Post #11 QSP Action Plan Due 10/15, TeachPoint

The Importance of Your Professional Learning Community

Your attendance and participation in your PLC is vital, not just for yourself, but also for your group. Our theory of action is that the work and learning with your peers combined with your living Quality School Plan will result in better outcomes for all students. 

Learning with and through others is a major facet of the PLC, so if you are not present, you miss the dialogue amongst role-alike peers. The intention is to meet over time and for the topics to be relevant to your adaptive work as leaders. Be there for yourself and for your peers!

QSP Action Plan Was Due 10/15/18

To those of you who have shared your Quality School Plan, thank you! I will be reviewing them as they come in. If you have not yet shared, please do so this week. The goals/action plan also serve as your student learning and professional practice goals for your evaluation. I know that many of you are still reviewing the plan with your ILT; please share your document - perfection is not the goal. We will revisit the progress towards your goals during my visits to your site.

Here is a link to a template if you still need it: Quality School Plan Template

TeachPoint - Your Goals for SY18-19

I will be using TeachPoint for your evaluation this year. The goals in your Quality School Plan = your goals for your evaluation. Hopefully, the platform will be intuitive once we get started. To get into TeachPoint try clicking on your "waffle" or nine squares at the top right area of your browser and scroll down to the TeachPoint icon. You should be able to log in from there. 

I will be sending a document with the priority indicators and example artifacts for your evaluation. In general, formatives will be completed in February/March and summatives in June.

Co-Teaching/Push-In Article

Many of you have co-teaching taking place at your schools for inclusion and/or SEI classrooms. Here is an article from a teacher's perspective with tips and lessons learned: Co-Teaching: How to Make It Work (Cult of Pedagogy) 

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