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I'm the curriculum coordinator for Maine Indian Education, which is comprised of the three tribal school in Maine.  We serve three communities- two Passamaquoddy reservations and the Penobscot Nation on Indian Island.  We're located in Downeast Maine- on the coast near the St. Croix River.  Canada is just over the border to our east.  The Passamaquoddy schools are in Washington County, and the Indian Island School is in Penobscot County.  We serve students in Pre-K- (two schools and K at the other) through 8th grade.

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Administrator at K-6 building in Eastern Lancaster County School District - located in PA.

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Eastern Lancaster County School District. Special Education Administrator for K-12 programming.

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Assistant Principal at K-6 Building in Eastern Lancaster County School District in New Holland,
Pennsylvania.

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Director of Curriculum SAU 61 Farmington NH

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Fridays are generally the most open for me but Monday Mornings usually work too

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Instructional Coach  (First year)
Shaker Regional
Belmont, NH

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Yes they should work for me!

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I am the Director of Curriculum & Technology for RSU 12, which is a rural, 7-town school district in midcoast Maine and stretching inland towards the capitol. We are a preK-8 district with school choice 9-12 for all and school choice K-12 for residents of two of our towns.

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Principal at a 7-12 charter school in Maine.

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I am the Asst. Superintendent of Elementary Education for the Ephrata Area School District, located in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

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Tracy Fasick
Manheim Central
Director of Curriculum and Instruction

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Should work

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These dates and time should work...still building my schedule.;)

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These dates and time should work...still building my schedule.;)

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Christine

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This works for me.

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Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Hattie, J. (2020). DISTANCE LEARNING PLAYBOOK, GRADES K-12 : teaching for engagement and impact in any setting. (pp. 53–54). Sage Publications Inc.

Review: https://www.weareteachers.com/what-can-research-tell-us-about-distance-learning/

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Assistant Superintendent
Eastern Lancaster County School District

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Nadine Larkin
All dates work for me

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Connecting with Students Online Strategies for Remote Teaching & Learning By Jennifer Serravallo

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Connecting with Students Online Strategies for Remote Teaching & Learning By Jennifer Serravallo

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https://www.heinemann.com/products/e13229.aspx

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I am providing PD for remote learning, google Classroom, live sessions, best instructional practices... I am really a big support system

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Seeing a lot better questioning and observations instead of lots of products on time.  I feel the assessment practices are improving

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Principal, Windham Primary, Windham, ME

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Getting into classrooms and establishing relationships and trust- being in a new position as instructional coach
New to the position- less walk throughs and less face to face- difficulties with getting into schools (K-12)

The on-ramp for getting in the door has been through providing support with technology- there are opportunities for gently focusing on  the learning.
It's been important to provide a great deal of support for teachers right now.

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Teachers are juggling both in-person and remote learning as well as the stress with the pandemic
Challenge with genuinely being helpful and not contributing to people's stresses.
There are difficulties associated with effective classroom practices (collaborative learning).
The load some teachers are carrying a significant load with respect to orchestrating classes.
Challenges teachers are having with being able to meet their own expectations.  They want to meet all students' needs, but they're still functioning in the "brick and mortar" mindset.

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Misty, Melissa, Diana, Nadine

Getting into the classrooms, focusing on relationships, allowing for the a slower pace of instruction, focusing on effective instruction in distance learning, district-wide grade level meetings sharing what works and collaborate, trouble shooting technology issues.

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Hi! I am the Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Shaker Regional School District in Belmont and Canterbury, NH. We are a small, rural/small town district with a mission of "Engaging ALL learners to succeed in their ever-changing world."

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Classes are creating opportunities for collaborate.  (i.e. robotics class that overlaps with another and partners debrief with each other after experiences.
Teachers are using Zoom breakout rooms, students are collaborating using digital tools or even at a distance, parents are sharing that their children are using manipulatives to complete their tasks)
Continued use of collecting data and using it to make decisions. Development of protocols for administering assessments via technology (DIBELS).

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Use of Seesaw

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Keeping the message consistent to our community and filtering out the noise of outside communication- social media, local neighboring districts.

