After our large (10) team of educators got back from the Model Schools Conference in Washington D.C., I had a chance to catch up and compare our differing (and similar) experiences between that and the Professional Learning Communities Institute two other members of our team attended last week. I was really glad I opted to attend the PLC Institute for a couple of reasons: one, after years of extensive traveling required for my coaching responsibilities, I don't travel well, and certainly don't 'fly' well; and two I'm a little burned out on the Bill Dagget Rigor and Relevance Model. We've been flogging this concept for three or four years at Brighton now, and being more of a 'touchy-feely' social scientist anyway, I prefer the humanism of a collaborative learning environment.
We'll get a chance to formally sit down and compare notes in the next few weeks, but in terms of an action plan Natalie and I have already decided to move. With the addition of our BAMS (Bengal Adults Mentoring Students) mentoring program next year with the time embedded in the school day a reality, we know the same can be done for collaboration time. Now, to just get the District to buy-in...ahh, politics.
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