Welcome to ECSD CCSS Professional Development

1. Welcome to ECSD CCSS Professional Development 2012 - 2013

2. Team Norms • Help team members clarify expectations regarding how they will work together to achieve their shared goals Professional Learning Communities at Work Plan Book 2006 Solution Tree

3. Examples of Team Norms • We will maintain a positive tone at our meetings • We will not complain about a problem unless we can offer a solution • We will begin and end our meetings on time • We will contribute equally to the workload of this team

4. A Protocol for Establishing Norms • Think of a past negative experience you have had serving on a team or committee • Identify a specific behavior that prevented that group from being effective: for example, whining and complaining, arriving late and leaving early, being disengaged during the meetings, and so on • For each negative norm identified by members of your team, establish a positive commitment statement (a norm) your team should adopt that, if everyone adhered to it, would prevent the past negative experience from recurring

5. A Protocol for Establishing Norms (cont.) • Groups share out the norms they have discussed that are important for the school to follow during weekly professional development time • As a group determine those norms that are needed for the group to be productive learners each week • How will you hold each other accountable to the agreed upon norms? Discuss a protocol that can be used to help each other focused http://www.elhaynes.org/edocs/Professional_Learning_Communities.pdf Establishing Norms PPT resource http://www.allthingsplc.info/wordpress/?p=1014 From the beginning, establishing a protocol for norm violations

6. ECSD CCSS Professional Development Vision

7. Talk, Listen, Take Protocol • A protocol that promotes equity and engagement for all participants • Develops speaking and listening skills • Allow each individual the opportunity to experience and process a topic or stimuli

8. Talk, Listen, TakeProtocol • Talk – Partner #1 talks for the given amount of time (usually 2 minutes) – During this time partner #1 is the ONLY person allowed to talk • Listen – While partner #1 talks partner #2 listens ONLY. Partner #2 is allowed to take notes on questions they might have, although they are allowed to ONLY listen. • Reverse the roles – Partner #2 now talks while partner #1 only listens!! • Take – For a given amount of time partners engage in a give and take conversation about the topic.

9. Talk, Listen, Take Protocol • Think about the ECSD CCSS Professional Development Vision that was just presented. • What is it about the CCSS and the ECSD Vision that keeps you up at night?

10. Complete Survey • Fill out the survey and turn it in to your facilitator(s) • What are you most excited about when thinking about the CCSS Professional Development you will be engaged in during the current school year? • What are your concerns when thinking about the CCSS Professional Development you will be engaged in during the current school year?