The Core Work

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The Core Work

• Professional Learning Team

• Promote a culture of challenge by asking key
  questions.
• Engage in crucial conversations around student
  samples of work.
• Identify trends in student achievement based on
  the work of Triads.

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ACTIVITY 1 SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF CHAPTER 7

• Affinity Diagram
• All team members individually brainstorm their
  key points silently by writing each separate idea
  on a sticky note.
• Group members then randomly place their sticky
  notes in the middle of the table. As a group,
  members silently place ideas in like
  categories.
• All members discuss the groupings and label each
  main idea.

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Shared Understanding Chapter 7
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Culture of Challenge
What shifts need to happen to move from a
culture of sharing to one of challenge? Discuss
as a table group Adaptive challenges
Collaborations Crucial conversations
Essential learning High expectations DRIP
syndrome Reference page 257 Revisiting
Professional Learning Communities at Work
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What does challenge as distinct from sharing
look like, feel like, sound like?
What does it look like?
What does it sound like?
What does it feel like?
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ACTIVITY 3 UNPACKING THE PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING TEAM PLAN

• Pairs given 3 work samples and 3 Professional
  Learning Team Plan proformas. Each pair to work
  through the questions on the proforma.
• Core school groups to discuss as a team.
• Core school groups share their reflections with
  the whole group.
• 4. Discussion How does this fit with your
  school context?