1. 1 System Implementation and Monitoring: Regional Session Day 1 Winter, 2013 Resources are available at sim.abel.yorku.ca

2. Goals Inquire and co-learn through sharing evidence of district implementation (practising, supporting, monitoring, reflecting and revising) Build and mobilize knowledge through outside and in-the-room thinking

3. Day 1 9:00 – 12:00 Welcome & Mind Sets Monitoring District monitoring of SIM plans within-teams (sharing of artefacts) 12:45 – 3:30 Inquiry District Planning time 3:00  Junior Math Rep Meeting Agenda Day 2 8:30 – 12:00 Welcomes A Principal Voice Breakout #1 Planning time 12:45 – 3:00 Breakout #2 Planning time

4. Ripples

5. Norms All voices are heard. Our norms… Truly take turns and listen Have the right to pass

6. Logistical and Thinking Template

7. CONTINUING TODAYS MEET Offer ideas, post comments using 140 characters or less for everyone to consider. http://todaysmeet.com/BarrieRegionSIM Step 1: Type your name in the blue box and click ‘Join’ Step 2: Type your message in the blue box and click ‘Say’ ALTERNATIVE: Twitter at http://today.io/7sou

8. Student Engagement Download from https://www.box.com/s/iw4w9y7e0rx6064wk5tk www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk/videos/itsmyfuture.asp

9. Student Engagement On your own, take 1 minute to jot personal notes or to make a comment on TodaysMeet. You will have time later to talk as a team

10. David Perkins - download from https://www.box.com/s/dk7htu7lf x6mfb8duuyz

11. David Perkins On your own, take 2 minutes to jot personal notes or to make a comment on TodaysMeet. You will have time later to talk as a team

12. Mind-Sets and Equitable Education Read. What connections do you make? What opportunities do you see? When you have finished reading, discuss as a team.

13. Team Discussion How might the ideas presented in these 3 pieces influence your work? How might a ‘growth mindset’ be cultivated?

14. Norms All voices are heard. Our norms… Truly take turns and listen Have the right to pass

15. The Barrie Region VoiceThread

16. VoiceThread What is it? What might be some benefits?? Clip with Student-Parent conference using VoiceThread…. download from https://www.box.com/s/vqrof9x4c4j2a25f8shi

17. Accessing VoiceThread The urls are posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca in the tab titled ‘TodaysMeet and VoiceThread Instructions for VoiceThread are also posted on the SIM website.

18. Mindsets What are the challenges and opportunities for students and educators that arise through different mind-sets?

19. Why monitor? When? Who? For what purpose? How do we know it is making a difference? Co-thinking About Monitoring

20. “We must, in other words, become adept at learning. We must become able not only to transform our institutions, in response to changing situations and requirements; we must invent and develop institutions which are ‘learning systems’, that is to say, systems capable of bringing about their own continuing transformation.” - Donald Schon

21. Who is learning what? How will we know? Why this learning? How is student learning impacting classroom, school and system? Monitoring the Learning of an Organization

22. Key Questions When Analysing Data Purpose: How is the data useful? Description: What are the patterns/items of interest that you notice from this data? Limitations: What are the limitations of this data? Inferences and Questions: What can we infer from this data? What further questions does this data generate? Next Steps: What further data do we need to better understand our learning? Considerations When Monitoring

23. ActionUnderstanding Impact Further Considerations When Monitoring

24. Actions: What actions and monitoring process have you described? Outcomes: What observable outcomes or actions will be monitored? Monitoring the Learning of a Learning Organization

25. Reflecting on Monitoring Learning Across Contexts Learning at the Student Level (room ) Pedagogical Documentation Example: My Many Musings on Life and Learning Learning at the School Level (room) Quality Indicators for Assessing Your Own Inquiry excerpt from the Reflective Educator’s Guide to Classroom Research Example: The Open Office Learning at the School Level (room) Excerpts from Rethinking Scale, Cynthia Coburn Example: Culture of Yes

26. Reflections on Monitoring: Student Learning How might pedagogical documentation support monitoring? Pedagogical Documentation Monograph

27. Reflections on Monitoring: Student Learning Classroom Educator Blog: My Many Musings on Life and Learning http://adunsiger.com/2012/11/30/my-vision/ How is this blog an example of monitoring? How might this apply to your work?

28. Reflections on Monitoring: Student Learning Classroom Educator Blog: My Many Musings on Life and Learning http://adunsiger.com/2012/11/28/using-todaysmeet-to- inform-instruction/ How is this blog an example of monitoring? How might this apply to your work?

29. Reflections on Monitoring: Professional Learning Excerpt from: The Reflective Educator’s Guide to Classroom Research How might this apply to your work?

30. Reflections on Monitoring: Professional Learning School Leader Blog: The Open Office http://brian-harrison.net/2012/11/22/natural-born-learners/ How is this blog an example of monitoring? How might this apply to your work?

