Thursday Thriller
September 3, 2020
Look at what you have accomplished this week!!! Enjoy your four days! You ROCKED it today even with some 'epic fails' as some of you said. We GOT THIS!!! We will be a stronger Garrison staff by wrestling with adversity; coming out the other side stronger!! GO TROOPERS!!
NUTS-n-BOLTS
1. Please sign up for a slot for the .5 BD day. Choose to work on Thursday the 10th, Monday the 14th or Tuesday the 15th 3:30-7:00. Click this link for access to the spreadsheet. Materials assembly is in teams of four spread out throughout the building. The teams of three for Monday and Tuesday are: the Curbside Greeter, Runner, and Materials Getter. DON'T add more slots or more team members; just follow the directions. :D
2. I sent our questions off to tech and am waiting for a response.
3. Wednesday the 9th is our first collaboration. We will meet from 2:00-3:45
The middle school teacher work day will be 7:35am – 2:55pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 7:35am – 3:45pm on Wednesday for Wednesday Collaboration time.
4. Collaboration time will be use for PLC work which is the CFA cycle. Here is what goes into just ONE CFA Cycle:
- Teachers have created a road map/proficiency map for WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT
- Teachers unpack standards based on what is being taught in an identified unit
- Teachers work to create assessment
- Teachers take the assessments themselves and grade the assessment together
- Calendar out unpacked standards ("I can..." learning intention/target statements)
- Teachers give assessments, grade assessments together, look at the data. Who got it? Who didn't?Create a re-teach plan and an extension plan for those that got it.
- REPEAT. You completed 2-3 of these cycles last year; maybe not all the steps perfectly but who is perfect? :D Easier said then done. All the above requires collaboration and interdependence upon one another.
“There is no reason that time and distance should keep people from interacting as a team. With proper management and the help of technology, virtual teams can be every bit as productive and rewarding as face-to-face teams.” -Ken Blanchard(2007)
Guardrails to Forming Your PLC Team:
Same content or grade level
2 or more members
Does your team believe in the purpose of collaboration to help more students achieve at higher levels?
Do your team members have a belief in the shared responsibility for responding to the four critical questions in ways that enhance students’ learning (CFA Cycle)?
