Erika+Rodriguez+TWE

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**Name**:Erika Rodriguez

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 * Campus ** :Thornwood Elementary School

// How can I best support you? // // How can we collaborate together to be more effective and efficient? // // How will our reflection of our practice impact our students most? // // How can we embrace change, by starting with small things and not trying to revamp large chunks of our practice? //
 * Focus Question **:

**Resources**: //s// // earch for existing resources (articles, websites, blogs, videos, etc.) that will help you address your sub questions - please be sure to tag (PL + EA) and add them to our [|Diigo] //

Review your post from our Reflecting Forward activity in October
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 * Reflecting Forward, January 2014**
 * Consider the responses you posted to each question...
 * How did your actions, language and priorities support your vision/mission as an Early Adopter iCoach (aka your destination postcard)?
 * In what ways did they dilute your efforts?
 * What goal will you set for yourself to act toward in the next four weeks?
 * How will you measure your achievement?
 * What specific strategies will you use to keep your own "optimism and hope alive"?
 * Reflect on the goal you set for yourself...
 * How is that goal evident in your every day actions, language and priorities?
 * What have you been able to achieve, given your efforts?
 * What specific strategies have you used to keep your own "optimism and hope" alive (Developing A Positive Mindset)?
 * In what areas would you find additional support helpful?
 * How will you continue to "seek the small wins" and "illuminate the bright spots"?


 * Leading Learning **

"First 5 Weeks" - Using CSI thinking routine, paint a clear picture of your reality =ONE HIT AT A TIME= = =
 * PL Activity 1:
 * How will you communicate the efforts of your teachers (EA and other)? ( // illuminating the bright spots // - blog, wiki, Twitter, etc.)
 * How will you encourage, manage and support sign-ups for in-class support and/or planning time (iCal, Google Calendar, etc.)
 * How will you maintain consistent and transparent communication with your building administrators?
 * How will you leverage your communication tools to bridge the efforts of EA teachers with those of non-EA teachers?
 * ===== PL Activity 2: =====
 * 1) Individually, design a teacher resource, activity, or mini-challenge to test-drive in the next month.
 * 2) Post to our Professional Learning activity
 * 3) Gather feedback from team - adjust, modify, tweak
 * 4) Try out resource, activity, or mini-challenge during the month(s), documenting plan, process, execution and reflection and collecting artifacts from teachers engagement.
 * PL Activity 3:

I have been supportive and provided guidance along the way at our meetings. I'm encouraging my teachers to use me as a resource and to ask for help when needed. I am guilty of not always focusing on the EA effort on campus as I get caught up with all the "have to". We cannot work cohesively and reach our end goal if we truly only focus on it once a month. There has to be constant reflection and coversation about our efforts weekly on campus. I will check in weekly with all EA teachers to see how their efforts are progressing. I will make the time to focus on our EA projects to ensure that we are all still on the same page and moving forward. I will document my interactions with all EA teachers to allow for reflection and future conversations at our next monthly meeting. It will help guide what our next steps need to be. I have been trying to remain very positive this year. I know that teachers are overwhelmed with all the paperwork this year. I need to model the attitude that they must have, if I want them to embrace it. There are always challenges in teaching and we must learn to overcome the hand we have been dealt.
 * How did your actions, language and priorities support your vision/mission as an Early Adopter iCoach (aka //your destination postcard//)?
 * In what ways did they dilute your efforts?
 * What goal will you set for yourself to act toward in the next four weeks?
 * How will you measure your achievement?
 * What specific strategies will you use to keep your own "optimism and hope alive"?
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