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Misty, Melissa, Diana, Nadine

Good questioning/visible thinking strategies are being used, small group instruction throughout week, different formative assessments then have been done in the past, getting better at determining where learners are without the usual testing ways

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Determining ways to group learners within a classroom so that all learners receive adequate instruction for all learners since we shared learners in the past.

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I can make most of these dates and times work. If we're looking at other days, Fridays (before noon) would be better.

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Misty, Diana, Nadine

The changing landscape causes us not to be able to have a clear path forward, hard to support people with the unknown, getting people and us to be ok with ambiguity,

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Starting to converse on our new reality.

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Technology troubleshooting, meeting social emotional needs of adults, instructional design for an ever changing landscape, leadership in the remote

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It was nice to take a moment to breathe and share with each other while refocusing and reflecting

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Hearing how districts are balancing in person and in person remote learners at the same time.

This is something that teachers have shared that it can be time consuming but they are finding success so would love to hear if anyone has a strategy to improve this process.

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Short but engaging book by Zoe Weil that might re-energize / refocus us even in these challenging times

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The conversations with our groups, the structure, and future ideas for learning

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Nadine

Meeting new people and talking to one another.  Even though we are from different places, we all have things in common and can learn from one another.  Together we have this!

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The reminder to focus on learning.  It feels that we are constantly problem solving unique situations with COVID, technology and learning, and it helped refocus me on the big picture of learning.  The reason why we are here!

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Hearing that we are facing similar challenges and how some of those are being addressed that could assist with ones that we have here.

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I appreciate the opportunity to learn from others in the small group session.

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How to provide support to teachers without it just feeling like another something they need to do.

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Conversation with others was very helpful.  Learning about how others are staying connected with their staff and helping support quality learning.

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Distance Leadership, 5 Dysfunctions of a team, Getting the mindset shifted, Best practices in Digital professional development, Strategic Design Alignment

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Dates work

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I very much like the small groups. I am much more comfortable asking questions.

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Brene Brown's new Daring Classrooms is great and all her work I think is super helpful in these times:  Here is the link to her daring classroom and the ted talk she did on this was great too:  https://brenebrown.com/daringclassrooms/

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Keeping connected to staff and staff keeping connected.

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Keeping connected to staff and staff keeping connected.

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Lead with Grace: Leaning into the Soft Skills of Leadership

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Lead with Grace: Leaning into the Soft Skills of Leadership

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As a new administrator, this book was helpful to me. It's an easy read.

https://www.amazon.com/Lead-Grace-Leaning-Leadership-Forward/dp/1948212161

(Dianne D'Souza)

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Strategies/ideas around being an effective instructional leader/coach with limited time in classrooms as well as for the staff that are teaching completely remote.

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Belmont does not teach face to face/on-line at the same time. Pennsylvania does have students zoom in during class time. Problems with on-line students  being able to hear, what to do when students at school take break, what do at home? PE: At home students zoom into class for 10 minutes to "get their physical challenge".

Small groups work best.
Works well that when students are out they can zoom in.
Fully on line for students in line -students on line, using on-line curriculum taught by local teacher. One kindergarten teacher was able to do a STEM activity over zoom.

Partnership with parents helps effectiveness.

Hybrid classes are multi age, tough, but works very well, Although teachers would love to see students everyday.

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Discussion about ways in which systems are working through current challenges relating to meeting the needs of face-to-face learners - trying to work with students at varying times of the day.  There's a check-in opportunity during the last hour of the day- meeting with students and families, check-ins, etc.

At this point, teachers are continuing to learn as they go, so there's no clear sense of who's experiencing significant successes.

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Great.. love the sessions and really enjoyed seeing people I haven't seen in a while.

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If possible, I would like to get back to this topic of support and feedback for staff in varied learning environments a couple of times throughout the year. I appreciate hearing from others during the breakout rooms.

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This was a very interesting and important topic to discuss with other districts.  I also liked hearing how some district plans have continued to change and the pros and cons to all the different ways districts are dealing with the current situation.  I would also like to hear more about the specific feedback that leadership is giving to staff as they observe in the remote setting and resources to help support staff.

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I've been very much enjoying the breakout rooms and hearing from colleagues.  I don't even mind switching up half way through!

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I'd love to read and discuss The World Will Become What We Teach!