January+2011+Agenda

= Pa Intermediate Unit Technology Integration Mentors =

**__AGENDA__ - JANUARY 5**
**Back Channel** **http://adminlearning.wikispaces.com/TIMs#TIMS%20-%20January%202011**

**8:30 - 8:40 am - Welcome and Introductions,** Holly Jobe **8:40 - 9:10 am - Opening Exercise** St **4:00 -4:30 - 6:00 pm -** BREAK
 * 7:30 - 8:30 am** - Hot Breakfast
 * Sharing - Resources
 * Facilitator: Tiz Powers
 * 9:10 - 10:10 am - Reflecting on Mentoring **
 * How is what you have just learned altered your initial thoughts about your role as a mentor?
 * Facilitator: Tiz Powers
 * 10:10 - 10:40 am** - **SCENARIOS - Role-Play**
 * Facilitator: Ralph Maltese
 * Scenario #1, Scenario #2
 * Report Out
 * 10:40 - 10:50** am - BREAK
 * 10:50 - 11: 20 am Revisit October TIMs Meeting **
 * Facilitator: Jo Mangiapane
 * Reference the information from the October TIMs Meeting. The results are listed at the bottom of the link: TIMS OCTOBER MTG.
 * TIMs wordle from October - TIM wordle.pdf - created by Stevie Kline
 * Have any of your priorities changed in light of your mentoring role?
 * 11:20 - 12:15 am** - Team & Individual Missions
 * Facilitator: Diane Chessman
 * Revisit again your coaches' individual missions and some group missions
 * What are some common themes that you can glean from them?
 * Can we learn anything from the missions for tomorrow's discussion about sustainability?
 * How can you use these missions to plan future collaborative / IU meetings?
 * Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, Table 6
 * Report Out
 * 12:15 - 12:20pm - Video 1.11.11**
 * 12:20- 1:15 pm** LUNCH
 * 1:15 -** **2:15 pm - Project - Based Learning** []
 * Facilitator: Diane Chessman & Ralph Maltese
 * **Video:** [] or []
 * "People rail against PBL because they have to cover the stuff, neglecting the important point that teaching by lecturing, while covering more material, is not better at students learning the material." Ralph Maltese
 * @Resources
 * PBL Example & Discussion
 * Discuss & list the advantages of this example (PBL) over a conventional teacher lecture/student listen format.
 * Discuss & list the disadvantages
 * Discuss if the advantages of this example outweigh the advantages of conventional teaching
 * If you were to share this example with teachers, what arguments against this example would you anticipate?
 * How would you address those arguments above?
 * 2:15 - 2:30 pm -** BREAK
 * 2:30 -** **4:00 pm - Project - Based Learning** **continued**
 * Selling (Must know strengths; scenarios based on different audiences)
 * Table Assignment: __**Table 1**__: //School Board & Teachers//; __**Table 2:**__ //Administrators & Teachers//; __**Table 3:**__ //Instructional Coaches & Administrators//; **__Table 4__:** //Teachers & School Board;// __**Table 5:**__ //Parents & Instructional Coaches;// __**Table 6**__ //Adminstrators & Parents//
 * Create a convincing argument and an outline for presenting to the following. Please post
 * @School Board
 * @Teachers
 * Administration
 * @Instructional Coaches
 * @Parents
 * 4:00 - 4:30 pm** Share Out
 * 6:00 pm - Dinner together in the hotel**

= **__AGENDA__ - JANUARY 6** =
 * 7:30 – 8:20 am -** Hot Breakfast
 * 8:20 - 8:40 am - Reflection**
 * Facilitator: Holly Jobe
 * Two major concepts you walked away with yesterday
 * 8:40 - 9:10 am - TIMS Talk**
 * Facilitators: Cindy, Evelyn, Stevie and Jeff
 * Discuss the top 4 most popular issues gleaned from the TIMs Action Plans and TIMs survey at each station.
 * 1) TIMs Sustainability
 * 2) @Virtual Meetings
 * 3) @Coach Mentoring
 * 4) Coach Sustainability
 * 8:40 - 8:45 am -** Move to first station
 * 8:45 - 9:15 am - Issue 1**
 * 9:15 - 9:20 am -** Move to another station
 * 9:20 - 9:55 am - Issue 2**
 * 9:55 - 10:10 -** BREAK
 * 10:15- 10:50 am - Issue 3**
 * 10:50 - 10:55 am -** Move to another station
 * 10:55 - 11:30 am - Issue 4**
 * 11:30 pm - 12:15 –** LUNCH
 * 12:15 - 1:40 pm - Decide which issue that you want to explore further ... Join that group**
 * During the discussion, consider the following:
 * 1) Each issue poses several challenges. What strategies can be developed to overcome those challenges?
 * 2) In creating these strategies, please think in terms of systems.
 * 3) Be prepared to share the highlights of your discussion and next steps.
 * 1:40 - 2:20 pm -**
 * **Short Share Out (10 min each)**
 * Future Elluminate Sessions on these topics???
 * **Feedback Form**
 * 2:20 - 2:30 pm -** Closing