The week has not finished but the preparation for work ahead has begun! Thank you to all who worked on course descriptions, unit descriptions and other necessary curriculum work. More details and timelines will be shared for future dedicated work time on October 12 and 19.
On to Monday, September 12 and Jodi O’Meara’s Visit.
Jodi O’Meara is returning to AISC to work with us for a
second year on our RtI efforts with a focus on Tier 1 and Tier 2 Interventions Interventions for Extension. With over 18 years as a teacher and administrator of general education, special education and gifted education, she recognizes the diverse needs of students and teachers. Jodi specializes in professional development in the areas of differentiated instruction for both students with special needs as well as students identified as gifted. Jodi will be at AISC from Sept. 12 – 21, 2016
Jodi O’Meara’s Visit
Time
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Topic & Session Objective
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Location
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Audience ( participant #s)
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MONDAY September 12, 2016 (2E)
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7:45 am
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Arrival; Meet with Dan
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Front Gate
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Dan
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8:00-8:30 am
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Open coffee
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Courtyard (weather permitting)
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All Faculty - Optional
Nigel, Paula, Karen, Susannah, Beth, Clayton, Calley, Rachael, Alan,Joelle, Keryn, Andrew H, Dan.
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8:30-9:15 am
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Meeting 1: Tour, clarifications and explanations of schedule
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DTL Office
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Dan
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9:15 - 10:15 am
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Workshop: Clarification of language, philosophy surrounding recommendations, and the intersection between AISC priorities
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SHED
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Dan, Beth, Karen, Paula , Clayton Coach, Calley, Rachael, Nigel, Susannah , Lori
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Break
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Break
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iHub
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Dan
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10:30-11:30 am
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Continuing the conversation
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SHED
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Dan, Beth, Karen, Paula, Clayton, Calley, Rachael, Nigel, Susannah
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11:30-12:15 pm
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Lunch
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FAC
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12:15-12:45
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DTL meeting
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Discuss recommendations and rationale from previous visit; prep for LT meeting
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12:45 - 2:15 pm
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Meet with LT: Jodi re-engages the LT with her recommendations and the rationale
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SHED
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Leadership Team
*Andrew Hoover, Dan, Keryn Dowling Alan Phan Joelle Kevin Crouch & Kirsten
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2:15-2:30 pm
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Break
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2:30-3:00 pm
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Day 1 Reflection
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DTL Office
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Dan
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3:00-4:00 pm
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LSS Team Meeting:
Review of current program and recommendations going forward
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3116
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LSS TEAM: Widi, Nancy, Amritha, Lucy, Beth, Nigel
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TUESDAY September 13, 2016 (1B)
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Time
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Topic & Purpose
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Location
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Audience
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7:45 - 8:30 am
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HS TCM Meeting Observation
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HS Office
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HS TCM; Susannah, Correne, Nigel, Beth, Paula
*TCM - Teacher Collaboration Team
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8:30 - 9:30 am
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HS TCM Feedback Session
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HS Office
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HS TCM
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9:30-9:45 am
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Break
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9:45-11:15 am
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Further define and refine how we may approach training and implementation of RtI with faculty. An additional focus should be on how to identify and best support our high achieving kids
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HS
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HS Counselors/LSS
*Correne & Susannah Amritha, Nancy, Widi, Lucy, Beth
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11:15-12:30 pm
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Lunch
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12:30-2:00 pm
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ES Admin - best ways to identify and support high achieving kids
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ES
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Keryn, Lori, Rachael, Karen, Nancy, Widi
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2:00 -2:30 pm
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Further defining Individual Learning Plan criteria
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MS Counselling Office
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Nigel
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2:30-3:30 pm
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Counseling Department: Counselor's’ role in implementation of RTI
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HS Office
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ES/MS/HS Counselors
*Meg & Ron - ES
*Jen & Nigel - MS
*Correne & Susannah - HS
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3:45-4:30 pm
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Optional---Part 1--Extension Presentation: Supporting students needing additional challenge
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HOL
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Optional---Open to all Faculty
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WEDNESDAY, September 14, 2016 (2F)
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Time
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Topic & Purpose
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Location
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Audience
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7:55-8:30 am
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ES TCM Meeting
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ES Counseling
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ES TCM: Meg, Ron, Amritha, Widi, Nancy, Lori, Karen, Nigel
*TCM - Teacher Collaboration Team
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8:30-9:30 am
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A dialogue regarding the student support process in ES. Jodi to provide feedback on the ES TCM
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ES Counseling
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Meg, Ron, Lori, Nigel
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9:30-9:45 am
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Break
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9:45-10:50 am
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Workshop: Tier 2 in ES what is the need for reading, writing, math and behaviour?
