WELCOME to

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WELCOMEto

Designed by Carol Varsalona, ELA Consultant, cvarslaona@gmail.com, May 7, 2014

May 7, 2014

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Survey Results from January 2014

SNAP Protocol 1. The group reads the text silently, highlighting it and writing notes in the margin or on post-it notes in answer to the following four prompts:S - Summary of the textN - New learning; include as many key ideas as neededA - Information the reader(s) already knew about the topicP - A picture that represents an important aspect of the text

2. In the first round, have each person share a summary or gist statement of the text.

3. Continue in rounds in which the group talks about the text in light of each of the remaining categories. Try to move seamlessly from one talking point to the next, giving each point enough time for full exploration.

4. End the session with an open discussion framed around the question: “What does this mean for our work with students?”

Article Review: From Educational Leadership Summer 2013

Architects of SummerBy Carol Ann Tomlinson

Summer can be a time for RENEWAL, REFLECTION, and RECHARGING

Seize the opportunity to be architects of your own summers,

to summon new possibilities

to renew confidence, enthusiasm, and sense of purpose

4-Part Summer Tune-Up for Teachers

Practices Tomlinson Says Reenergize Her

Throughout the Summer

Practice #1

Take time away from teaching

Practice #2

Learn something different

Practice #3

Push the Bondaries of Your Practice:

Explore something that will enhance your teaching practice

Practice #4

Recalibrate your ethical compass

Possible Question to ponder- How is curriculum design an ethical

endeavor?

Principles for Savoring Summer

By Carol Ann Tomlinson

To be an architect for summer consider 3 principles:

1.Teach better when I grow as a learner myself

1.I continue to grow as a person and a professional when I study my profession

1.I make wiser decisions when I have an ethical north star

Living by these principles requires a 4th: I must make time to live by these principles. Teaching will not make the time for me.

Educational Leadership Summer 2013

By Carol Ann Tomlinson

Living by the 3 principles requires a 4th

I must make time to live by these principles.

Teaching will not make the time for me.

INVITATION to JOIN#NYEDChat

Professional Learning Network on Twitter

Follow Co-Moderator @cvarsalonafor information

Chat with #COLchat #njed #NYEDChat on June 2, 2014 8:30 pm

Connect Extend ChallengeConnectWhat of what you’ve heard CONNECTS to what you expected to find in a Common Core aligned curriculum?

ExtendWhat of what you’ve heard EXTENDS beyond what you expected to find in a Common Core Aligned Curriculum?

ChallengeWhat of what you’ve heard CHALLENGES what you what you expected to find in a Common Core Aligned curriculum?

See handout for information.

Featured Vendor

Baum & Beaulieu Associates, Inc.

Keynote Presenter:

Next Steps with

Curriculum

Breakout Discussion Presenters:

David Abel:

Fellow for the Common Core

Grades 9-12

Learning Lab

Amy Rudat:

Race to the Top Project Assistant

Grades K-2

Science Room

Erik Sweet:

Associate in English Language Arts

Grades 3-8

Large Conference Room

Debriefing and Next Steps:

•Take-Aways from Breakout Groups

•Benefits of Cross-District Conversations

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”

--Helen Keller