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RESETTING THE TABLE… 

September 26 session Group Learning: Evaluation & Observation Cycles (whole

group)

Standards What questions from this list might be helpful?

Post observation conversations (by level) Scenarios: Initiating a difficult conversation

How do you stretch a teacher who is right on track?

Closure Exit slip: Based on today’s conversation, what do you

need from your level mentor?

PLAN FOR TODAY: OUR UNITStage 1: Desired Results

Established Goal: Strategies and tools for situations involving conflict.

Enduring Understanding:Conflict and collaboration must coexist in a healthy learning community.Conflict can enhance one’s learning.Conflict is an integral part of leadership.

Essential Questions:How do we use conflict to grow?What is a leader’s role in conflict?How do you see the situation from all/other perspectives?How do you help others see the situation from multiple perspectives?

Knowledge:What is conflict? Adaptive School, 133Conflict can trap energy or release it Adaptive School, 138Protocols: what are they, why use them? (National School Reform Faculty)Definitions of listening set asides: autobiographical listening, fix it listening, inquisitive listening (Cognitive Coaching, 65)Norms for finding solutions: Adaptive Schools, 138

Skills administrators will develop and/or master:Diffusing an angry personUsing conflict as a catalyst for changeListening for understandingListening set asidesProtocols: Multiple PerspectivesAdmiring the ProblemReviewing Data

What students should

know and be able to

do.

PLAN FOR TODAY: OUR UNITStage 1: Desired Results

Established Goal: Strategies and tools for situations involving conflict.

Enduring Understanding:Conflict and collaboration must coexist in a healthy learning community.Conflict can enhance one’s learning.Conflict is an integral part of leadership.

Essential Questions:How do we use conflict to grow?What is a leader’s role in conflict?How do you see the situation from all/other perspectives?How do you help others see the situation from multiple perspectives?

Knowledge:What is conflict? Adaptive School, 133Conflict can trap energy or release it Adaptive School, 138Protocols: what are they, why use them? (National School Reform Faculty)Definitions of listening set asides: autobiographical listening, fix it listening, inquisitive listening (Cognitive Coaching, 65)Norms for finding solutions: Adaptive Schools, 138

Skills administrators will develop and/or master:Diffusing an angry personUsing conflict as a catalyst for changeListening for understandingListening set asidesProtocols: Multiple PerspectivesAdmiring the ProblemReviewing Data

Transferable, big ideas having

enduring value beyond

a specific topic.

Wiggins & McTighe, 2005

Learned best by uncovering and doing the

subject.Wiggins & McTighe, 2005

PLAN FOR TODAY: OUR UNITStage 1: Desired Results

Established Goal: Strategies and tools for situations involving conflict.

Enduring Understanding:Conflict and collaboration must coexist in a healthy learning community.Conflict can enhance one’s learning.Conflict is an integral part of leadership.

Essential Questions:How do we use conflict to grow?What is a leader’s role in conflict?How do you see the situation from all/other perspectives?How do you help others see the situation from multiple perspectives?

Knowledge:What is conflict? Adaptive School, 133Conflict can trap energy or release it Adaptive School, 138Protocols: what are they, why use them? (National School Reform Faculty)Definitions of listening set asides: autobiographical listening, fix it listening, inquisitive listening (Cognitive Coaching, 65)Norms for finding solutions: Adaptive Schools, 138

Skills administrators will develop and/or master:Diffusing an angry personUsing conflict as a catalyst for changeListening for understandingListening set asidesProtocols: Multiple PerspectivesAdmiring the ProblemReviewing Data

The best questions get to

the heart of things-the essence.

Wiggins & McTighe, 2005

It’s in the wrestling with the

answers that we learn.Wiggins, Personal Communication

PLAN FOR TODAY: OUR UNITStage 1: Desired Results

Established Goal: Strategies and tools for situations involving conflict.

Enduring Understanding:Conflict and collaboration must coexist in a healthy learning community.Conflict can enhance one’s learning.Conflict is an integral part of leadership.

Essential Questions:How do we use conflict to grow?What is a leader’s role in conflict?How do you see the situation from all/other perspectives?How do you help others see the situation from multiple perspectives?

