Community of Practice (CoP) Session #3 Weekly Cop friday Schedule

Community of Practice (CoP) Session #3

Weekly CoP Friday Schedule

Attendance and welcome activity about developing community	10-15 minutes
Observation Discussions– Small group “what I learned” debriefings about Peer/Self Observations	1 hour
Show and Share– An activity from last week’s TETE Workshop (2-3 mentees) – What Worked/What Didn’t Work	1 hour
TETE\6Ps Training	1.5 hour
Daily Wrap-Up	10-15 minutes

Warm Up

• Speed Interview
• Active Listening Practice

• Write down 3 questions to review what they have learned so far.
• Interview as many people as you can in 5 minutes.

SPEED INTERVIEW

• Person A has 90 seconds to talk about:

-- ““A success you had in your classroom…” or
-- “A student success …..”
Person B cannot talk (imagine a band-aid over your mouth) until the 90 seconds are finished.

• Person B paraphrases (restates) the content and reflects on the feelings of Person A (60 seconds). Person A cannot talk.
• Person A gives feedback about how it felt and says appreciation if they feel like they were being heard. (30 seconds)
• Now switch roles

Pair Communication – Active Listening Exercise
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Observation form overview

SELF Observation Discussion Steps

Overview:

• Who I taught?
• What I taught?
• How did it go (general) ?

Deeper dive:

• How did I do on the Rubric?
• Example of something that went well:
• Example of something that was “needs a lot of work” (if nothing, then something that “needs a little work”: 

Feedback: (From others)

• Comments/Recommendations/ Questions

Moving Forward:

• What I will do next time? KEEP/ADAPT/TOSS

Show And Share

• 2-3 mentees presentations about last week’s TETE content
• Feedback and suggestions:
• CoP Observation Rubric OR
• PQP
• Remember – ALL activities must be student-centered

TETE Training

• Giving Clear Instructions

Rewrite the following Instructions: Remember to KISSS them. Add ICQs.

• Teacher:

OK, everyone, let’s begin. Please open your books and then you need to look at page 63. You will do Exercise 3. Work with your elbow partner a partner. You and your partner are going to take turns reading the paragraph. You will then choose a title for the paragraph. OH, and you have to do this in 10 minutes. When you finish with reading and creating a title, use the information in the paragraph to answer these questions. Work alone to complete the questions.

Rewrite the following Instructions: Remember to KISSS them. Add ICQs.

• Teacher:

Okay everyone. Let’s make two lines. We are doing a fluency line you remember, yes? Okay Please face each other. You are going to talk about your families for two minutes. You will then rotate each person takes a step left. So, you will have a new partner. You then will have 1 minute to talk. You then rotate again and talk for 30 seconds this time. Do you understand? Great lets start.

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• 2-3 teachers to do Show and Share
• 2-3 teachers to do PEER observations discussions