Learning Teaching and Family Support Retreat

Learning Teaching and Family Support Retreat April 24, 2012 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Wiki site http://ltfsleadership.wikispaces.com

AGENDA • Welcome and Outcomes • Reflections from January • Agency Updates • Leadership Success Stories • Leadership That Article • Edmodo: Let’s try it out! • Lay it on the Line • Reflections & Next Steps

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences. -Margaret J. Wheatley

Outcomes for today • Reflect on our leadership successes • Learn more about various leadership styles • Be introduced to Edmodo • http://www.edmodo.com/ • Further our leadership around eliminating the gap • Connect and network with colleagues

Reflection • How have you applied the information learned at the last retreat? • What have you applied/shared with others? • What are you looking forward to learning/discussing today?

Opportunity Gap PSESD Roadmap Strategy Workgroups Cultural Competency Program Work http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1105/opportunitygap/flat.html

P-3 Alignment Next Steps • PSESD Vision • Targeted Strategy Workgroup • Harvard Institute Participation

5D Instructional Framework

Find a Partner • Each of you will have 3 minutes to share your leadership success story • Your job is to listen to each other

Leadership Success Stories • Decide who is A and who is B • “A” will start with 3 min to share a leadership success • Partners remain quiet • The aim is to listenand be heard

Honor the following ground rules: • Listen to each other with respect, without interrupting to comment or ask questions • Speak about your own thoughts, reactions, feelings and experiences, not those of others • During your turn, do not comment on what your partner has said

BREAK

Leadership That Gets Results • Gather in groups of 4-6 • Review the Final Word Protocol • Decide who will begin, and launch into the article discussion

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences. -Margaret J. Wheatley

Edmodo: • What intrigues or excites you? • What concerns you? • What are the practical applications for us to use this tool? • Other thoughts?

LUNCH

Lay it on the Line • Listen to the statement that is read • Line up based on a continuum from strongly agree to strongly disagree • Be prepared to discuss why you choose to stand where you did

Lay it on the Line • The whole child needs to be engaged in order for academic learning to occur. • High standards are a basis for a caring culture. • Data should inform all of our work with children, families, teachers and educational leaders. • All children should be supported emotionally and challenged academically. • I could use the same characteristics to describe both an effective preschool teacher and an effective high school teacher. • Students in the opportunity gap require a greater focus on caring than they do learning.

Reflections • Reflect on your learning from the day • Consider what/how you will share with those you lead • Suggestions for next year?

Learning Teaching and Family Support Retreat