Special Ed. PLC
February 2016
Renegade: a person who deserts a party or cause for another
Mock Staar: Where are we?
Round one of mock has occurred. Data is now available and being utilized by general education teachers.
Do you know where to get information?
Do you know who to ask on your campus if you need assistance?
What have you done with data thus far?
What more do you need to know?
ARD Facilitation: Avoiding and diminishing conflict through collaboration
What happened?
How did we get in this situation?
Could we of done something differently?
3 areas of conflict and how to improve communication
1. Procedural: Process and Structure
-Before the meeting
-During the meeting
-Decision Making
-Consensus
-After the meeting
2. Psychological: Interactions and Participation
-Listening
-Questioning
-Summarizing with neutral language
-Acknowledging and affirming
-Separating interests from positions
3. Substantive
-Content
-Outcomes
-Follow-up
Listen Actively!
Future.......Facilitiation Topics for March
-Next month we will explore discussion questions on the video below. Please view this video before our next scheduled meeting. I will have a jigsaw activity for us to complete.
-Consider if you would like to get the online training and be a facilitator