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Focus School Planning

Focus School Planning. 1. WELCOME BACK to DAY2. Group Norms. Start and End on Time Listen Actively Participate Actively Help Each Other Take Care of Yourselves Cell Phones Off or on Vibrate. 4. Be Present. Shared Cultural Experiences. Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4 Theme 5

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Focus School Planning

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  1. Focus School Planning 1

  2. WELCOME BACK to DAY2

  3. Group Norms • Start and End on Time • Listen Actively • Participate Actively • Help Each Other • Take Care of Yourselves • Cell Phones Off or on Vibrate 4

  4. Be Present

  5. Shared Cultural Experiences • Theme 1 • Theme 2 • Theme 3 • Theme 4 • Theme 5 • Theme 6 • Theme 7 • Theme 8 • Theme 9 • Theme 10

  6. Welcome Back! Questions Agenda for Day 2 Planning Conducting a Campus Planning Event at your campus TEAM BUILDING

  7. Day 2: Needs and Plan • Adult Learning Strategies • Targeted Improvement Planning • Conducting a Focus School Planning at your campus

  8. Decade Activity • Stand by the chart paper that represents the decade that you began as an educator. • Discuss with your group what were the major innovations, buzz words, initiatives and practices at that time. • Share out by group. TEAM BUILDING

  9. Working with Adult Learners Discuss with your group… What’s so different when working with adult learners? What strategies do you think are most effective when you work with adults?

  10. Working with Adult Learners “Buy-in” • Invested • Heard • A part of the solution Cunningham & Cordeiro (2006) , Educational Leadership, Pearson Education Inc.

  11. Working with Adult Learners Delivery of the material • Collaborative vs. directive • Necessary tools are provided • Direct connections to daily work are made • If technology is required, proper training is provided Cunningham & Cordeiro (2006) , Educational Leadership, Pearson Education Inc.

  12. Working with Adult Learners Reflection and Discussion • Need time to process and think in times of change • Need time to see their role and the impact on their work • Need to be able to express their concerns and ideas • Need time to make connections Cunningham & Cordeiro (2006) , Educational Leadership, Pearson Education Inc.

  13. A Vision of Adult Learners Today

  14. Reflection Activity Using Adult Learning Strategies

  15. 15 Minute Break

  16. Campus Planning

  17. Campus Planning Discuss with your group… • When did the targeted improvement plan process begin? • What are the benefits of utilizing a targeted improvement plan to FOCUS upon at least one instructional intervention to close the achievement gap? • How can the targeted improvement plan tool to enhance your school improvement efforts? TEAM BUILDING

  18. Targeted Improvement Planning Why do a targeted improvement plan? • To improve the quality of teaching and learning in the school • To increase student achievement • To improve the school environment

  19. If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there…. Have you ever felt like this about your Campus Planning Process?

  20. Targeted Improvement Planning

  21. Setting Priorities

  22. S M A R T U

  23. Specific

  24. Measureable

  25. Attainable

  26. Relevant

  27. Timely

  28. Understandable

  29. The Improvement Planning Process Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath Simplicity Unexpectedness Concreteness Credibility Emotions Stories

  30. Targeted Improvement Plan Practice TEAM BUILDING

  31. Guided Planning Time for Targeted Improvement Plan Please refer to www.TCDSS.net

  32. Lunch

  33. ‘How’s your communication?’ TEAM BUILDING

  34. Rules of the game: Each group will receive a drawing which only 1 of you will see (the communicator) The team will have 2 minutes to come up with a plan to complete the activity before the communicator sees the drawing and the game begins

  35. Rules of the game: • The communicator: • will have to describe the drawing to the group in a manner that allows them to recreate it on chart paper • can only give a description once (no repeats) • is not allowed to see the group’s drawing (no peeking) • cannot react to any conversation overheard (keep still)

  36. Rules of the game: • The group members • are not allowed to ask questions of the communicator • have to contribute to the drawing (make your mark) • Time limit: You have a total of 10 minutes to complete this task

  37. Setting up your plan… You now have 2 minutes to come up with a plan of how your team will function for this activity in order to accomplish the task just described.

  38. Table Arrangement Communicator Wall with Chart Paper

  39. I Like to Move It

  40. How is Your Communication?

  41. How’s Your Communication? After the game debrief: Communicators- • How did your group do with their drawing? (show them the original drawing) • What did you learn about being a communicator? Group Members- • What did you think you were drawing? • What did you learn from working with this group?

  42. Turning Around the Focus School Planning Event TEAM BUILDING

  43. 10 Minute Break

  44. Logistics and Resources TCDSS’ Technical Assistance The Requirements for Success • Modifying to Meet Your Needs • Majority of staff www.TCDSS.NET • Access resources • Borrow and Steal ideas

  45. TIPS for Success Effective instructional strategies Classroom management Organization of materials Leadership team involvement

  46. Collaborate and Network Effective instructional strategies Classroom management Organization of materials Leadership team involvement Theme Activities Others

  47. Team Support http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQ84-vWNGU

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