Week+Three

**Group Roles:**
Facilitator: Paul Coach: Larry Reporter: Andrea Resource Manager: Melissa

Things to do:

 * Developmental Supervision Approaches (Whole Group)**
 * Work with your assigned partner on describing a teacher and choosing the most effective supervision approach for each by Monday, October 12.

//NOTE: This is a team assignment and a team grade will be given.//
 * Assignment 4: School Walkthrough Snapshot (Team/ Individual)**
 * Individually, prepare to conduct the walkthrough by the middle of Week 4, i.e., Friday, October 16.


 * Team Evaluation (Team)**
 * MVP members will assign a rating for each team member under each criterion by Friday, October 9.
 * Larry, (Coach) will compile HOT results and post Google Doc URL to in a thread labeled "Week 3: Final Team Evaluation" by Monday, October 12.


 * Individual Assignments (Individual)**
 * Continue to work on Assignments #1, #2 and #3

Evidence of Team input to our Walk Through Chart:
I. Data Collection Tool: Identify 5-7 areas to examine as you briefly visit each classroom; the areas should be measurable and observable. //LET'S TRY TO FINALIZE THIS DURING THURS TELECONFERENCE SO THAT ANDREA CAN POST BY DEADLINE SATURDAY//.

· School goals, (see #1) · The classroom environment, (see #7) · What the teacher is doing, (see #5 & #6) · What the students are doing, (see #2 & #4) · Developing a question to ask the students, (see #6) · The effective utilization of technology in instruction, (see #4) Role card are in use for reciprocal teaching (predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing) || Are any students talking at the time of walkthrough? || I would love for the tool to be electronic; however, if it's something we're completing as we walk through the building, wireless access is a prerequisite.
 * Be sure that you have reviewed the** Chicago Public Schools Model **and the** Stronge Checklist**.**
 * Consider the following:**
 * **No.** || **Name** || **What are we looking for?** || **How will we measure it?** **(tally marks, time on task, number of items in use, etc.)** || **Comments/Thoughts on the "collection tool" itself:** ||
 * 1 || Andrea || equitable practices || random calling, grouping and questioning wait time || This could be a checklist; for calling strategies the observer would note which students are called upon (boys v. girls); for grouping--note how groups are formed/arranged ||
 * 2 || Missy || student engagement || % of students on task || what are the signs of student engagement? (active listening, explaining your ideas, participation, task completion, help and encourage others)
 * 3 || Larry ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 4 || Paul || technology integration and student talk || Is technology being used at the time of walkthrough?

What can we learn from ISTE's Classroom Observation Tool, known as ICOT? || Click HERE to see and add to or subtract from a **draft** of a tool we might use for our school walkthroughs. Feel free to edit.
 * 5 || Andrea || Checking for Understanding || Tally: thumbs up, unison response, one question quiz, ActiVotes, Exit card || The strategies that you are looking for could be listed on a form so that the observer could easily & quickly tally up if one was observed. ||
 * 6 || Andrea || Higher Order Questions (teachers/students) || tally marks || Look/listen for analysis questions, synthesis questions, evaluation questions ||
 * 7 || Paul || Room Arrangement || Does the room arrangement fit the learning activity? || Yes or No checkbox ||

Click here for the walkthrough observation form used in Paul's division.

I (Andrea) have posted several resources, including a walk through document in the resources section of our Team Resources on ELC. I will duplicate it here. This form was created at our school by our in-house staff development teacher. It is meant to be used as a conversation starter and not all items are expected to be observed in a single walk through...

II. Walkthroughs //(no later than Fri, Oct 16)// ||
 * = Name ||= Date of Walkthrough
 * Andrea || Tuesday, October 13 ||
 * Missy || Thursday, October 15 ||
 * Larry ||  ||
 * Paul || Wed, October 14 ||

Activities completed:

 * 1) ===Conference Call Completed! All present and accounted for :-)===
 * October 8, 2009
 * 8:00 PM ESD
 * Telephone number: 1-605-715-4900
 * Access Code: 726641#
 * **Summary** **of Call:**
 * The data collection tool was discussed and finalized. All team members agreed with the final product.
 * Group members were reminded to complete the HOT team evaluation and Larry said that he will work on it Saturday evening and post it on Sunday.
 * Team members discussed the walk through process and each member described how they are going about it.
 * Team members discussed their progress on the individual assignments & the partner activity in the whole group forum area
 * Here is a record of our call! You can easily see the start time and ending time of our call. Great job everyone! It was a very productive evening. [[file:call_history_8_October.doc]]
 * 1) We created the data collection tool with our team, using the chart in our Wiki and GoogleDocs.
 * 2) Paul (Facilitator) created a new thread, titled **Week 3: Data Collection Tool**
 * 3) Andrea, (Team Reporter), posted completed data collection tool in team's Week 3 thread by Saturday, October 10. She renamed the subject **FINAL** so that is easily located**.**
 * 4) Paul, (Facilitator), set up Google Doc for HOT Team Evaluation