VHS Staff
Thank you for your involvement in our literacy training efforts last week. Next Thursday during our early-release professional development time we will be meeting in departments to look at student work using the protocol we practiced during last week’s training. To facilitate the day’s activities we have set up groups organized around course content.
You will have 80 minutes for this work (1:40-3:00) so there should be time to go through the protocol twice, including time for completing the worksheets and having a department discussion about the process. All teachers are asked to come to the meeting on Thursday with student work samples and cover sheets filled out; the teachers with asterisks next to their names are asked to be particularly conscientious in this regard—these are the designated “Presenting Teachers” for the afternoon.
Each teacher should have the following materials on Thursday:
1) Cover sheets filled out (Description & Analysis sections)—a copy of the revised Cover Sheet is attached to this e-mail.
2) 3 pieces of student work (high-medium-low) photocopied, with enough copies for each member of the group.
Tuning Protocol worksheets (the other form we used during the training) will be provided at the meeting.
IMPORTANT REQUEST:
I would like to collect this work if possible. This day’s activity could give us a tremendous head start on our WASC self-study process, providing powerful evidence of Vintage’s professional culture of collaboration and focus on school improvement. I’m asking willing groups to turn in the following materials at the end of the day (these materials will be photocopied and returned to you quickly):
1) Student work samples
2) Cover sheet (with “Reflection” section filled out)
3) Protocol worksheets from each participating teacher (with Reflection section filled out)
Again, there will be time during the afternoon for each teacher (both presenting teacher and group members) to do some written reflection regarding the process. We are not asking for copious writing—just a few immediate thoughts.
Please let me know if you have any questions about next week’s activity
Eric