Jodi facilitates discussion to identify the needs and then perhaps Jodi can make recommendations that can be reviewed in a later meeting
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HOL
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Meg, Ron, Lori, Nancy, Widi, Amritha, Karen, Rachael, Nigel, Calley
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10:50-12:05 pm (G Block)
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Small group work on differentiated instruction and tier 1 behaviour strategies for the classroom
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HOL
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MS Core teachers
(Math and Science)
Lindsay, Rebekah, Bill, Lakshmi, Ryan and Justin
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12:05-1:00 pm
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Lunch
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1:00-2:30 pm
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EAL and LSS Directions Dialog
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Dan’s Office
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Dan, Jodi, Paula, Karen, Beth
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2:30-3:45 pm
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TBD
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3:45-5:00 pm
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All Faculty meeting
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THURSDAY, September 15, 2016 (1C)
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Time
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Topic & Purpose
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Location
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Audience
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8:00-8:30 am
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Overview of classrooms to visit and students to be observed
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HS office
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Beth
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8:30-9:45 am
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ES LSS team will meet Jodi at 3116 and take her to the various observations. The schedule for the observations will be set by the ES LSS Team
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ES & MS
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ES LSS team will meet Jodi at 3116 and take her to the various observations.
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9:45-10:00 am
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Break
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10:00-11:00 am
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ES Counselors
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SHED
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Ron & Meg
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11:00-11:35 am
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ES Data conversation
The objective would be ways to move to common understandings of tier 1 interventions.
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Keryn and Lori
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11:35-12:05 pm
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Observation of MS grade level Student Meeting
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Grade 7 teachers, Jen, Lucy,
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12:05-1:00 pm
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Lunch
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1:00-2:00 pm
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EAL Coordinator Meeting--begin to discuss Dr. Rojas recommendations
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SHED
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EAL Coordinators (Karen & Paula )
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2:00-3:30 pm
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Review progress on Student Support Program in MS
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SHED
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Jen, Lucy, Paula, Nigel
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3:30-3:45 pm
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Break
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3:45-4:30 pm
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Optional---Part 2--Extension Presentation: Supporting students needing additional challenge
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BBT
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Optional---Open to all Faculty
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7:00 pm
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Working Dinner
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Park Hyatt - Flying Elephant
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DTL & HOS
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FRIDAY, September 16, 2016 (2G)
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Time
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Topic & Purpose
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Location
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Audience
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8:30-9:50 am
(G Block)
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Small group work on differentiated instruction and tier 1 behaviour strategies for the classroom
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HOL
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MS Core teachers (*LA and SS)
Lydia, Rob, Pepper, Michelle, Heidi and James
* Language Arts & Social Studies
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1 - 2.30
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Continue to discuss Dr. Rojas recommendations
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SHED
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Dan, Paula, and Karen
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12:15-1:00
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Lunch
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1 - 2.30
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Follow Up on Wed. Sept- 14. Revisit and work with HOD of EAL and LSS to look for overlaps between RtI and Gini’s EAL recommendations
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HOL
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Beth, Karen, and Paula
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2.30 - 3.30
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Available to meet with Teachers--schedule with Sonia
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HOL
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3.30 - 4.00
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Follow Up on Wed. Sept- 14. Revisit and work with HOD of EAL and LSS to look for overlaps between RtI and Gini’s EAL recommendations.
