September+15,+2009

toc =Logistics=
 * Location:** Hattie Mae White, 1E01/1E02

=**Agenda**=


 * **When?** || **What?** || **Why?** || **How?** || **What do I need?** || **Who?** ||
 * Time for activity || Name of activity || Objectives for activity || Methodology detail || Materials, supplies, handouts || Facilitator(s) ||
 * 1:00 – 1:10 || Focus || To focus the learning on the day’s work. ||  ||   || Tina Angelo ||
 * 1:10 – 1:20 || Ice Breaker || To get to know one another. || * Each table will receive a piece of chart paper.
 * The first person in each team writes the assigned word at the top of the chart paper and hands the pen to the next person.
 * Each team member adds a single word underneath the previous until the string of words completes a sentence that
 * Obeys the rules of English grammar
 * Makes clear sense and has self-evident meaning
 * All members must contribute at least one word. || Chart paper, marker || Paula Pierre ||
 * 1:20- 1:30 || Norms || To review and add to established norms. || Go over posted norms and add to list || Chart paper, maker || Tina Angelo ||
 * 1:30-1:50 || Moodle || To gain knowledge about the learning management system coaches will use to document their work. || * Moodle log-in and password

Login: your HISD email username Password: (see your notes from the meeting) || Moodle || Stephanie Sandifer || Stephanie Sandifer Paula Pierre ||
 * 1:50-2:00 || Break ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 2:00-2:40 || Moodle Continued || To gain knowledge about the learning management system coaches will use to document their work. || * Navigation of a Moodle
 * Moodle journal entry
 * At your table, discuss your new learning from Chapter 1 in __Building Teacher’s Capacity for Success__ by using the guiding question: How do the concepts around "Strength-Based School Improvement" apply to the work that I am doing on my campus? The discussion should be a round-robin.
 * Enter you own personal reflection in the Moodle Journal.
 * Downloading a template ||  || Stephanie Sandifer ||
 * 2:40-3:10 || Job Duties and Responsibilities. || To further explain the duties and responsibilities associated with the Coaching Model || * Outlook
 * Literacy Coach Standards and Responsibilities Self-Assessment
 * Coaching Model ||  || Paula Pierre ||
 * 3:10-3:40 || Individual Work Session || To document the work of coaches using their Outlook calendar || Coaches will use the Literacy Coach Standards and Responsibilities Self-Assessment to document their work in Outlook. ||  ||   ||
 * 3:40-3:50 || General Announcements and Updates ||  || * TMSFA Application
 * // Language! //
 * Word Generation
 * Houston Real Men Read
 * Workflow document
 * Site Visits ||  || Tina Angelo
 * 3:50-4:00 || Reflection || To personally reflect on the || Respond to the following questions:

What worked? What didn’t work? What questions remain? || Reflection Sheets ||  ||

=**Meeting Notes**=

Notes from Activities:
NORTH: Rebecca Wells (Davis), Juliette Abramson (Sam Houston MST Center) SOUTH: EAST: Lisa Boze (Ortiz) WEST: Carla Bray (Sugar Grove), Nora Garcia (FP specialist), Karissa Ogle (Pershing), Elizabeth Van Auken (FP specialist) CENTRAL: Diane Alvarez (Reagan FP), Sandra Sampson (Scarborough FP), Juanita Schwartau (Wharton K-8) ALTERNATIVE: **Resources used during the meeting*: **
 * On Tuesday, September 15, 2009, the LSN met from 1:00-4:00 in room 1 E01/E02 of the Hattie Mae White ESC for the first meeting of the 2009/2010 school year. **
 * Attendance: 92% **
 * Absences by Region: **
 * Focus of the meeting: **Setting up the systems that will be used to document the 2009/2010 work of the Literacy Support Network.
 * Moodle: a Learning Management System that will be used to continue our learning experience on weeks that the Network does not meet.
 * Outlook: members will use a color-coded system to document the work they do with teachers on campus and share those calendars with the Department of Adolescent Literacy
 * //Standards for Middle and High School Literacy Coaches //
 * HISD Coaching Model
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2009/2010 Contact Log
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Literacy Support Network wiki site: https://literacyleads.wikispaces.com/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">HISD Literacy Commitments
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">On Tuesday, September 22 the Literacy Support Network met on three campuses for site visits: Grady, Lanier and Dowling. Attendance records below reflect only Literacy Coaches. Feeder Pattern Literacy Specialists attended a different meeting. **