April

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 * > __** Agenda **__​[[image:images.jpeg]] ||||> ==== ** Coaches' Workshop on Pooling Our Resources to Take IT to the Next Level ** ====

**4/22/2010**
 * 5 Hours, 30 Minutes**
 * Sullivan Conference Room, AIU Central Office**
 * 475 E Waterfront Dr**
 * Homestead PA 15120** ||
 * **//"Too few teachers experience the quality of professional development and teamwork that would enable them to be more effective educators each day. As advocates for professional learning, our job is to make sure that what we know is essential to good teaching is embedded in all teachers'// [and coaches'] //lives."//--**Stephanie Hirsch "A New Definition" in //JSD// Fall, 2009 (10-11)

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 * |||| Chris Hausammann (PIIC Mentor) and Kevin Conner (PAIU TIM) ||
 * Type of meeting: |||| Interactive, dynamic and engaging ||
 * Facilitator: |||| Various ||
 * |||| District instructional coaches, CFF coaches, EETT coaches ||
 * Please bring: |||| Laptop computers ||
 * |||| ** Agenda topics ** ||
 * 30 (8:30-9:00) || Registration & Networking
 * |||| ** Agenda topics ** ||
 * 30 (8:30-9:00) || Registration & Networking
 * 60 (9:00-10:00) || **Assessing Our Needs and Goals**

1. Hayes Mizell: "Time for a professional learning paradigm shift" Shift 2. Stephanie Hirsh: "With technology, many old excuses are no longer valid" Excuses || Chris Hausammann, facilitator || Visual Ranking Tool from Intel Go to Visual Ranking Collaborate or Die: The Future of Education || Kevin Conner, facilitator || //**Using Webspiration for group collaboration - you got a message in the email you used to register for today's event**// || Chris Hausamman and Kevin Conner, co-facilitators || Link to google form on needs/wants - For our Supporting Learning at Your School Form on Google: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ak2ADZ0DrEZodHV0My1XbHFHSEp5VnJRNGJKdUFsT3c&hl=en media type="custom" key="5920979" media type="custom" key="5922047" media type="custom" key="5932625"
 * NSDC Blog entries - read and react (comment) to one of these blog posts - (you need to use Firefox or Chrome to view, IE will not work)**
 * 90 (10:00- 11:30) || Cooperative Professional Development
 * 60 (11:30-12:30) || Working Lunch || All ||
 * 105 (12:30-2:15) || Reflective Planning for Action (for Individuals and Groups)
 * 15 (2:15-2:30) || Evaluation || All ||
 * Resource persons: |||| Diane Chessman, Joanna Mangiapane, Matt Dancho ||
 * Special notes: ||||  ||
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