SLIFE Learning Cohort
In a Learning Cohort, you join with a group of BPS colleagues to learn together as a team. You will address a common challenge, visit a peer to discuss their practice, develop ideas to bring back to your own setting, and get support as you try out new ideas.
Join with a group of BPS colleagues for 6 virtual sessions to learn together as a team. Address a common challenge, observe effective practices in an actual classroom setting, develop ideas to bring back to your own setting, and get support as you try out new ideas. This ALC course will be facilitated by veteran SLIFE educators and will address the question
“How do we build students’ foundational skills in a SLIFE classroom while promoting their readiness to access grade-level content?”
Time: 6 x 1 hr virtual sessions
Other: ~ 6 hrs independent work
Credits: 12 PD hours or 1 ALC
Capacity: Max 20 per groups
Mode: Virtual
Resources: Overview, Learning Cohort Slideshow, Final Artifact Blank Template
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Syllabus
THANK YOU to all of our participants in the SLIFE learning cohort. Over the course of six virtual sessions, participants completed two video observations of different BPS SLIFE classrooms; engaged in shared study of relevant educational research’ and designed, implemented and refined change ideas in their own classrooms. The group was facilitated by SLIFE teachers Beth Nibberich and Erin McGorty from BINcA and Ariana Sicairos-McCarthy from Frederick Pilot Middle School. We had 23 participants join from 13 different BPS schools/departments join this session.
After the session, 100% of participants (23 out of 23 exit ticket responses) said that they would recommend this session to a colleague. Additional comments from participants:
Having the opportunity to debrief an observation and think about what things we can bring to our own classrooms was so helpful.
The "change idea" breakouts were really helpful & generative! I got helpful feedback on my idea, and listening to other people's ideas and the feedback they received got me thinking about more things I can do.
Based on this session, here’s some things that participants want to try in their own classrooms/schools:
Setting up rotations in my classroom will help with a focus on routines.
The sorting words exercise works great as a pre-reading activity.
A different way to think about centers and using student interest to plan those centers