surface. 2. We discussed the Steven Covey book on Trust and its implications to our work. We shared big ideas and ah-has from the text. We know that trust is a key element for highly successful schools. When it comes down to it, its all about doing what we know is the right thing...treating people the way you would want them to treat you, and letting your conscience guide your choices and actions.
 * Questions/ Concerns/ Requests: **

**Agenda for Next Meeting:** We will meet from 2:30 to 4:00 for this meeting in order to allow time for us to fulfill our instructional duties in our buildlings. 1. Burning questions/topic sharing 2. We will spend time preparing for our share-out in May. 3. We will discuss where we are in the process of our standards implementation activity #4.

**Assignments for Next Meeting: Who needs to bring what?** Each member can come with either a burning question/need that our CoP group can support you with and/or an item of interest (book you are reading, work you have done in your buildling, area of high interest) to share with group.

**Questions/ Concerns/ Celebrations:**