May+11,+2011+Early+Release

May 11, 2011 Early Release Exit Slip (2nd Grade)
 * How do you feel about this type of professional sharing? **

- Very interesting, beneficial promotes collaborative spirit. - Thought it was amazing – look at the connections teachers made already! - Love it! I think we are smarter together **__always__**! - I think the sharing was great and gave me many ideas for the future. - I enjoyed hearing from other teams – sharing and getting new ideas! - Time to spend with grade-level colleagues across the district is always valuable. I wish we had more time to spend hearing how other 2nd grade teams handle different thematic units & standards/indicators. I like it. - I value this opportunity to share w/ colleagues within our district. - I like hearing from other schools and how they approach topics I teach – I like learning new ways – hearing how they solved problems - Very helpful – - I like showing. It would be nice for some more visual examples. Also, perhaps narrow down the focus. For example, perhaps reading strategy organizers. Have everyone bring examples of ones they like and share so we all get copies. - It is extremely valuable, interesting, inspiring and enjoyable. - This is a great opportunity to hear from other buildings. This is one of the few times I (an LMS) got to hear other buildings classroom teachers talk. - I think it’s the best way to learn – from others, in a safe environment - It’s helpful to know what others are doing & to share ideas. - Grade level sharing across district is always helpful, since we are all on the same page with curriculum requirements, nature of our students. - We have been meeting for math for the past couple years, which helped, make this sharing comfortable. - See below. - I gain a lot of value when hearing other teachers share what they have been working on. - Very helpful – we need time to honor, reflect, and share with our peers in the district. We can & should be our own best, first resources - This was good, but I would like a sharing based on a particular focus – reading/writing/animal/etc. from our COS.


 * Is there value in this type of Professional Development? Why or why not? **

- Yes, helps to process our larger umbrella of PD – Samantha Bennett Workshop Model. I like how we are applying the Workshop Model to our early release days to deepen our understanding of the process. - Absolutely, we’re smarter together! The opportunity to plan together always benefits students – we can find ways to brainstorm/enrich any plan/theme/unit if we have the time together. Common planning time for grade levels at each building should be scheduled. - Yes! Sharing lots of best practices! - Value is sharing at the end but more time to work w/ my team without so many constraints would be best. Time is something we ALWAYS can use more of. - Yes – however I would approach being able to gather with all ½ multiage teachers. - Yes… see above. - Yes there is value in this type of PD – this district has very qualified, experienced teachers and like of fall PD day – I like becoming familiar w/ what we are doing w/in our district - Yes – we learn from each other - Time with cross building teams is so valuable. I would like to get together more than once a year to talk and share. - Yes. So many great things going on here. Helps prevent having to reinvent the wheel. - The value lies in getting a “snap shot” of what grade level curriculum looks like when carried out in other classrooms. - Yes! There are so many great things happening around the district – we can learn and get inspiration from each other (not just outside speakers). - Yes but I think it would be great to focus it more on themes/concepts that are the same or difficult to teach like how you incorporate scientific ways of knowing or the technology COS embedded into something else. - Yes, so we have time to review and reflect on what we’re doing. - Grade level sharing is at the top of my list if I had a preference for professional development. - Yes, it was interesting to listen to all the wonderful learning that is happening in our district. Also, found some great resources. - Yes sharing with colleagues is always valuable. I would like time again to discuss how others are doing service learning. I would like to be able to walk away with something – distribute copies. - Sharing and coming together was great! I teach in a multi-age classroom and I think it would be more valuable to meet as a multi-age grade level. We were split up and I think we miss out on some of the staff development/community building with our grade level. - Yes – through discussion & sharing it gives us more time to process what we are learning and to hear different perspectives and points of view. - Not sure – will I use anything from today ??? It would be nice to walk away with something in my hands.


 * Please give us feedback regarding the wiki. Would you find this resource helpful and how best could it be organized to meet your needs? **

- Too many wikis to manage. I like the idea of using server for cross curricular planning & sharing & managing content/format of wiki - Organization of wiki could be an issue. Need a manager for it. Need a manager to add to it. Staff intranet? What about crashing? - We would love it on the intranet, but we are so excited to have a base of models that are housed to share out. - Would be helpful. Blank templates would be nice & a way to search lessons. - I would find value in getting info/resources off the wiki, however I worry. I would not have time to upload my resources to share. - One person or a couple people designated to upload so that a certain organization level is maintained. - Yes I would find this helpful – who will put these online? - Maybe staff intranet. Yes I would find this resource helpful. Time out of the classroom to plan for 4 hours is complete on e something I can’t see looking forward to each year what about IPIDI credit to design units? - Yes but organization by theme on subject would be helpful. - Suggestions: designate a person (per building?) to upload the information; organize by content area. - Organize by courses of study (Literacy is **__too__** big of a concept – all topics include literacy!) Staff Intranet is a more accessible platform for this, than rather than a WIKI. - I would rather have it on the intranet also an early release to actually learn to put things on and do it! - It’s hard to remember or to find time to check all the wikis. - Sharing ideas regarding units would be great. I’m not that familiar with how to add stuff to a wiki. - Many times it is difficult to find things on a WIKI. Organization is key so we need to think of the best method to share information effectively. - Yes. I am still wondering who would be best to upload it. - I think I would need some time to experience the wiki and play around with it before I could really answer that question. - I like the idea, but like the one for math, I often forget to look at it. - Who would enter info? Would teachers have time to enter? How would it be organized?