1. Elon Park Elementary 2016-2017 Celebrating a Decade of Excellence

2. Today’s Chat Coffee Chat Norms Today’s Agenda
Please put cell phones on vibrate
If you have to take a call, please go into the hallway
Limit sidebar conversations
Hold questions until the end of each segment
Focus on issues that are within our control
Vision and Mission Statement
ILT
Academic Conversation lesson
Skills & Qualities desired by employees

3. At Elon Park Elementary, staff, students, families and community members collaborate to provide an extraordinary learning environment where all reach their full potential, enrich their individual talents and exhibit school pride…at ALL times, in EVERYTHING they do.
Vision

4. At Elon Park Elementary, the school community will support the commitment to the following:
Providing every student with rigorous, engaging and balanced instruction.
Basing all decisions on student strengths and needs according to all available data.
Appropriate, effective collaboration among staff, families and community members for the benefit of each student.
Facilitation of 21st century learning through implementation of best practices.
Delivery and participation in effective professional development.
Continuous school improvement.
180 School Days resulting in a minimum of one year’s growth academically for every student.
Mission

5. Meet Your Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)
What is ILT?
A “train the trainer” model.
A group that collaborates to lead Elon Park toward continuous improvement
What does ILT do?
Attends bi-monthly meetings to receive PD
Synthesizes information and provides selected PD to EP Staff.
The #1 Goal of the ILT is Continuous Improvement.
Instructional Leadership Team
Beth, 5th Grade (2nd year ILT)
Marie, TD Teacher (2nd year ILT)
Cus, 2nd Grade (1st year ILT)
Kelly, Literacy Facilitator (1st year ILT)
Jill, Literacy Facilitator (2nd year ILT)
Jason, DOS (1st year ILT)
Jane, AP (2nd year ILT)
Chuck (2nd year ILT)
September coffee chat
Meet Your Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)

6. Literacy & ILTs: Where We Have Been and Where We are Going
Teacher
Teams
Complex Text
Close Reading
TDQs & Tasks
Academic Discourse
Academic Writing
ILT Year 1
EVIDENCE
Annotating
Chunking
Vocabulary
Topics
ILT Year 3
ILT Year 2

7. What skills and qualities are desired by employers?
THINK PAIR SHARE

8. Academic Conversation Norms
Be fully present during session
Actively participate and actively listen
Take advantage of the expertise in the room
Enjoy the professional learning experience!
Honor the roles (facilitator, recorder, time keeper, and process observer)
Respect time issues

9. Shared Conversation Norms9

10. Secret Envelope #2 Each table group of 4-5 people has an envelope
Person 1:
Take the envelope and select ONE card
Read the card aloud
Answer the question and practice a mini “academic conversation” using elaboration & clarification language frames (Group members should practice prompting and responding.)
Pass the envelope to the next person and repeat the process until time is called

11. (For Prompting & For Responding)
Elaborate & Clarify
Tools for Students
I think it means that …
In other words …
Can you tell me more about …?
What do you mean by …?
Language Frames
(For Prompting & For Responding)

12. Elaborate & Clarify
Let’s practice

13. Secret Envelope #2 Each table group of 4-5 people has an envelope
Person 1:
Take the envelope and select ONE card
Read the card aloud
Answer the question and practice a mini “academic conversation” using elaboration & clarification language frames (Group members should practice prompting and responding.)
Pass the envelope to the next person and repeat the process until time is called

14. Skills and Qualities Desired by Employers
Communicate effectively (#1 skills on most lists) (e.g., clearly listen, speak, and write complex and abstract concepts)
Ask insightful and critical questions
Collaborate well with others (work in a team; lead and be led)
Solve problems logically, systematically, and creatively (define, plan, follow a plan, reflect, and improve over time)
Conduct logical, thorough research, and critically evaluate evidence
Analyze, synthesize, prioritize, and organize ideas
Weigh the relevance and importance of ideas
Recognize bias
See multiple perspectives on an issue and empathize
Strong work ethic
Initiative
Flexibility/adaptability
Honesty
Professionalism
Loyalty/trustworthiness
Enthusiasm/encouraging of others
Willingness to learn
Emotional intelligence
Curiosity/interest
Cross-cultural understanding
Leadership
THINK-PAIR-SHARE: With a neighbor, reflect on your thoughts. 14

15. Questions???