November+15,+2010

Pick a name at random to write the minutes:

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=Collaboration Meeting Agenda:=

1. "Five Minute Strategy Session" 2. Team Survey and current Wiki Discussions 3. Expository Formative Assessments
 * Anthony: Ticket out the door
 * Behavior issue
 * Received 8 of 12 surveys back. If you'd like, please follow this link to complete the survey: Survey
 * Devine plans on compiling responses and sending the team the results.
 * Discussion about the Readings on Collaboration (good stuff--please read/respond)
 * Discussion about and demonstration of expository writing
 * Please add your demonstration essay
 * Devine is hoping to schedule time to meet about this soon.
 * Which period works best for everyone?
 * 2010 ELD PLC Team Discussion concerning personal teaching philosophy and EL research (please revisit and add your thoughts if you haven't already done so--this is from over the summer)
 * What do we want our students to be able to do? What is a good paragraph?
 * Let's see what we have so far and we can all be sure to add our thoughts/examples later (see expository writing discussion link above)

= Minutes: = Notes from today's meeting:

1. Ticket out the door: 2. Team Survey and Wiki discussions 3. Readings and Wiki Discussions: 4. Expository Writing Discussion:
 * students receive ticket out the door
 * students receive stamps throughout the period
 * students must have 3 stamps to leave on time
 * can use for behavior or academic work
 * Turn in if you have not already done so : )
 * Anthony will email results with statistics for later discussion
 * many have responded, still waiting for a few....
 * many good responses, addressing some of the concerns of our PLC
 * we will discuss the responses "face to face" after everyone has had a chance to respond
 * Scott is concerned about when we will actually have face to face time to discuss philosophy that needs to be aired out
 * We did have a discussion on the Wiki about teaching philosophies last summer, most have responded. We should revisit the discussion and respond if you have not.
 * Wiki discussions are part of our team norm, reading each other's responses, taking time to reflect vs. reacting during our PLC time is a valuable part of our team time.
 * Will a pull out period or meeting before or after school work?
 * Should we require one body paragraph or two? Perhaps, we should have them write one body paragraph and indicate what the next body would be about.
 * We need to focus on the parts of the rubric and the body paragraph so we can create similar expectations for each level and "standardize" our expectations. We should use one rubric for all levels and vary the levels of support.