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2.15.10 PD agenda


 * 1) Show and Tell: Nancy
 * 2) Refreshing your memory:

You will recall something of this nature:

· What, specifically, are your strengths at this point? · What, specifically, do you want to fix. Again, be as specific as possible. And you don’t need a laundry list, but enough to get you where I can support you with some stuff. · (you’ve seen this before, but so what). What does it mean to you to develop professionally? Or even better, what does it look like and sound like? · Given your answer to question three, and more importantly, the kids sitting in front of you each day who desperately need you to do the best you can, where would you like your professional development to go? (if you’re stuck, see the list below)

And now…

RTI Stress relief Authentic assessments and rubrics Professional development specific to your area (think age of kids)… Multiple Intelligence Stuff. Other ways to differentiate: thinking inventories, decision making inventories, personality types What Works in Classroom Instruction (e-book)
 * Books: See bag**

Delpit: “Ebonics and culturally responsive instruction” Grant & Gillette: “10 Things you can do now to begin your professional journey” Haberman: “The pedagogy of poverty vs. good teaching” Landsman: “A white teacher talks about race” McIntosh: “White privilege – unpacking the invisible knapsack” McIntyre: “Multicultural antiracist education and whiteness” Nieto: “Affirming diversity” Orenstein: “Knowing the children we teach” Raines: “No I didn’t make it rain last night” Buehl: “Boosting vocabulary” Stiggins: “Every learner a winner” or “Assessment for learning, the achievement gap, and truly effective schools.” “Wikis, blogs podcasts and other Web 2.0 technologies” Articles on Oppositional Defiant Disorder Reinhart “Never say anything a kid can say” “Supporting reading comprehension: Responding to books” Anon. “Integrating technologies throughout our schools” Anon.
 * Articles:**


 * And then, you talk about it…**


 * 1) Example of presentation: jb (see below)
 * 2) Sign up – be realistic, and prepared (and this can stretch into the summer for those of you, who, for lack of a better term, are stretched).
 * 3) Concluding thoughts?
 * 4) Oh yeah, PDP example. (if you don’t get a hard copy, check your email)
 * 5) Blog?

Sample Presentation and Handout - jb

“Change, Change, Change” --Counting Crows, “A Murder of One

Kotter, J. & Rathgeber, H. (2005). Our iceberg is melting: Changing and succeeding under any conditions. New York: St. Martin’s.

Focusing Question (ok, it’s not really a question):
 * List 3-5 things about Siloah—the school—that you would change if you could. And be specific. Talk, write, draw, just be sure to include the what, the why, and the how.

Summary of Some Key Points:

Set the stage 1. Create a sense of urgency – help others see the need for change and the importance of acting immediately 2. Pull together the guiding team – these folks should have leadership skills, credibility, communications ability, authority, analytical skills, and a sense of urgency

Decide what to do 3. Develop the Change and Vision Strategy – how will future be different from past, and how can future be made a reality

Make it happen 4. Communicate for understanding and buy in – make sure as many as possible understand the vision and the strategy (got to have both) 5. Empower others to act – remove barriers so that those that want to make vision a reality can do so 6. Produce short-term wins – create some visible, unambiguous successes ASAP 7. Don’t let up – press harder and faster after the first successes; be relentless with initiating change after change until the vision is a reality

Make it stick 8. Create a new culture – hold on to new ways of behaving, and make sure they succeed, until they become strong enough to replace old traditions

The role of thinking and feeling: “If we have learned one overwhelmingly important lesson in the past few years, it is this. When Leadership Council birds [1] the middle management penguins, and the chicks are all on the same page with regard to change, it is amazing what can happen, despite adverse conditions” (Kotter & Rathgeber, 2005, 136).
 * Thinking differently can help change the behavior and lead to better results
 * Feeling differently can change behavior more and lead to even better results
 * Finally, never forget the power of acting in concert with others:

Finally, please return to the opening discussion/writing/thinking you had about change, and rethink your thoughts alongside the above information.

[1] Please note the connection with the band for whose song this presentation’s moniker was inspired; solid.