IE Team Weekly Update
Edition #17 May 16-20
the 411 - Things to Know
1. All IE Team members are asked to attend the district wide PLC on Tuesday, May 17th from 4:00-5:30pm. Please register in Keep Certified.
2. All K-6 Instructional Coaches & Interventions are asked to attend the Words Their Way workshop in Friday, May 20th from 8:00am-4:00pm. Please register in Keep Certified.Professional Learning
Comprehensive Literacy
Please share the Foundational Skills newsletter with your staff via Smore.
You'll find the directions for accessing this newsletter here.
Thanks Julie & Ashley for putting this together!
Coaching for Excellence
This Edutopia article around Shifting Mental Models highlights the importance of coaching around mental models with teachers.
Sneak peek...
When an instructional coach also addresses and explores a teacher's mental models about a range of topics including students with learning disabilities, children in poverty, immigrants, English learners, and so on, then there's a greater likelihood of transformational change and equity for students.
Thanks Nicole Urbatch for passing this along!
Instructional Excellence
Sneak peek:
If we want to think about our impact long-term with students, engagement just seems to be a lower bar than what we should be trying to achieve. A student does not have to feel empowered if they are engaged, but if they are empowered, engagement will also be evident and more likely to create a deeper sense of “flow”. The learning that goes along with empowerment will be so much deeper and longer lasting.
district wide PLC meeting
Requested:
- Principals
- AP's
- Coaches
Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 04:00 PM
ASC
Words Their Way Workshop
- K-6 Coaches & Interventionists/Title 1
Friday, May 20, 2016, 08:00 AM
ASC
Instructional Coach Meeting
- 8:00-11:30 - 2015-2016 coaches
- 12:30-4:00 - 2016-2017 coaches