The following slides represent the ISB Elementary School vision for 2008 and beyond. This deck was the second of a series of presentations on the vision and direction the Elementary School will be taking going forward. Its purpose was to clarify points from the last meeting and build understanding. This thinking represents our current "temporary fixed position"

1. Please sit with your TEAM ES Faculty Meeting Mon, April 7, 2008 12:00-2:00

5. Surface vs. Deep Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, 2006, UK Becoming actively interested in course content Feeling undue pressure and worry about work Examining logic and argument cautiously and critically Finding difficulty in making sense of new ideas presented Checking evidence and relating it to conclusions Memorizing facts and procedures routinely Looking for patterns and underlying principles Treating a course as unrelated bits of knowledge Relating ideas to previous knowledge and experience No reflection on purpose or strategy Deep learning Surface Learning

7. We zeroed in

14. Example *We would focus our time and energy on one grade level per day. (6 levels= 6 day cycle) PM: Collaborate with a class or two in Science Collaborative planning Other work (I.e. Curriculum or IS) AM: Collaborate with a class or two in Reading Workshop B Day (Grade 1)

19. Collaborate Questions Don’t teams still need a team leader? Vertical? Big picture? Specialists integrated? How to tap into different strengths? Time? What is it? What is it? Distributive Leadership Collaboration

20. Let’s Get Concrete Example Depth Monitor Team learning Vertical Discussions Data Analysis Student Work Learning Reading Budget Name New Reading Science Science CIA Social Director Point Person Field Trips Agenda, notes N & B Name Name Name Name

27. Let’s Get Concrete FOCUS ACT REFLECT TEAM-BASED SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MODEL (COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH ) Organizational Goal