Building Leadership Building Leadership TeamTeam

October 5, 2010October 5, 2010Whip Around: Share one positive thing from Whip Around: Share one positive thing from

your morning LbD session and one take away your morning LbD session and one take away from the afternoon sessionsfrom the afternoon sessions

AgendaAgenda

Review of Course Proposals, Review of Course Proposals, Changes and DeletionsChanges and Deletions How will you talk as a department How will you talk as a department

about teacher recommendations about teacher recommendations for courses?for courses?

How will you plan for vertical How will you plan for vertical articulation of concepts and skills?articulation of concepts and skills?

How do you norm so that you How do you norm so that you know expectations are similar know expectations are similar from class to class?from class to class?

Goal #1Goal #1

North High students will be North High students will be prepared for an ever-changing prepared for an ever-changing world and therefore will world and therefore will understand and respond to understand and respond to those challenges. They will:those challenges. They will:

communicate effectively using verbal, written, and communicate effectively using verbal, written, and technological means for various audiences and technological means for various audiences and purposespurposes

problem solve using creative and thoughtful problem solve using creative and thoughtful methodsmethods

transfer their prior learning to new demandstransfer their prior learning to new demands

Goal #2Goal #2

North High students will be capable, North High students will be capable, confident and self-directed learners. confident and self-directed learners. They willThey will::

request opportunities to learn beyond what is request opportunities to learn beyond what is requiredrequired

transfer their learning to new situations in an out of transfer their learning to new situations in an out of schoolschool

pursue a personal direction based on an pursue a personal direction based on an understanding of their talents and interestsunderstanding of their talents and interests

persist as learners with confidence in their skills and persist as learners with confidence in their skills and abilitiesabilities

perform proficiently on national, state and local perform proficiently on national, state and local assessmentsassessments

Goal #3Goal #3

North High students will be North High students will be curious, creative, critical curious, creative, critical thinkers. They will:thinkers. They will:

recognize patterns and connections in order to recognize patterns and connections in order to create thoughtful solutionscreate thoughtful solutions

read, listen and respond as critical consumers of read, listen and respond as critical consumers of information and ideasinformation and ideas

seek to understand multiple perspectivesseek to understand multiple perspectives discover and evaluate patterns and relationships in discover and evaluate patterns and relationships in

information, ideas and structuresinformation, ideas and structures reason inductively from a set of specific facts and reason inductively from a set of specific facts and

deductively from general premisesdeductively from general premises

Goal #4Goal #4

North High students will be North High students will be socially responsible people. socially responsible people. They will:They will:

act upon their responsibility to othersact upon their responsibility to others act out of a strong sense of personal, social and act out of a strong sense of personal, social and

civic responsibilitycivic responsibility create a climate of non-violence, peace and social create a climate of non-violence, peace and social

justicejustice make choices that support a healthy and make choices that support a healthy and

responsible lifestyleresponsible lifestyle work skillfully with others to achieve common goalswork skillfully with others to achieve common goals seek to understand the views, values and cultures seek to understand the views, values and cultures

of othersof others

What is your plan for Oct 19 What is your plan for Oct 19 early release development time?early release development time?

Upcoming BLT meetings-Oct 19 Upcoming BLT meetings-Oct 19 and Nov 9: Data Protocol and and Nov 9: Data Protocol and Unit Plan TuningUnit Plan Tuning