A Tool for Effective and Efficient
Common
Planning
Meetings
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Content Directors – Shannon Hernandez, Shane Woods
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Learning Network Directors – Hilda Caballero, Beth Hollinger,
Steven Johnson, Karen Molinar, Jason Oliver, Xavier Sanchez, Rian
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Welcome
and
Introductions
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Fort Worth ISD
Motto:
Mission:
Singleness of Purpose
Preparing students for success in
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college, career and community
leadership
Vision:
Igniting in every child a passion for
learning
Values:
•Student Achievement
•Stakeholder Collaboration
•Leadership Development
•Respect for Diversity
•Equity in Access
•Perseverance & Commitment
•Continuous Improvement
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Secondary Mathematics and
Science - SMART Goal
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By June 2014, the Secondary Mathematics and Science
Departments will provide professional learning
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opportunities to increase teacher content knowledge,
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improve pedagogy and improve planning practices as
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measured by a 10 point increase of student achievement
on STAAR and CBA assessments.
Agenda
• Common planning meeting expectations
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• Facilitator as a key component
• Snip-it of a meeting
• The Protocol
• Logistics
• Questions
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Purpose
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• Teacher growth in both content knowledge
and teaching practices
• Relates to Professional Learning
Communities (PLC)
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• Promotes ownership of all student’s learning
• Helps to calibrate everyone’s thinking
Expectations
• Occurs at least 4-5 days prior to each learning
nd week of school
experience,
starting
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• Administrator is present in all meetings at
least through the end of October
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• Documentation of meeting and minutes kept
• Follows the Protocol
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• Within two to three days of the planning
meeting, the teacher should be delivering the
lesson
Common Planning Meeting
Facilitator Role - Key to the success
of the planning process
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• Needs to be well prepared and
knowledgeable of content and pedagogy
• Will determine and notify teachers of the
lesson that will be discussed prior to the
common planning time
• Will press on and push teacher thinking
• Will hold all teachers accountable for
discussions
• Will keep the process moving
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The Protocol
• Prior to the lesson
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Planning
Math
Engage/Launch
Explore
Summarize/Closure
Assessment
Science
Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
• Differentiation (15 minutes)
• Reflection (10 minutes)
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Video
Look Fors
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• What specific things did you
hear the facilitator say/do
during this planning session?
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Break-Out Session
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Logistics
•When will the planning sessions be scheduled?
(during
the
day,
school, after school)
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•How will the facilitator work with the different
grade levels/courses? More than 1 facilitator?
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•How will you communicate the common planning
time expectations to your teachers? How will they
be monitored?
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Questions?
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Concerns?
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