April E-Newsletter

Collaboration in Konocti!!

With effective collaboration in Konocti, there is daily visible learning and visible teaching in the classrooms.

To keep the collaborative fun going, we have summer professional development options:

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Summer Professional Development Options:

9:0 0am – 3:00 pm each day

Lunch on our own…………….Snacks provided…………held in the McClung Room or LLE library

Who: 3rd – 7h Grade teachers Administrators and coaches are welcome	Who: Kinder  - 2nd Grade teachers Administrators and coaches are welcome	Who: High School, 8th – 12th teachers.  Administrators and coaches are welcome
When: June 6th – June 8th	When: June 7th – June 8th	When: August 1st – August 4th
Topic/Outcomes: *Clean up the units, assessments, resources in the grade level Google shared folder. *Revisions to the year at a glance. *Devise common writing rubric	TopicOutcomes: *Foundation skills and ELA units calibrated for grade level year-at-a-glance *Best practices on the instruction of the primary reading foundation skills *Best practices around writing	Topic/Outcomes: *End of course requirements (assessment, projects, finals) per semester *Year at a glance per semester
Format: -    Direct Instruction from WestEd and from the C&I Director; and elementary administration -       Workshop time per grade level team -       Time permitting, some vertical share out at the close of each day.	Format: -    Direct Instruction from WestEd and from the C&I Director; and elementary administration -       Workshop time per grade level team. -    Vertical share out	Format: -    Direct Instruction from WestEd, the C&I Director, and from HS Administration. -    Workshop Time -    Vertical share out
Where: McClung Room	Where: Lower Lake Elementary library	Where: McClung Room
How: Ideally at least 1 teacher or more per school and per grade level. Compensation option: hourly pay or or Education credits	How: Ideally at least 1 teacher or more per school and per grade level. Compensation option: hourly pay or Education credits	How: Ideally at least 1 teacher or more per school and per department. Compensation option: hourly pay or Education credits

https://wordpress.com/post/learningandliteracyblog.wordpress.com/4 This site shares a diagram that I am developing. It synthesizes some of the top yielding instructional strategies and school-wide best practices into the key areas for visible learning!