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For graduate courses in this framework, would all 4 members need to be a member of the same class?

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At what point do we choose our group members?

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It's nice that we are able to decide what will happen in terms of PD, and that we will be able to select what will better serve our own learning styles and those of our students.

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Will you be able to change groups if your group doesn't work out ?

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We agree with support for the choices!!

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It seems that most teachers group together based on the grade-level that you teach, which could be positive, but also might be limiting for vertical alignment.

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We interpret the how component as meaning each teacher in the group can choose how they learn, and then he/she will share with the group.  Is that correct?

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We interpret the how component as meaning each teacher in the group can choose how they learn, and then he/she will share with the group.  Is that correct?

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Here's an opportunity to get to know more people. Start talking to folks now. You don't have to stick with your department, but you can.

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We agree... Choices will be awesome.

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Teachers like that we have choice

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No. Each member of the Design Team (or even of the smaller, Home Group) has its own topic for learning (related to Instructional Priorities), way of learning (grad course, MOOC, blog, etc.), and evidence. The Design Team meeting is for discussion of learning that is happening outside that window. The Design Team will help each other design evidence of what they do to improve student achievement.

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What if you can't find 8 people oriented to the same goal?

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What if you can't find 8 people oriented to the same goal?

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Too many options can be confusing.

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Thanks for letting us have choices!

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Vanessa has agreed to give us time to begin this work during the August in-service days, but you may want to start thinking and talking about forming your group now. You are not limited to choosing members in (or out of) your department.

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Sped is planning on using the choice component to focus on accommodations as well as behavior issues in the classroom.  We are happy to have had a choice.

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Sped is planning on using the choice component to focus on accommodations as well as behavior issues in the classroom.  We are happy to have had a choice.

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You don't have to have the same goal. Each teacher will have his/her own goal for learning and his/her own way to learn (Read to Succeed, book study, coursework, etc) BETWEEN Home Group Design Team PEPs. The time with these 8 folks will be for sharing what each person is learning and designing work that will improve student achievement using this learning.

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If this is a concern for you, be sure to make choices that will offer ways to work on vertical alignment. Teachers will choose.

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Take some time to re-read the plan. You will only choose the people with whom you work, what you want to learn, how you will learn, how you will use this new knowledge in your classroom, and how you will share it with others.

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We haven't really worked out the details of "if your group doesn't work out" yet. We talked about it, but it seems like a sensitive issue. How will you tell your group (or someone in the group) you don't want to work with them? How will you become a part of another group? These are issues we must decide as a larger group.

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Yes. Each teacher will choose what to learn, how to learn, what to do to improve student learning, what evidence to share with the group (in November and again in May), and when to share with other peers.

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Here is a website of this year's instructional priorities. Vanessa has said that there will only be minimal change to this list. Admin will decide the changes this summer.

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No. It does seem manageable. The Home Group would then be made of 2 sets of partners. The Home Group Design Team will be, basically, 4 sets of partners. We can discuss some leeway here, but it would be good for Home Group Design Teams to stay between 8 and 10 members to have some diversity in topics, grades, and goals.

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The goal is for teachers to work closely with peers of their choice. Surely having people with different goals, subjects, and grade levels will give more complexity to conversations. This plan, however, is all about teacher choice.

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Identifying Home Groups to partner with for HGDT?

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Identifying Home Groups to partner with for HGDT?

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Our first meeting will take place during the opening days of next year. At that time, Home Groups (me + 3) will form, will work on team-building, will create norms, and will decide on a team name. The list of teams with members, names, and norms will be published to the faculty. Each Home Group should look at this list and decide which Home Group they want to partner with to create their Home Group Design Team before the final PEP in September. That will be their first meetup.

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We all need to take care of our new teachers. We will have about 28 Home Groups of 4 and about 14 Home Group Design Teams of 8. As we form Home Groups in the first days of school, we should be mindful of the new teachers and include them.