10-25-18 BLT Meeting Minutes

BLT 10/25/18 

Attendees: Neil, Darren, Annie, Bre, Chris, Drew, Xena, Kevin, Sam, Trevor, Jodi, Kerrie, Tracy 

Agenda 

• Finalize next purple PD days (11/7, 12/12, 1/9, 2/13) 

  • Finalize which PDs to offer when, who will lead, who will attend which session 

• BLT Middle School parent rep 

• Re-open conversation around vision 

Purple PD Day Planning 

• Two, one-hour sessions: 1st hour academic focus, 2nd hour support/social-emotional focus 

  • PD Options: Math Discourse, Socratic Seminar, Guided Reading, CRT Book Study, Supporting Learning Differences 

• K/1 Plan for these sessions: how to make choice time more structured (Jenny will lead, there is an anchor text to guide PD) 

• Each person will have a Session 1 and a Session 2, each session will have four parts (taught over the four PD days) 

• Share out in February during a staff meeting 

PD Day Sessions 

• Session 1: Math Discourse (lead by Drew, ??), Socratic Seminar (lead by Karly, Sam), Guided Reading (lead by Jaxie, Jan, Ticely), K/1 Choice Time (lead by Jenny M) 

• Session 2: CRT Book Study (lead by Christina, Xena), Supporting Learning Differences (lead by Kevin, ??) 

BLT Middle School parent rep 

• A couple people have applied but aren't committed to being here for two years 

• Keep looking? 

Action Steps 

• Trevor will ask specialists if they think academic/social-emotional PD benefits them 

• Kevin will touch base will all SPED teachers to gather interest in leading Supporting Learning Differences PD 

• Annie will reach out to Jan and Ticely to ask to help facilitate Guided Reading PD 

• Reach out to staff who haven't responded to survey to figure out session choices 

• E-mail all leaders of PD series – ask them to get overall plan for four sessions, what resources do they need?  

NEXT MEETING: 11/8/18 

• Next BLT meeting focus on Vision work, Neil will bring previous work done on this idea