9-13-12


 * Here is what we decided about the PLG meeting on Monday in our morning meeting:**

1. We will hold off on giving out the teacher survey. We will tell the teachers they can expect to get a survey soon to collect some baseline data about writing instruction. Also, the survey questions need some revising based on suggestions made this morning- so any other thoughts/suggestions can be emailed to me. I will revise and then resend the survey to facilitators before sending to the whole staff.

2. PLG facilitators will be responsible for photocopying a packet of handouts for their PLG as well as indicating where the PLG meeting will be held. The packet will include:

To put in mailboxes ASAP : Not to put in packet, but to photocopy and bring to meeting : //*//**//We will not hand out the Guidelines for Process Observations//**//*//
 * About Professional Learning Groups (the non-negotiable part of PLGs)
 * PLG Roles and Responsibilities
 * PLG Facilitator Workshop Brainstormed norms
 * Brewer HS Faculty Meeting Norms
 * ATLAS protocol
 * Cycle of Action
 * 4 pages of Data (not included in packet so we all look at the data with fresh eyes together)

3. We decided to use only the **facilitator** and **recorder** roles for now, and leave out the process observer. The recorder will record notes into the template Dorothy created on the PLG Wiki. The notes will include the group norms and relevant information discussed in each section of the protocol.

4. In **part 4 of the protocol,** we added a question: **What do you see as a reasonable improvement goal based on this data?**

5. We decided to stick with the protocol outline, but can be flexible with time. It is okay if our conversation runs into our next meeting on Sept 24th.

6. We need to let teachers know that the next meeting on the 24th will focus on sharing our own writing instructional practices. We will not be looking at student work but simply having a conversation about what we do. We may also look at the results of the teacher survey as part of this discussion. (This is what we planned during our workshop in August)

I hope I didn't miss anything. Let me know if I did.

Kate