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Learning Support Team. November 28, 2012. Essential Questions. 1. . Who can I connect with to support the work of our LST? 2. What are other LSTs doing in their schools? 3. How might we support continued instructional collaboration at our school?. Our Day:. Introductions
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Learning Support Team November 28, 2012
Essential Questions 1.. Who can I connect with to support the work of our LST? 2. What are other LSTs doing in their schools? 3. How might we support continued instructional collaboration at our school?
Our Day: • Introductions • Getting to know the team • Sharing our work and ideas BREAK • News n’ Notes • Instructional Collaboration – the possibilities • Exit Slip LUNCH • Dawn Reithaug – Universal Supports
Introductions Beyond the office
Meeting the team: Around the table: • Name & School • Subjects or grade levels • Person #1 asks the first question for the rest of table to answer • Person #2 continues with second question • Repeat…
Speed Dating • Find your first school • 8 minutes each • What are 3 areas where your team is feeling pretty darn proud and/or excited? • What are 2 areas your team is trying to address? • What is 1 area of concern that your team has struggled with?
Shared Vision Co-Creating Consulting Testing Selling Telling Degree of Active Involvement Adaptedfrom: Senge, (1994), The Fifth Discipline Field book.
What could we do as an LST? • There are many ways to move learning forward as a staff • Early on, we talked about a coaching role…
Thoughts on Coaching Professional Partnerships • Teachers continuously support and reflect upon their classroom practices through co-planning, co-teaching, modelling and data collecting to enhance the quality learning environments for all students.
What could we do as an LST? Here are a list of possibilities that require increasing levels of trust..
Thinking about this Continuum AS AN LST: • First impressions/Questions? • As you reflect on this continuum as an LST: • What are the strengths of your team? • What are some areas you’d like to explore?
Thinking about this Continuum ON THE GOOGLE DOC PROVIDED: • What supports do you anticipate you and your staff need in order to move forward in your instructional collaboration? • What else should we consider for this continuum?
Exit Slip • As an LST • Reflection on the questions provided at your table • Please give to a member of Learning Services or Student Services