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Why: Collaborative Inquiry Teams will serve as a platform for mentors to better serve and support all scholars. In addition the collaborative process will:
Drive professional learning and growth that elevates the expertise of all mentors
Address common dilemmas and solving complex challenges that face us in mentoring scholars
Build Collective Efficacy as a staff (one of the number one influences on student achievement)
Develop a shared understanding and deep knowledge of Paradigm’s priority standards, making us better able to develop priority skills among all scholars
What: Teams will engage in a process of Collaborative Inquiry to:
Develop a shared understanding of priority standards, including the underlying skills
Analyze scholar work related to priority standards to determine how to better meet scholar needs
Share mentoring techniques to support scholar learning of prioritized standards
Overview of Paradigm Collaborative Teams
Overview of Paradigm Collaborative Teams
What is the purpose of our Collaborative Team meetings?
Meeting Resources
Meeting Resources
How do I prepare for Collaborative Team Meetings?
Step 1: Select a common instructional focus.
As a team, determine a priority standard or instructional practice that you would like focus on together.
Typically used for the first meeting in a Collaboration Cycle
Select a priority standard to focus on for the collaboration cycle
Develop a shared understanding of the priority standard
Identify actions we will take to explore our selected standard in our next meeting
Teams can use this template to develop a shared understanding of a standard including the underlying or key skills incorporated within a standard.
Step 2: Measure scholar understanding of the instructional focus.
Look at scholar work to determine what scholars do and do not understand related to this standard.
As a team, determine instructional adjustments you can make to help scholars master this standard.
Look at student work or data to measure the impact of your instructional adjustments.
Repeat this cycle as needed.
Meeting Agenda
Typically used in the middle of a Collaboration Cycle, after a priority standard has been selected
Review and analyze student work samples to identify ways we can adjust instruction to meet student needs
Identify actions we will take to explore our selected standard in our next meeting
Data Analysis Protocols & Trackers
Use this protocol to review formative assessment data and determine next steps for students based on whether they "got it, almost, or not yet" for a standard/skill.
Use this tracker to track data on priority standards
Make a copy of the tracker for your department/team
The data from this tracker can be analyzed using the Analyzing Formative Assessment Data Protocol
This protocol allows team members to stay low on the ladder of inference (i.e., avoid jumping to conclusions) when analyzing data or scholar work.
Protocol used to identify strengths, weaknesses, outliers, and trends in the data. This can be good to use when work samples may differ from class to class, but the team has a similar standard/skill they are focusing on.
Other Tools and Resources
Other Tools and Resources
Blank Paradigm branded agenda that can be customized for any meeting.
This protocol guides teams through a process of setting collaborative norms to help them establish a shared understanding for how they will collaborate together.
One pager that explains the what and why of Effective Meeting Practices.
Sample indicators for each of the Effective Meeting Practices. This can be used to help teams learn about each meeting practice and reflect on how the practices are used in their meetings.
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