NET Cohort

1. NET Cohort Mpls ISD induction program New ELL Teachers Mentoring & Modeling! Unified Vision Language and Content!! Tech & Media Dual Layer Curriculum Cohort Model!

2. “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” – Japanese Proverb POLL: EVERYWHERE QUESTIONS What makes a great teacher? How do we retain the great ones? submit vote

3. SPACE RESERVED FOR MPLS ISD MLD BACKGROUND

4. Research Says: Quality Induction = research says Setting Vision, meaningful planning Increased Quality of Hiring & retention Immediate & long term learning benefits for Teacher & Students

5. NET: New ELL Teacher Fall 2011 Minneapolis ISD made a bold move to create a monthly learning cohort for all 50 new to the District EL Teachers. Careful planning went into the content and context of the meetings. The NET: New ELL Teachers cohort was born. The cohort began with a community dinner and welcome... and continued to meet for a full day of learning and collaboration, once a month during the 2011-12 school year.

6. The MPLS NET Cohort is a meaningful opportunity to guide incoming teachers to maximize their capacity as 21st Century educators and Instructional strategists. The consistent cohort experience provides crucial time, training and support to build EL Strategists across MPS, envisioning a unified, collaborative and high impact approach to language acquisition and academic achievement. The New ELL Teacher (NET) cohort exists to provide a support system, framework, and launching space for the identity of ELL service in Minneapolis. 2011-12 school year Key Learning components Academic Framework Collaboration & Coteaching Culturally responsive learning environments 21st Century Student and professional engagement

7. NET Spotlight http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nnsSUqgkDwU Fall 2011 Setting the Stage an entire youtube channel devoted to search http://www.youtube.com/searchstories communication venues Collaborative wikispace, Cohort Facebook page, TodaysMeet ongoing backchannel for real-time discussion, NET Spotlight, team planning time telling stories through search http://twitter.com/#!/ericschmidt/status/8738388895 wiki: http://MPSnet.wikispaces.com

8. Mid-year Feedback Loop January 2012 NET: New EL Teachers were offered opportunities fr feedback on the process, learning, and cohort framework of delivery. Adjustment were made to include increase time for teams to plan and implement application of WIDA, Common Core, Technology and Academic Language into daily practice. Feedback indicated that the NET cohort had moved beyond a 'class' to an environment of support and unified purpose! best memorable dramatization

9. Celebrating successes, planning for the future May 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e8xgF0JtVg&feature=player_profilepage By spring, the cohort had truly evolved into a community of professional learning. It was time to celebrate the year and use the next round of participant data and feedback to plan for continuation and expansion in the 2012-2013 school year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=WIvmE4_KMNw

10. Video was not exported from SlideRocket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zEXdDO5JU&feature=player_detailpage Highlights 2011-12 Cohort year http://jonathanjarvis.com/crisis-of-credit crisis of credit remarkable infographics that tell a complex story

11. Would you recommend the NET Cohort to be offered again? Responses to: “The NET Cohort has been beneficial to my professional practice” (scale of 1-6) Spring 2012 Feedback to drive planning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zEXdDO5JU&feature=player_detailpage “It has been helpful to connect with other ELL teachers, and feel that I know people around the district. I also am happy to feel more confident with implementing WIDA.” “I love the different interaction and tech connects that we have learned this year. I also have a better understanding of WIDA and how to differentiate my language objectives.” “We need to do this training with the ELL & mainstream teachers together! It would really help facilitating the conversations.” “Keep up the relevant work!” “I’d like to have a NET every year!” “In a large district, it is a challenge to get teachers to see beyond their students in their grade(s) in their building. NET Cohort provides us with the time, space, and structure to do just that.” http://jonathanjarvis.com/crisis-of-credit crisis of credit remarkable infographics that tell a complex story

12. “It has been helpful to connect with other ELL teachers, and feel that I know people around the district. I also am happy to feel more confident with implementing WIDA.” “I love the different interaction and tech connects that we have learned this year. I also have a better understanding of WIDA and how to differentiate my language objectives.” “We need to do this training with the ELL & mainstream teachers together! It would really help facilitating the conversations.” “Keep up the relevant work!” “I’d like to have a NET every year!” “In a large district, it is a challenge to get teachers to see beyond their students in their grade(s) in their building. NET Cohort provides us with the time, space, and structure to do just that.” After every NET meeting there are things I implement into my own classes.” “I think it is a valuable place to meet and share ideas and make our profession more consistent throughout the district through collaboration.“ “It provides the opportunity to build much-needed community and opportunities to problem solve together.” April 2010 Member Responses End of the year survey

13. Sept 2012 From NET to NeXT Key Components New EL Teachers and Teams of returning NET Teachers with mainstream partners Content Integration, Academic Language, Social Media and 21st Century Approaches

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