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Greg is working to improve math program outcomes at his school based on EQAO data. His area of greatest need is to bring together his diverse junior math teaching team to collaborate more effectively. His next steps are to carve out dedicated meeting time with each team, position himself with the junior team during staff meetings, and use professional development days for small group work to have deeper discussions aimed at aligning classroom practices.
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This document outlines steps that leaders can take to be more effective, including making time for strategic planning, getting to know their team members, establishing a shared vision for the future, ensuring tasks are completed as expected, and trusting staff. It discusses balancing leadership and management responsibilities and the importance of doing both the right things and doing things right. Key challenges for leaders are identified as lack of time for planning, development, and interacting with teachers and students due to heavy workloads and administrative burdens.
The art of teaming
The document discusses the benefits and challenges of teaming among educators. Some key benefits mentioned are collaborating with peers, seeking feedback, and connecting with students as a team. Challenges include the daily effort required to have an effective team as teams must handle issues like attendance, assessments, and parent communication. The document provides advice on how to build a strong team through open communication, sharing workload, and establishing group values and expectations.
continuous_professional_development
This document discusses continuous professional development for effective academic leadership. It identifies four key pieces of continuous professional development: 1) observing teaching and giving feedback, 2) internal and external coaching of teachers, 3) professional discussion platforms, and 4) encouraging teacher action research. The goal of academic leadership is to ensure good learning for every child, which requires a competent team achieved through continuous professional development.
RETSD.EY.2018
Revisiting class reviews as a collaborative, inclusive planning tool with the goal of using the strengths and the stretches of the students to set goals and create a plan. Focus on co-planning.
Guiding Coalition Summit 2023
The document discusses the essential role that guiding coalitions play in developing a professional learning community (PLC) culture. It covers defining what a PLC is, examining the role of guiding coalitions, assessing a school's current PLC status, and strategies for the upcoming year including organizing teachers into collaborative teams, using data to provide interventions, and supporting team development.
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Shifting Paradigms in Teacher Development for the Next Generation - Tesol 2014
Shifting Paradigms in Teacher Development for the Next Generation - Tesol 2014
Advancing Learning - Building Student Agency and Learning Mindsets
Advancing Learning - Building Student Agency and Learning Mindsets
Andy Hockley Steps to being a more effetive leader
Andy Hockley Steps to being a more effetive leader
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Bellmoore Pumpkin Carving Contest
The document lists the winners of various categories in the Bellmoore School Pumpkin Carving Contest for 2013-2014. Awards were given for Creepiest Pumpkin, Spookiest Pumpkin, Best Use of Media Pumpkin, Most Creative Pumpkin, Goriest Pumpkin, and Most Festive Pumpkin. Honorable mentions were also provided. The document concludes by thanking participants for taking part in the Halloween event.
Bellmoore School Festive Doors
This document appears to be a staff list for Bellmoore Elementary school. It lists the names of teachers and what grade/subject they teach. There are over 20 teachers listed along with their grade or subject taught such as French, music or special education classes. The document title mentions it is for a "Joy Day" event at the school in 2012.
NEW Micahelle Jean French Immersion School
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Welcome to Kindergarten!
This document provides information for parents about the upcoming kindergarten year at a new school. It introduces the new principal, teachers, and staff. It outlines the full-day learning program and daily schedule, including nutrition breaks and dismissal time. It also provides details about volunteering, transportation, child care options, allergy policies, supervision procedures, and ways to stay informed through newsletters, the school website and social media.
February update
This floor plan shows the layout of a school with labeled rooms including the principal's office, conference room, sensory room, resource room, school store, and staff room (although the staff room is not pictured). The principal's office and conference room are located near the front of the school, while the sensory room, resource room, and school store are located farther inside the school layout.
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Greg’s inquiry
- 1. Greg’s Inquiry PLT Meeting February 12, 2015
- 2. Where Am I? • Deep into the inquiry process • Have developed my Problem of Practice and have made several “next best steps” • Still working through this process
- 3. Area of Greatest Need
- 4. My Personal Area of Greatest Need • “My challenge this year is to work closely with the junior team to monitor the progress of the math programs. Our EQAO data clearly indicates this is our school's area of greatest need. We have some very good teachers with very different personalities and teaching styles. There is not a great deal of trust or willingness to share or learn together.”
- 5. My Learning • “How do I learn to bring diverse people together? I need to find the time to work with team to bring them together. Find common ground and a starting point for this team to work collaboratively.”
- 6. If….Then Statement • “If I invest time, co-learn with my team members, and set strategic goals with my Junior Team, then their classroom practices will become more aligned.”
- 7. Next Best Move 1 • Carve out time to meet with each team for “Check In Meetings” • Review the Inquiry Process, decide on next steps for teacher learning Reflection: • Had some great meetings! • Junior Team not as productive-teachers working with fixed mindset
- 8. Next Best Move 2 • During Staff Meeting times when working on our School Continuous Improvement Plan, purposely position myself with the Junior Team to help move them forward Reflection • We have found that Staff Meeting time is not optimal learning conditions for adults. This strategy has not been as successful as hoped the time is limited and difficult to hear from all team members
- 9. Next Best Move 3 • Use staff members to model and share at Staff Meetings to give other teams an idea as to what is happening with other grades/divisions • Consider mixing up the teams with teachers who “get it” with teachers who don’t • Use our PA Day as a time to allow for small group work and have deeper discussions