Knowledge administrators will acquire:What is conflict? Adaptive School, 133Conflict can trap energy or release it Adaptive School, 138Protocols: what are they, why use them? (National School Reform Faculty)Definitions of listening set asides: autobiographical listening, fix it listening, inquisitive listening (Cognitive Coaching, 65)Norms for finding solutions: Adaptive Schools, 138

Skills administrators will develop and/or master:Diffusing an angry personUsing conflict as a catalyst for changeListening for understandingListening set asidesProtocols: Multiple PerspectivesAdmiring the ProblemReviewing Data

Necessary elements of understanding, but not

sufficient in themselves. Wiggins & McTighe, 2005

Understanding requires more: the

ability to thoughtfully and actively “DO” the

work. Wiggins & McTighe, 2005

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Participants will leave session with a starting point for handling a conflict they anticipate, are involved in, need to resolve etc.

Understanding is revealed in performance.

Wiggins & McTighe, 2005

Stage 3: Learning Plan

Whole group “brain drain,” what are some situations you have dealt with over the past 2 weeks where there was conflict? Intro/definition of conflict from The Skillful Leader

Intentional listening, listening pairs around one of these topicsWhat came up for you as you were intentionally listening and not responding?Introduce listening set asides

o Autobiographical listeningo Fix it listeningo Inquisitive listening

Model a protocol around one of these situationsSmall groups by level for level specific conversationsEach facilitator brings a favorite resource or two on the topicBegin building a resource bank on the staff development website for new adminInvite year 2 and 3 admin to join Return to original brain drain list

Stage 1: Desired ResultsStrategies and tools for situations involving conflict.

Enduring Understanding:Conflict and collaboration must coexist in a healthy learning community.Conflict can enhance one’s learning.Conflict is an integral part of leadership.

Essential Questions:How do we use conflict to grow?What is a leader’s role in conflict?How do you see the situation from all/other perspectives?How do you help others see the situation from multiple perspectives?

Knowledge:What is conflict? Adaptive School, 133Conflict can trap energy or release it Adaptive School, 138Protocols: what are they, why use them? (National School Reform Faculty)Definitions of listening set asides: autobiographical listening, fix it listening, inquisitive listening (Cognitive Coaching, 65)Norms for finding solutions: Adaptive Schools, 138

Skills administrators will develop and/or master:Diffusing an angry personUsing conflict as a catalyst for changeListening for understandingListening set asidesProtocols: Multiple PerspectivesAdmiring the ProblemReviewing Data (Chris R)

Stage 2: Assessment EvidenceParticipants will leave session with a starting point for handling a conflict they anticipate, are involved in, need to resolve etc.

Stage 3: Learning Plan

Whole group “brain drain,” what are some situations you have dealt with over the past 2 weeks where there was conflict? Intro/definition of conflict from The Skillful LeaderIntentional listening, listening pairs around one of these topicsWhat came up for you as you were intentionally listening and not responding?Introduce listening set asides

o Autobiographical listeningo Fix it listeningo Inquisitive listening

Model a protocol around one of these situationsSmall groups by level for level specific conversationsEach facilitator brings a favorite resource or two on the topicBegin building a resource bank on the staff development website for new adminInvite year 2 and 3 admin to join Return to original brain drain list

CONFLICT“A high performing community cannot exist without conflict.”

The Adaptive School Garmston & Wellman, 1999

THE TRUTH ABOUT CONFLICT LIES SOMEWHERE IN THE VORTEX OF THESE THOUGHTS…

Conflict is just energy in the system-nothing more, nothing less. People bring meaning to conflict.

Conflict is a situation in which interdependent people express differences in satisfying their individual needs and interests and experience interference from one another.

Conflict presents both opportunity and danger. Danger emerges with the violation of personal needs Opportunity emerges when clarifying the issues and

generating workable solutions remain the focus of interaction.

Conflict stems from a perceived competition for limed resources (air, water, land, food, time, money or power)

Conflict has different meanings to different individuals.

WHAT ARE SOME SITUATIONS YOU HAVE DEALT WHERE THERE WAS CONFLICT?

Strategy: Whole group “brain drain”

PROTOCOLS

A protocol consists of agreed upon guidelines for a conversation.

This type of structure permits very focused conversations to occur.

We use protocols for looking at student and adult work, giving and receiving feedback, solving problems or dilemmas, observing classrooms or peers, to push thinking on a given issue and to structure a discussion around a text.

MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES PROTOCOL

Listening for understanding Monitoring your set asides

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

Dangers: •Judgment•Comparison•Immersion in our own thoughts

INQUISITIVE

Getting curious about portions of the story that are not relevant to the problem at hand.

SOLUTION LISTENING

Who has ownership/investment if you jump in and FIX?

MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES PROTOCOL

BREAK AND MEET BY LEVEL

CLOSURE

Norms for Finding Solutions From Adaptive Schools