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

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

Day 1 9:00 – 12:00 Welcome, Mind Sets, Monitoring, Break, within- team sharing of artefacts 12:45 – 3:30 Inquiry, Break, Within- team Planning time 3:00  Junior Math Rep Meeting Day 2 8:30 – 12:00 Welcome, Principal Voice, Breakout #1, Break, Breakout #2 12:45 – 3:00 Team planning time Agenda

Ripples

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

Logistical and Thinking Template

CONTINUING TODAYS MEET Offer ideas, post comments using 140 characters or less for everyone to consider. 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

Making Thinking Visible Steps 1&2 Type your name Click on “Join”

Making Thinking Visible _ Steps 3 & 4 Type your message Click on “Say” Option: Tweet at

Student Engagement Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

Student Engagement Take 1 minute on your own to jot notes or comment in TodaysMeet. You will have time later to talk as a team

David Perkins Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

David Perkins Take 2 minutes on your own to jot notes or comment in TodaysMeet. You will have time later to talk as a team

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.

Team Discussion – 20 minutes How might the ideas presented in these 3 pieces influence your work? What connections do you make? What opportunities do you see?

VoiceThread What is it? What might be some benefits?? Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

Our VoiceThread

VoiceThread Accessing VoiceThread… the logistics… Mobile device versus laptop url  on placemat, on SIM website Creating an account Posting comments Instructions

VoiceThread and Mindsets What are the challenges and opportunities for students and educators that arise through different mind-sets? Using Voicethread, share your thinking.

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

“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

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

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

ActionUnderstanding Impact Further Considerations When Monitoring

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

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

Voicethread Follow the steps outlined on the handout provided to register as a new user and to login. Navigate to the Voicethread created for SIM 2 using the following url: Go to Ottawa SIM 2 VT slides. (Click yellow hyperlink)

Reflections on Monitoring: Student Learning With monitoring in mind… What do you notice? What do you wonder? What are the implications for you? Pedagogical Documentation Monograph

Reflections on Monitoring: Student Learning Classroom Educator Blog: My Many Musings on Life and Learning In this example of monitoring… What do you notice? What do you wonder? What are the implications for you?

Reflections on Monitoring: Student Learning Classroom Educator Blog: My Many Musings on Life and Learning inform-instruction/ In this example of monitoring… What do you notice? What do you wonder? What are the implications for you?

Reflections on Monitoring: Professional Learning Excerpt from: The Reflective Educator’s Guide to Classroom Research What do you notice about monitoring? What do you wonder about monitoring? What are the implications for you?

Reflections on Monitoring: Professional Learning School Leader Blog: The Open Office In this example of monitoring… What do you notice? What do you wonder? What are the implications for you?

Reflections on Monitoring: Professional Learning School Leader Blog: The Open Office In this example of monitoring… What do you notice? What do you wonder? What are the implications for you?

Reflections on Monitoring: System Learning Excerpts from Rethinking Scale, Cynthia Coburn What do you notice about monitoring? What do you wonder about monitoring? What are the implications for you?

Reflections on Monitoring: System Learning System Leader Blog: Culture of Yes In this example of monitoring, What do you notice? What do you wonder? What are the implications for you?

Reflections on Monitoring: System Learning In this example of monitoring… What do you notice? What do you wonder? What are the implications for you? System Leader Blog: Culture of Yes

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?

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?

Lunch – 12:00 – 12:45

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

Allan Luke How does a repertoire of pedagogy support learning? Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

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

Continuing Thinking About Inquiry

Compare and Contrast Some suggestions… Discuss with your team Why is an inquiry essential for today’s learner?

Compare and Contrast Some suggestions… Discuss with your team Why is an inquiry essential for today’s learner?

In the Classroom – First Viewing Describe the elements of inquiry that you notice as identified in the frameworks. Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

In the grade 2 Classroom Review the video of the grade 2 classroom. Identify evidence of student learning as defined within the 7 Math processes

Which aspects of the Math Processes are evident in this artefact of learning? Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

In the grade 8 Classroom Identify and discuss evidence of student thinking and learning through one of the following frameworks. School Effectiveness Framework Achievement Chart – Language and Science The Four Roles for the Literate Learner (Third Teacher, pages 7) Curricula (from the internet)

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

Educator Inquiry within the SIM Plan Review the focus/inquiry section on your SIM plan. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Student Voice Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

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 room ___________.

Cross-District, Like-Role Sharing 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

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

A Principal’s Narrative Video is posted on SIM.abel.yorku.ca

Team Discussion: A Principal’s Narrative, 10 minutes to discuss video Consider making a comment on Todays Meet or Voice Thread.

Importance of Sharing

Cross-Board Sharing of Monitoring Strategies System Leaders – Room School Leaders – Room Classroom Leaders - Room

Lunch 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

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

Team-time – After the breakouts… Review the focus/inquiry section on your SIM plan. What do you notice? What do you wonder?