Present: Cheryl, Gayle, Donna and Michaelann
Topics:
Re-inviting and re-kindling past members to re-collaborate: Tim, Allison, Paul and Ron (on an in-school basis)
Re-do Norms and ground rules with new combination of people.
Dates for next Meeting for the semester – Tuesdays are best
Deadlines approaching for group commitments:
March:
Nona Lyons book chapter – Cultivating and Scaffolding Reflective Practice
Outline:
Opening
Individual Portfolios
School Portfolios
Individual Journals
Traveling journals
Synthesis with reflective practice
Closing
Possibly add in use of CFG protocols
Can use as a foundation Craig’s three existing portfolio papers
(Craig to bring copies next Meeting)
Thoughts:
Building a community is a foundational piece
People do get better at reflection
Use chunks from previous proposals
Use pieces from previous AERA pieces (Michaelann to bring copies to next meeting)
Ron’s Journals – Cheryl has these
Student traveling journals – Ron and Michaelann have
Cheryl – paper on Lanier about one teacher coming full circle – curriculum maker vs. curriculum implementation
For Nona Lyon’s chapter we need to brainstorm different exemplars
Accountability in student journals
IP – Gayle from Reagan work vs. IKE PDAS
SP – Donna and Janet (old chapter), Allison Drew, Paul and Michaelann IKE
IJ – Tim and Ron
TJ – Donna, Michaelann and Ron link to student journals
Work on draft for December 18th meeting at Wilson at 3:30pm.
Traveling Journals:
Students First – Gayle
Community – Michaelann
Cheryl – Leadership
Donna – Reflective Practice
Each person gave a quick overview of the work they had been doing in the journals
AERA Paper – Traveling Journals:
20 pages or more
Themes –
Running into Boundaries
Incompetence and overworked and over stressed
Bumping into the Compliance culture
For December Meeting:
Traveling Journals Paper has these three items:
Theme:
Process:
Product:
(Per areas individually discussed)
{Theme: Collaboration; Process: idea of traveling journals; Product: Group journals and student journals}
Remember the value of making connections
Homework for DECEMBER 18, 2207
Brainstorm ideas for Lyons chapter based on your assignment
Have traveling journal entries pulled and copied for you section of AERA paper.
You control your destiny