Preparing for Thursday

Our next meeting is this Thursday, October 3rd!
Thinking about our conversation from last week, I think a protocol would be useful that could help us refine our skills in asking different types of questions, as well as to generate some ideas about the kinds of dilemmas or work we might present in future meetings.  The Consultancy Protocol is one of the most versatile, with versions for both looking at dilemmas and for examining student work. As we prepare for fall conferences, we may want tools to help us look at collections of a particular student's work or to help us think through dilemmas arising in our classrooms and practice as we strive to meet the needs of everyone in our classroom community.

To help us refine the skills needed, we'll try an interactive fishbowl for modeling the consultancy on Thursday.  It may be helpful to do a few things in advance:

Do some reflective writing (1/2 page or a page) on a dilemma you face. Use this document on framing consultancy dilemmas and questions as a guide. 

Take a look at the pocket guide to probing questions in advance.  We will have this available in print at the meeting for your reference.

See you on Thursday!

We're On The Calendar!

It's official, we're on the OES calendar for our monthly meetings in Morris House!  Here are the dates to add to your own calendars.  All meetings are 3:30-5:30 in the Morris House conference room:

Thursday, Sept. 19^th 

Thursday, Oct. 3^rd

Thursday, Nov. 14

Thursday, Dec. 5^th

Thursday, Jan 9^th

Thursday, Feb 6^th

Thursday, Mar 6^th

Thursday, April 10

Thursday, May 8th

Our first meeting will be spent in a protocol to help us learn from one another's classroom environments. We hope to see you there!