31. Reflections on Monitoring: Professional Learning School Leader Blog: The Open Office http://brian-harrison.net/2012/10/14/mathematizing-mathematics/ How is this blog an example of monitoring? How might this apply to your work?

32. Reflections on Monitoring: System Learning Excerpts from Rethinking Scale, Cynthia Coburn How might this apply to your work?

33. Reflections on Monitoring: System Learning System Leader Blog: Culture of Yes http://cultureofyes.ca/2012/12/04/how-my-learning-changed/ How is this blog an example of monitoring? How might this apply to your work?

34. Reflections on Monitoring: System Learning How is this blog an example of monitoring? How might this apply to your work? System Leader Blog: Culture of Yes http://cultureofyes.ca/2012/11/19/some-west-van-stories/

35. Monitoring within the SIM Plan Review the monitoring section on your SIM plan. What do you notice? What do you wonder? How do the artefacts you have brought contribute to these understandings?

36. Lunch – 12:15 – 1:00

37. Why inquiry? When? How do we know it is making a difference? What are your wonders? Co-thinking About Inquiry

38. Allan Luke How does a repertoire of pedagogy support learning? Download from the video tab of SIM.abel.yorku.ca or directly from https://www.box.com/s/zuspajxbhndjwhkpa3mh

39. Why is a repertoire essential for today’s learner? How might this repertoire support an inquiry habit of mind? Allan Luke states that we build a repertoire of strategies.

40. Continuing Thinking About Inquiry

41. Compare and Contrast

42. In a primary classroom. Describe the elements of inquiry that you notice as identified in the frameworks. Full webcast available at http://www.curriculum.org/content/30/creating-the-conditions- for-learning-mathematicshttp://www.curriculum.org/content/30/creating-the-conditions- for-learning-mathematics Download from the video tab of SIM.abel.yorku.ca or directly from https://www.box.com/s/qs6n45uxu0swa0wd2ssx

43. In the Primary Classroom In the Third Teacher monograph, page 6, review the math processes. As you watch the remainder of the grade 2 classroom, identify evidence of student learning as defined within the 7 Math processes

44. In an Intermediate Classroom Identify and discuss evidence of student thinking and learning through one of the following. School Effectiveness Framework (Aurora) Achievement Chart – Language and Science (Oakridges) The Four Roles for the Literate Learner, Third Teacher - page 7 (Main Room) Curricula (from the internet (Stouffville Room)

45. Selection from Learning is the Work webcast at http://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/work/in dex.shtml Grade 8 clip shown at SIM- https://www.box.com/s/piuea88z0jdaqrjnwckg

46. Influence of Inquiry How does student inquiry influence the outer rings? Student Inquiry

47. Student Voice Download from the video tab of SIM.abel.yorku.ca or directly from https://www.box.com/s/52ptc2vqjkkcz6yi0w3z

48. End of Day 1 Comments Hot breakfast at 7:45 8:30 start time Please organize the table materials At 3:00, please excuse the Junior Math Reps who will meet in the Stouffville Room.

49. 49 System Implementation and Monitoring: Welcome to Day 2 Winter, 2013 Resources are available at sim.abel.yorku.ca

50. Goals Inquire and co-learn through sharing evidence of district implementation (practising, supporting, monitoring, reflecting and revising) Build and mobilize knowledge through outside and in-the-room thinking

51. A Principal’s Narrative How might these ideas support student, classroom, school and system learning?

52. A Principal’s Narrative Download from the video tab of SIM.abel.yorku.ca or directly from https://www.box.com/s/nu19zq06if4tcpbru1ve

53. A Principal’s Narrative How might these ideas support student, classroom, school and system learning? TodaysMeet.com/BarrieRegionSIM

54. Importance of Sharing

55. Sphere of Influence: Learning from Each Other Morning Regional Breakouts

56. Guiding Questions Under the umbrella of monitoring within your sphere of influence… how does your artefact / anecdote represent / illustrate the impact the implementation of your SIM plan? how does your artefact/anecdote influence/inform next steps?

57. Team Reflection: Rethink, Revise, Remove What did you learn from your conversations with colleagues that can inform the evolution of your SIM plan? Lunch: 11:30 – 12:15

58. Lunch, 11:30 – 12:15 As much as eating a healthy lunch, it’s important to actually take a break from the morning’s activities to consolidate your thoughts, particularly if your work demands concentration. Kumud Gandhi

59. Breakout Learnings How might the ideas from this breakout support student, classroom, school and system learning?

60. Content Area Breakouts Afternoon breakouts designed regionally.

61. Consolidating our Learning How might the ideas from this breakout support student, classroom, school and system learning?

62. Please complete/submit individual feedback forms Please help our lead board by… -taking your name out of your nametag and place the string in the nametag holder -Organizing the table materials Welcome to take any leftover handouts Invitation: visit Todays Meet /VoiceThread (via sim.abel.yorku.ca) Spring SIM dates posted in the Calendar section of SIM.abel.yorku.ca

63. 63 Team Planning Time Resources are available at sim.abel.yorku.ca