Wednesday, December 9, 2015
December Meeting
Don't miss it! This month's CFG is on Thursday, Dec. 10th in the DVR from 3:30-5:30 and will feature an original new protocol for refining project work. Also bring your Touchstones (click here for a new version called Touchstars) and something to write with. Thanks, Beth, for providing snacks! See you there!
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
November Meeting
Hello, friends!
It's finally time for us all to gather and dive into our work together for the year! We'll meet on Wednesday 11/11 in the Charlton Room/Morris House from 3:30-5:30. We'll be using the Issaquah Protocol and Tuning Protocol to look at two different pieces of curricular work.
If you are new to our CFG, take a few moments to look over the Touchstones, the guiding principles of the CFG. We'll read these on Wednesday as we begin. When you arrive you'll find a candle lit and should enter the room in silence and begin writing. There will be a prompt on the agenda if you need it, or you are welcome to write what you need to process your day and shift gears. at 3:40 the candle will be blown out so we can welcome one another, read our Touchstones and begin.
Also helpful for Wednesday might be this guide to types of feedback--we'll use warm and cool feedback in the Tuning Protocol.
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Kirstin
It's finally time for us all to gather and dive into our work together for the year! We'll meet on Wednesday 11/11 in the Charlton Room/Morris House from 3:30-5:30. We'll be using the Issaquah Protocol and Tuning Protocol to look at two different pieces of curricular work.
If you are new to our CFG, take a few moments to look over the Touchstones, the guiding principles of the CFG. We'll read these on Wednesday as we begin. When you arrive you'll find a candle lit and should enter the room in silence and begin writing. There will be a prompt on the agenda if you need it, or you are welcome to write what you need to process your day and shift gears. at 3:40 the candle will be blown out so we can welcome one another, read our Touchstones and begin.
Also helpful for Wednesday might be this guide to types of feedback--we'll use warm and cool feedback in the Tuning Protocol.
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Kirstin
Saturday, October 17, 2015
2015-2016 Meeting Schedule
Hello, Friends!
Thanks so much for your feedback regarding our meeting schedule for the 2015-2016 school year. Our list of interested participants has grown to 16 faculty members, and I hope the following schedule allows all of you to participate. Wednesdays and Thursdays were the overwhelming favorites for meeting dates, but choosing one over the other would exclude a few people, so we'll again go with an alternating schedule. All meetings will run from 3:30-5:30. We hope that all of you can make it for the whole meeting, but if arriving at 4:15 would allow some of you who teach after school classes to attend, please let me know and I'll try to arrange the agenda on those days to enable your participation in a full protocol.
The schedule I entered into the LS Faculty Calendar and submitted to Anne for the AS Calendar are as follows:
Wednesday, Nov. 11th in the Charlton Room
Thursday, December 10th in the DVR
Wednesday, January 13th in the Charlton Room
Thursday, February 18th in the DVR
Wednesday, March 9th in the DVR
Thursday, April 7th in the Charlton Room
Thursday, May 12th in the DVR
Wednesday, June 8th, location TBA
If I find out about conflicts or venue changes from Lyn or Anne I will let you know ASAP. At our first meeting we can send around a sign-up sheet for snacks and for being the focus person for protocols.
I look forward to seeing you Nov. 11th!
Thanks so much for your feedback regarding our meeting schedule for the 2015-2016 school year. Our list of interested participants has grown to 16 faculty members, and I hope the following schedule allows all of you to participate. Wednesdays and Thursdays were the overwhelming favorites for meeting dates, but choosing one over the other would exclude a few people, so we'll again go with an alternating schedule. All meetings will run from 3:30-5:30. We hope that all of you can make it for the whole meeting, but if arriving at 4:15 would allow some of you who teach after school classes to attend, please let me know and I'll try to arrange the agenda on those days to enable your participation in a full protocol.
The schedule I entered into the LS Faculty Calendar and submitted to Anne for the AS Calendar are as follows:
Wednesday, Nov. 11th in the Charlton Room
Thursday, December 10th in the DVR
Wednesday, January 13th in the Charlton Room
Thursday, February 18th in the DVR
Wednesday, March 9th in the DVR
Thursday, April 7th in the Charlton Room
Thursday, May 12th in the DVR
Wednesday, June 8th, location TBA
If I find out about conflicts or venue changes from Lyn or Anne I will let you know ASAP. At our first meeting we can send around a sign-up sheet for snacks and for being the focus person for protocols.
I look forward to seeing you Nov. 11th!
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
April Meeting
We'll be meeting at Janet's house for our April 16th meeting to hear from Claire and Dori in a Back to the Future Protocol, Tuning Protocol or Charrette (still deciding!) and a Consultancy Protocol. Check your email for directions--looking forward to seeing you there!
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
March Meeting
Greetings, friends!
You should have received an agenda for the March meeting from me via email. Here are links to the protocols you'll need Wed. at 3:30 in the DVR:
ATLAS Protocol for Learning From Student Work
Probing Questions Exercise
Touchstones
You may also find useful:
The Pocket Guide to Probing Questions
And after looking over my CFG posts this year I realized I must apologize for the shocking lack of poetry! Here is one I hope speaks to you in this springtime, right before a pause to slow down, and in the time of the year we've looked at our children long:
To Look at Any Thing
by John Moffitt
To look at any thing,
If you would know that thing,
You must look at it long:
To look at this green and say,
'I have seen spring in these
Woods,' will not do--you must
Be the thing you see:
You must be the dark snakes of
Stems and ferny plumes of leaves,
You must enter in
To the small silences between
The leaves,
You must take your time
And touch the very peace
They issue from.
You should have received an agenda for the March meeting from me via email. Here are links to the protocols you'll need Wed. at 3:30 in the DVR:
ATLAS Protocol for Learning From Student Work
Probing Questions Exercise
Touchstones
You may also find useful:
The Pocket Guide to Probing Questions
And after looking over my CFG posts this year I realized I must apologize for the shocking lack of poetry! Here is one I hope speaks to you in this springtime, right before a pause to slow down, and in the time of the year we've looked at our children long:
To Look at Any Thing
by John Moffitt
To look at any thing,
If you would know that thing,
You must look at it long:
To look at this green and say,
'I have seen spring in these
Woods,' will not do--you must
Be the thing you see:
You must be the dark snakes of
Stems and ferny plumes of leaves,
You must enter in
To the small silences between
The leaves,
You must take your time
And touch the very peace
They issue from.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Community Conversation CFG Wednesday
Our CFG meeting centered around community conversations will take place tomorrow (Wed. 1/14) in the DVR from 3:30-5:30. Please bring your laptop with the video you'd like to share.
We'll use the Five Whys protocol as we look at the videos, so either bring your print copy or a way to access it electronically at the meeting.
In case you need a reminder of future CFG dates and locations (some locations have changed since the fall), here's a list for your reference:
Wednesday, January 14th in the DVR
Thursday, February 19th, in Platt Global Classroom
Wednesday, March 18th, in DVR
Thursday, April 16th, in Platt Global Classroom
Wednesday, May 27th, in DVR or TBA
See you tomorrow!
Kirstin
We'll use the Five Whys protocol as we look at the videos, so either bring your print copy or a way to access it electronically at the meeting.
In case you need a reminder of future CFG dates and locations (some locations have changed since the fall), here's a list for your reference:
Wednesday, January 14th in the DVR
Thursday, February 19th, in Platt Global Classroom
Wednesday, March 18th, in DVR
Thursday, April 16th, in Platt Global Classroom
Wednesday, May 27th, in DVR or TBA
See you tomorrow!
Kirstin
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