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Thursday, November 5 9 AM PaTTAN


 * Ground Rules**
 * Listen to each other
 * Talk one at a time
 * No sidebar conversations
 * Be positive
 * Focus on the main objective
 * Keep an open mind
 * All opinions have equal value
 * Have fun
 * It's all about quality education for children


 * **Excited about:** || **Fears:** || **Hopes:** ||
 * * All content areas are included
 * Opportunities to provide rich resources
 * All PDE initiatives coming together
 * Synergy of professionals coming together
 * Inclusion of resiliency/non-academic content || * Not enough time
 * Potential for not all standards to be addressed equally
 * "One more thing from PDE"
 * Train wreck
 * Baggage/barriers inhibiting active participation || * Participants leave with an attainable goal
 * The process works and is seen as a good thing
 * Field sees this experience as valuable
 * PDE becomes a leader for change ||

Documents from today's meeting
Meeting agenda - Draft institute agenda for participants - Big ideas and sample objectives for institute - RFP for Thursday AM breakout sessions -

Please review. Send suggestions for revision to: Joanne Romano, romanoj@mac.com
 * Draft of //Look Fors// and Glossary**

Results from brainstorming session
Suggestion: Have a wiki or a group of pages on one wiki for each homeroom. Groups document their work and use the wiki throughout the institute. This will give participants a place to return after the institute to remember what they did, continue discussion and add new ideas.

//**The goal of each session is to model all of the elements of SAS with participants as LEARNERS, then draw attention to the parts so that participants see how they can use them as EDUCATORS.**//

Homeroom 1 - Monday (2:30-4:30)
//**After intro to portal**//

Collaborative, collegial, informative, fun

Purpose of homeroom; show (only) the wiki.

Digital Check (using fingers) on comfort level Where are you with your understanding of SAS? Use of the laptop?

Building Collaboration: Why am I here? Benefits of being here Small Group by table: Why am I here? Put baggage on table. How do we enter that? What are the benefits of the institute and why we are here. Scenarios: volunteers, voluntold, required  Report out from the table: how does that come out?

Hands On Need content outline for the Intro by Dr. Jacobs, so we know what was covered. Get in. Touch it. Which of those 6 circles are you least comfortable with? (Interventions and Instruction won’t have much in them.) I entered here. Why? What did you gain from it?

Interconnectivity exercise. Where they “enter” Needs Assessment: Comfort Level. Get me outta here is the last one. By table: Wiki for the homeroom, feedback, Do the math. Exit Ticket Wiki reflection prompt

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Intro/icebreaker; build community Expectations for the week: Who is going to develop the expectations for the institutes??? Include Act 48 hrs info. Sign in/out IT issues: can they log on, CFF person. Can they get on the system? Technology check.

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Navigate the portal to explore SAS (Review the interconnectivity of each element of SAS) -Discuss expectations for week -Needs assessment - what questions do you still have about SAS after the 2:45 session? -Scavenger hunt of portal, addressing questions from needs assessment What questions about SAS remain? (exit tickets or something similar)

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Log on and click tabs (foundational) Introductions Do "excited for, fear, hopes" activity, share in pairs, share with another pair, share out What do I know about SAS?

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Possibly present a hypothetical situation where a teacher needs information and have participants play the teacher's role, then share out how they found the information.

Homeroom 2 - Tuesday (10:45-12:00)
//**After Assessment**// Focus on 2 circles: standards and instruction

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Focus: standards and curriculum frameworks (Identify how standards are the backbone of SAS, identify components of the curriculum framework) Address questions from previous homeroom (exit tickets) Ask participant groups to identify something they'd like to know about standards and curriculum frameworks ("wonderings") Participants work in groups to investigate and document wonderings on homeroom wiki Report out Facilitator looks at wiki documentation and uses it to drive next session

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Standards: what's the same? What's different? Model - pose questions Explain 6 elements of SAS Break into small groups

Homeroom 3 - Tuesday (1:00-3:15)
Focus on curriculum framework and interventions

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Focus: instruction and assessment (Provide instructional practices to enhance a unit or lesson plan, detail available assessments) Review documentation from last session (on wiki) Keeping in mind the work done last session around standards and curriculum frameworks, work in teams to: -identify instructional practices currently used in your district -research and identify promising instructional practices -describe how different methods of assessment are part of and drive instruction -create a plan to implement promising instructional and assessment practices in your district Document work on wiki. Facilitator looks at wiki documentation and uses it to drive next session.

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Problem-solving 

Homeroom 4 - Tuesday (3:30-5:00)
Focus on materials & resources and assessment

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Focus: materials & resources and interventions (Provide material/resource examples that support the identified standard, identify what interventions have been found to be effective when students are not making progress as expected)

Homeroom 5 - Wednesday (1:40-2:00)
//**After model lessons**// Model lesson discussion

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Only 20 minutes; connect what participants saw in lessons to work done yesterday. Did you see any new strategies you'd like to add to your documentation?

Homeroom 6 - Wednesday (2:15-4:00)
Refresh/"sassify" a lesson



Homeroom 7 - Thursday (10:00-11:00)
What's next/hands-on application

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What do we want them to leave with? -Interconnectivity -Use curriculum framework -Look at alignment with what they currently do; too much content or not enough? -Apply elements while integrating across the curriculum -Get the essentials -Know how assessment can inform curriculum and instruction in districts -Voluntary model curriculum - how can it be used in the classroom?

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How will we communicate with participants after the institute? How will we track/assess the work that is happening in their districts? -Listserv -Ning

Every day

 * Reflect and assess.
 * Where am I? Where is my comfort level? How do I feel about why am I here at this point?
 * Formative assessment
 * Recognize components (puzzle pieces - big idea, competency, etc. and match) for each content area
 * Misconceptions
 * SAS use

Other suggestions

 * Focus on one circle at each session
 * Universal PowerPoint or other presentation that can be used by all facilitators
 * Keystone talking points - things that must be learned in every session
 * Create common essential questions for each session
 * Any ideas for essential questions?
 * ALL content needs to be posted on site prior to institute
 * Each homeroom needs to have basic supplies for each session - markers, chart paper, post-its, ream of paper (for formative assessment ), candy at tables
 * Need tech support all day, every day
 * Need support especially during initial homeroom session when participants are logging in to SAS portal for the first time
 * It would be nice to have a tech triage table manned all day so that people have a designated place to go to get help
 * Possibly ask participants to bring curriculum samples from their districts

To-Dos before next meeting (November 10)

 * Look through the documents we received and bring ideas to next meeting
 * Email brainstorming idea lists to Jamie - Done!
 * Email lessons for "lesson refresh" to Virginia at samplelessons@gmail.com
 * Recruit teachers for model lessons and districts for showcase (materials and more info are on the linked pages)
 * Send feedback on all documents (model lessons, checklist, etc.) to Joanne at romanoj@mac.com