1. Leadership Team Planning Time Cascading the Work Back At The School Site

2. Status of Academic Conversations at Our Site
Frequency (Red)
Depth (Black) 1
Just getting started 2
A few times per week
Mostly retelling and sharing; Largely teacher led and directed. 3
Daily, but mostly in 1-2 subject areas
Generating and supporting ideas with textual evidence;
Mostly teacher led, sometimes student led 4
Frequently throughout the day and across subject areas
Creating, arguing and defending ideas with textual evidence ;
Mostly students leading the conversations

3. What Will We Get Better At This Year?
What is the status of academic conversations at our site? How can we find out?
Where should we start?
Increase the frequency of conversations
Increase the depth of conversations
Action Planning-What can we begin to do in this area to build:
a. Our Knowledge-What are academic conversations?
b. Our Skill-How do we effectively engage students in academic conversations?

4. Collaborative Strategies to Build Our Knowledge and Skill
Text-Based Discussions
ELA/ELD Framework
Articles
Book Study
Video Analysis
Teaching Channel-
Collaborative Planning of Lessons
Analysis of Student Work
Peer Observations (At Your Site and Other Sites)

5. Action Plan: What Will We Get Better At This Year
Action Plan: What Will We Get Better At This Year? __Frequency __Depth __Other (Please Specify) _____________________________
What Actions Will We Take ?
When ?
Who?