Plan Do Study Action- Review of Aim 1 & 2

1. February Group Call

2. Decisional
What decisions have you made as a
result of this data?
What are your proposed next steps?
Do you want to make any changes to
your plan(s)?
What do you want to prioritize for the
month ahead?

3. Decisions Made:
• Create a survey to find out why
the ignite speeches worked.
(Maricopa)
• Will meet with AESD and
brainstorm ideas of possible next
steps in creating a partnership
and will make a trip to Yuma
to meet with those teachers
to generate interest for NBCTs
(Phoenix Union)
• Get on staff meeting agendas and
shoulder tap (White River)
• Approval to hold a
pre-candidacy class in
the spring in order to
combine all future
candidates into the 2016-17 cohort.
The decision was made to set up
informational meetings at each
school site. (Balsz)
• Focus on the convening and begin
planning for the 1196 NBCT’s
(Avondale)

4. Next Steps:
• Get the survey out to Maricopa staff and then create
ignites in Balsz and Gilbert based on the information
gathered (Maricopa)
• Set up meeting and continue to gather data (Phoenix
Union)
• Get more info on the Pre-candidacy classes and start to
offer one this summer (White River)
• Create a sample postcard and set up a meeting with the
superintendent (Balsz)
• Get the event on the website and spread the word to
more NBCT’s and encourage attendance (Avondale)

5. Changes:
• None at this time (Maricopa)
• Get in contact with established instructional leaders that
are not NB certified and see if there is an interest
(Phoenix Union)
• None (White River)
• We do not want to make any changes to our plans at this
time (Balsz)
• Rethink plans to meet the diverse needs of the group
(Avondale)

6. Priorities:
• Survey to Maricopa teachers, and establishing a
group of committed, available teachers for further
training (Maricopa)
• connect with other teachers and instructional
leaders in the district to inquire about instructional
leadership roles and National Board Certification
(Phoenix Union)
• Work on summer institute (White River)
• Begin by making initial contact with the
superintendent and share the sample postcard that
will be sent out to teachers (Balsz)
• Get the event on the website, then
get the word out there
(Avondale)

7. Reflection: Dilemma
• Do you have a dilemma/challenge in
your work?
• If you could take a snapshot of this
dilemma, what would you/we see?
• What have you done already to try to
remedy or manage the dilemma?
• What do you assume to be true
about this dilemma, and how have
these assumptions influenced your
thinking about the dilemma?
• What is your focus question? A focus
question summarizes your dilemma
and helps focus the feedback.

8. Consultancy
Protocol

9. Consultancy Protocol
Overview and Clarifying Questions (3 minutes)
• Presenter: Describe the challenge you are facing. Pose a question around the challenge that
seems to guide the group in discussion of the dilemma.
• Group: Do you have any clarifying questions?
Group: Probing Questions (5 minutes)
• What did you hear? What didn’t you?
• What assumptions seem to be at play?
• What questions does the problem raise for you?
• What might you do / have you done when faced with a similar problem?
• Presenter Reflection Back (2 minutes)