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HOL
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Beth, Karen, and Paula
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MONDAY, September 19, 2016 (1D)
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Time
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Topic & Purpose
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Location
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Audience
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8:00 - 9:00
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Extension in mathematics: Planning Session
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SHED
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Calley
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9:00 - 9:45
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DTL & Learning Coaches Work Sessions on AISC
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DTL Office
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Dan, Clayton,and Rachael
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9:45-10:00
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Break
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10:00-12:05
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DTL & Learning Coaches Work Sessions on AISC
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DTL Office
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Dan, Clayton, and Rachael
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12:50-2:05 (B Block)
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Small group work on differentiated instruction and tier 1 behaviour strategies for the classroom
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HOL
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MS Specialist teachers
Aneesh, Heather, Carlos, Monica, Hannah, Cristian, Tommy, Jason, Gareth, (Cary, Deb)
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2:05-2:30
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Break
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2:30-4:00
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Action Steps for EAL and RtI at AISC
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HOL
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Dan, Beth (arrives at 3:00), Karen, Paula
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TUESDAY, September 20, 2016 (2H)
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Time
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Topic & Purpose
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Location
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Audience
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8:00-9:30
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Individual Teacher Sign Up with Sonia
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SHED
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Individual Teachers Sign Up to receive 1:1 assistance on differentiation strategies
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9:35-10:30
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Extensions in Mathematics with Grade 3
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2132
Kristie’s Room
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Kristie, Tiffany, Scott, Kamini, John, Allison J, Leontheen, Calley
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10:30-11:30
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HS Counselors: Moving Forward with RTI
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High School Conference Room
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Susannah & Correne
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11:30-12:15
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Extensions in Mathematics with Grade 5
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Grade 5
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Becky, Kelly, Marianne, Megha, Barbara A, Salome V, Calley
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12:00-1:00
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Lunch
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1:00-2:00
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MS Counselor: Moving Forward
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MS Counseling Office
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Jen Gold
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2:00-2:15
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Break
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2:15 - 3:30 (G Block)
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Extensions in Mathematics in Middle School
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HOL
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Lindsay, Rebekah, Lakshmi and Ryan, Calley
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WEDNESDAY, September 21, 2016 (1A)
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Time
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Topic & Purpose
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Location
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Audience
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8:00-8:45
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Jodi presents verbal summary & 5-7 recommendation
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SHED
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Admin (Andrew, Dan, Joelle, Alan, Keryn)
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8:45 - 10:00
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Grade 2 Math Extension
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2605
Anna’s Room
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Anna, Lorna, Barbara W, Fer, Samantha, Deepa, Calley
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12:25 - 1:30
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HS Math Extension & Differentiation Strategies
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SHED
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Kala, Mano, JS, Calley, (Ryan, Beth)
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Thank you to all who attended Adaptive Schools this week. A special congratulations to our wonderful co-facilitors, Joelle Basnight and Megha Radhakrishan. Also working with Adaptive Schools on their way to facilitating and agency training: Karen Sumaryono, Calley Connelly, and Walter Basnight
Adaptive Schools
Mr. Roussin is the Co-Director of the Center for Thinking Collaborative and works as an educational consultant with both US and Internationally based educational organizations. As an educational consultant, Mr. Roussin specializes in individual, group and organizational collaboration and development
Ms. Simoneau has over 20 years’ experience
as a teacher & reading specialist with students of all ages. She has also
chaired or served as a member on school improvement & accreditation teams
designed to develop school community & facilitate achievement. She is
also the author of “A Facilitator’s Guide to On-Line Professional
Development: Establishing Communities of Learning & Cultures of Thinking
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Have a great weekend and we will see you next week!
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