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Early Adopters  Year 2, Leadership Goals:We will be springboards for our teachers as they plan units of instruction that empower students to own their own learning. 

The questions below are meant to be a starting point, as you consider and shape your effortsto challenge learners in authentic, meaningful and relevant ways.

Please add additional questions and thoughts, as they arise... 2. Class wikis 3. Edmodo || One of this year's expectations is peer to peer observations. I know our EA teachers (and many others)will give their peers a lot to think about! || SBISD supports us by allowing teachers to spend days with Sara. || The level of learner engagement || Our EA teachers do not get extra planning time. Using these PD days to allow them to share what goes on in their classrooms and explore other options is appreciated. ||
 * || //**Consider**...// || //notes, evidence, examples, resource links, etc.// ||
 * =**Vision**= || * **Where is your building headed? We are headed toward becoming a campus that integrates technology seamlessly into lessons so that students create products, have choices, and are the owners of their learning.** || Our initiatives are heading in several directions, but all are focused on this year's theme "Working Towards Our Future." ||
 * =**A Closer Look**= || * **Under which F&D Focus Area will you center your efforts this coming year?**
 * Global Communication
 * Information Literacy
 * Student Owned Learning--this one! || 1. Our EA teachers who are part of the Flipped Learning Cohort
 * =Grain Size= || * **What requisite skills will students need to develop to attend to this focus area? Comfort with owning their learning instead of depending on the teachers, evaluate their own work, ability to ask questions, conduct research, design projects, and communicate with other learners**
 * **Which thread have your early adopters chosen to weave through their practice this coming year?** || Online discussion enables students to share their thoughts fearlessly. ||
 * < =**Leadership**= ||< * **Who is leading the way? Teachers, students, administrators, and iCoach** ||< Our administrators fully support this initiative. They admire the strength of our EA teachers. ||
 * ==**Staff Capacity**== || * **What is the capability of the instructional staff? It varies greatly across the school. Many are comfortable with technology and willing to take risks. They also are strong teachers who are good at developing relationships with students. We are seeking teachers who are good instructors who are open to change who have good classroom management and rapport with students.**
 * **How might you develop or build this capacity? Focus on these skills when we take on new staff, support staff willing to embrace this model, provide professional development and resources, and give teachers meaningful feedback on these topics.**
 * **Who are the capacity builders on your campus? everyone** || "We are seeking teachers who are good instructors who are open to change who have good classroom management and rapport with students." People who are new to teaching need at least 3 years to get to this point!
 * =**Instructional Practices**= || * **Where do models of best practice exist?**
 * **What elements of strength do each offer?** || Many talents exist throughout our diverse campus. ||
 * =**Learning Commons**= || * **What is the role of the library media program in the development of your early adopters?** || All students have access to devices they might not have at home. ||
 * =**Staff Development**= || * **In what ways will your early adopters be encouraged to develop a nuanced understanding of the requisite skills our learners need to be life ready? We will have the teachers tap into their own learning experiences and break the learning down into its component pieces. We also need to ask the students about their learning experiences so we know where they need guidance.**
 * **In what ways will your early adopters be encouraged to...**
 * **push the edges of expected practice--we will let them know that they are being given almost a blank check to experiement, they won't need to seek permission to try new things**
 * **take risks**
 * **embrace failure--meet with them to debrief to talk about lessons learned and how to do better the next time, encourage all early adopters to meet and discuss their failures for the good of the team**
 * **document their process--post on their wiki or other learning portfolio**
 * **mine their mistakes**
 * **iterate--frequently remind them of their thread and ask them how that thread is reflected in their practice** || We will focus on modeling good teaching during staff development by engaging our audience with hands-on activities involving movement. ||
 * =**Pedagogical Development**= || * **How will teachers be encouraged to consider their daily practice,** **as it relates to technology, content & the creation of knowledge?**
 * **What opportunities will be available for your early adopters to continue their own learning in the context of their practice?** || It's okay to stray away from the team's collaborative plans to try something different.
 * =**Pedagogical Development**= || * **How will teachers be encouraged to consider their daily practice,** **as it relates to technology, content & the creation of knowledge?**
 * **What opportunities will be available for your early adopters to continue their own learning in the context of their practice?** || It's okay to stray away from the team's collaborative plans to try something different.
 * **What opportunities will be available for your early adopters to continue their own learning in the context of their practice?** || It's okay to stray away from the team's collaborative plans to try something different.
 * =**Accountability**= || * **What evidence might you collect with your early adopters to show your campus plan is producing learning gains?** || Assessment data
 * =**Accountability**= || * **What evidence might you collect with your early adopters to show your campus plan is producing learning gains?** || Assessment data
 * =**Planning**= || * **How is the current vision of your building being acted upon and continuing to evolve?**
 * **How do the focus area(s) you've selected for next year support that vision?**
 * **At what point will students being invited into the conversations?**
 * **How will you include students as contributing members in early adopter planning sessions?**
 * **What ideas do you have for the full day each month of campus PD**? **How might we best support your efforts during that time?**
 * **In what way(s) will early adopters be supported between monthly sessions?**
 * **How might you address some of the more pressing "Yeah, but...."s on your campus?**
 * **What resources can the District provide to support your efforts on this front?** || ////
 * **What resources can the District provide to support your efforts on this front?** || ////
 * =**Communication**= || * **How will you communicate what your building is doing?**
 * **How will you invite other stakeholders to engage in the conversation?**
 * **How will you invite and engage global colleagues and peers to learn along side your early adopters?**
 * **Of what benefit will it be to network with the 4 other "early adopter" campuses?** || We will continue to build a Professional Learning Community. The addition of our Diigo Spartan Library enables us to easily supplement it. ||
 * =**Connections**= || * **How do your vision & efforts align with the mission of the district?**
 * **To which focus area(s) in the Findings & Directions document does your work most closely align?** || The district's T-2-4 plan can be reached more easily if students own their learning. Having our school join the 21st century enables students to do just that! ||
 * =**Connections**= || * **How do your vision & efforts align with the mission of the district?**
 * **To which focus area(s) in the Findings & Directions document does your work most closely align?** || The district's T-2-4 plan can be reached more easily if students own their learning. Having our school join the 21st century enables students to do just that! ||