April+15,+2011+-+Elem+3

April 15, 2011 || Facilitator Today:Sue ||
 * Instructional Coach CoP Meeting **
 * Meeting Date:
 * Recorder Today: Kelly || Timekeeper: Linda Hall ||
 * Team Members Absent: Sheri || Team Goal: ||


 * Topics/ Meeting Outcomes: Plan for May 6th share out. **


 * Questions/ Concerns/ Requests: We started our meeting trying to clarify expectations for work to be done prior to Standards work days. We were disappointed to realize we need to have all curricular areas stoplighted before May standards work days. For some reason we thought Science and Social Studies only needed to be completed. **

**Agenda for Next Meeting: For our IC share out on May 6th we will highlight the Conferring Class that was a follow-up to the Phase 3 Literacy Institute from last summer. The class was conducted on a Wiki to allow for all 4 phase 3 schools to participate and the content revolved around reading the Patrick Allen __//Conferring//__ book and responding to discussion questions. During the Lesson Study we paced towards a goal of our face to face discussions, which happened twice during the class. As a follow-up we observed Patrick Allen with our teachers, focusing on his conferring techniques. Additionally, we had the opportunity to meet with him to ask questions. This day ended with processing time to reflect on the experience and begin planning implementation in our buildings. Ongoing work will happen in our buildings around refining our conferring with Reader's and Writer's Workshop.** **Feedback following the wiki class with face to face meetings was favorable. Many teachers commented on liking the flexibility of the online learning opportunity combined with the collaboration and conversation between the schools. There was a high interest in futures classes of this nature. All teachers learned a great deal from observing Mr. Allen and had were very enthusiastic about implementing many of the strategies/techniques they saw. They were very appreciative to have the opportunity to participate in such a valuable learning experience and recognize the efforts the district went through to make it happen. Thank You!!!**

**Assignments for Next Meeting: Who needs to bring what? Sue will talk and share out our Wiki Class, Kelly will model/show the wiki while she talks.** **We will need to use a lap top connected to the projector for this quick presentation**

**Questions/ Concerns/ Celebrations: So nice to hear from Julie in her email yesterday! Glad she is mending and can't wait to see her in May!!**