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- Tension between desire for growth minded relationships AND reality
of managing resistance
- Desire for culture shift -creating a shared vision and buy in

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Music

Growth (program, students, to self)

Text study

Colleagues and collaboration

Children/student

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Somewhat/very comfortable with Edmodo

Somewhat/very comfortable using and troubleshooting technology in professional life

App design:

Assessing and tracking needs

Differentiating teaching/learning

Communication to and from stakeholders

Task/organization management

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Parent feedback

Self-express learning

Student act as teachers

Connected and engaged

Making connections

School and home are connected

Taking risks

Connecting deeply with the content, on a personal and spiritual level

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Reflective

Comfortable/Excited to teach

Disseminate knowledge from PD

Collaborate

Willing to be vulnerable

Solution/growth oriented

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Lack of investment/Buy-in

Lack of vision

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Disempowerment

Time

Parents

Discipline

Low salary/Limited budget

Uncooperative/Collaboration with teachers

Many responsibilities/Too many hats

Work-life balance/Self-care

Interpersonal relations/managing people/ Difficult conversations

Negative culture

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Students

Parents

Teachers

Underserved/Underrepresented (LGBTQ, different ethnicities, socio-economic background)

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Self advocacy/Personal & Professional Needs

Our successes

Failures/Hurts/Struggles/Vulnerabilities

Mental health

Lacking Jewish content knowledge

Personal relationship with Gd

Difficult superiors

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Lack of friends/Jewish community

Concerned about teacher behavior

Child’s peer relationships

Family/child lack of interest in Jewish studies

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Not doing text study/Minimal/Inconsistent

Rushed

Misunderstood

English only

Thoughtful/Inspirational

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Need more time

Grateful to study/Pleasant/happy feelings Embedded in my teaching

Absent

Apathetic

Want to do more

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Positive feelings (Confident, Happy, Lucky, Grateful, Knowledgeable)

Somewhat nervous

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Strength/Resiliency/Grit/Perseverance

Reflection and growth

Jewish learning is a priority

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Creating innovative curriculum and lesson planning

Designing/redesigning need-based programming

Developing role and responsibilities

Implementing and witnessing innovative teaching

Conflict resolution

Leading cultural shifts

Self care

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Freedom

Seeing and experiencing growth

Making a difference

Creating a community

Variety of roles

Best practices

Working with youth

Working with my team

Collaboration/Creativity

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MTEI Cohort 8 Values

Gratitude, reflection, mission, collaborative, respect for differences, honesty and vulnerability, professionalism, community

MTEI Cohort 8 Norms

1. Safety – safe space – 11 checkmarks

2. Assume best intentions – 13 checkmarks

3. Lots of hearts of gold – 1 checkmark

4. Wanting to learn from others – 1 checkmark

5. Leading with curiosity – 4 checkmarks

6. Listening with empathy and sincerity – 3 checkmarks

7. Asking questions – 2 checkmarks

8. Respect different opinions and value their place – 3 checkmarks

9. Confidentiality – 2 checkmarks

10. Passion for education/Judaism  - 5 checkmarks

11. Sharing the “mic” everyone can share/talk – 1 checkmark

12. Staying off of phones/internet/distractions – 2 checkmarks

13. What we do matters

14. Respect, curiosity, communication

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Sitting for a long time

Thinking about family/stress back home

Need to look at phone/email

Time change/Travel fatigue

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FUN

Clear goals/outcomes

Definition of educational terms

Active and participatory sessions/moving around

Opportunities to practice learning

Additional reading before seminars

Field trips

Un-programmed time to process

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Protocols and resources

Special education

Hebrew for Jewish text learning

Political conversations in the classroom

Human-centered organizational design

Differentiating curriculum/lesson planning

Project-based learning/hands on learning

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Engaging, innovative, and interactive PD

Having difficult conversations

Practicing ideas from PD in seminar time

Supporting struggling teachers

Tools for culture shifts (Creating a shared vision and buy-in)

Accountability and supervision of teachers

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Funding (new facility, higher pay, more resources, field trips)

Innovative teaching strategies

Parent education and engagement

PD for teachers

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People Who Fully Listen to Me:

Therapist

Best friends/Family

(Some) Colleagues

Pets

Rabbi, school committee, school chairs

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Responding to Disagreement with Supervisor:

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Responding to Disagreement with Supervisor:

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Responding to Disagreement with Supervisor:

(majority) Engage in Conversation: Listen/find out why/ask more questions, engage in convo/share their thinking/challenge to find reason/find compromise and understanding

Reflection: Grown and learn from discussion

Opportunity for growth

Look elsewhere: seek advice from colleagues and friends
Resist (2 people)

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Difficult Conversations:

Money

Mental health and self care

Care for students

Supporting beginning teachers/struggling teachers

Firing/Professionalism/ Inappropriate teaching/ Work gossip

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Teaching and learning

Curriculum

Reflecting with teachers

Demonstration of growth

Real personal connections

Excitement for PD

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My team

Myself

Colleagues and friends

Rabbi

Directors

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Smaller Group Expressed that They have these resources:

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Smaller Group Expressed that They have these resources:

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Smaller Group Expressed that They have these resources:

Support: Faculty conversations/Individuals committed to improvement/Supportive superiors/Teachers and best practices/Teacher-leaders

Trust

Encouragement

Open mindedness

Risk-takers

Money for PD

Resources

Time

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Four Loud Needs Expressed:

Time: full-time teachers, reflection and self-growth, space for conversations, personal time management and organizational skills

Funding: Resources, technology, salary, larger staff, specialized teachers

Support/Collaboration: apathy, lack of parental engagement, negative culture, non-reflective environment, lack of direction/no vision, lack of evaluation

Politics: Competing needs and agendas

Infrastructure