September+19,+2011

media type="custom" key="10428220" Meeting location: room 103 (due to the English Department meeting)

Meeting begins: 8:00am media type="custom" key="10428226" PLC Members take turns recording and posting (see below) the minutes from today's meeting: media type="custom" key="10428230" Collaboration Meeting Agenda:
 * Bethe || Cadwell || Devine || Duran || Gross (taking minutes) || Jacoub || McGlenn || Sagapolutele ||

1. Reading Scaffolding the Academic Success of English Language Learners 2. Student Centered Learning Environments
 * Chapter 2
 * Divide the reading, discuss at the next collaboration.
 * A brief summary.
 * Favorite 1 or 2 quotations.
 * Application to what we do/could be doing.
 * Video: [|VIDEO0013.3gp]
 * Speak or pass discussion
 * Speak about how it is working/not working for you... or pass to the next member.

= Minutes: = Notes from today's meeting:
 * 1) We divided the next chapter #2 in our textbook for discussion next week. The assigned page #s that each member is responsible, are posted into next week's agenda. Include a quote, 30 sec. summary, and an idea for application into our classrooms.
 * 2) Talking stick discussion about our classroom SCLE. How is it going? Positive and negative comments were brought to the table. Ex...Older students handling it better than younger...time management...debriefing opportunities for students...confidence issues...written lesson plan structure.
 * 3) Discussion (stick) went around the table twice.