January+6,+2009

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=**Meeting Notes**= On Tuesday, January 6, 2008 the Literacy Support Network met from 8:30-11:30 and again from 12:30-3:30 in the Board Auditorium of the Hattie Mae White ESC. ** The next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 13 in the Board Auditorium (a.m and p.m. sessions) __This will be the monthly mandatory meeting for ALL members of the network.__  ** The January 6 meeting was mandatory for coaches only. ** 100% of Middle School coaches were in attendance!!! **   Attendance: 91% Absences: NORTH: Rosa Smith-Williams, Tameika Ashford SOUTH: Iretta Peters EAST: WEST: Gastonia Goodman CENTRAL: Alicia McAfee, Carolyn Thibeaux The meeting was facilitated by our cognitive coaching consultant, Dr. Anne Coppenhaver of the University of Houston Clear Lake. Dr. Coppenhaver began the meeting by allowing each coach to share a “coaching win” with the group. Trends found the wins include: The focus of the day was on creating a bank of “rich questions” that coaches can use in their conferencing work with teachers. To facilitate this, the coaches: The meeting was facilitated by Stephanie Sandifer. The focus of the meeting was on measuring effectiveness of literacy coaches and the National Staff Development Council’s revised Standards for Staff Development. Coaches discussed strategies for imporivng their methods of professional development based on these recognized best practices. Homework for the group was to go to ASCD online to access the first two chapters of // Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success //and read before they meet again on Tuesday, February 10.
 * Sessions from 8:30-11:30 OR 12:30-3:30  ****  MEETING NOTES FOR COHORT II COACHES: (cohort II consists of coaches who were not here last year to work with Dr. Coppenhaver)  **
 * Departments beginning to come to the coaches requesting specific help (e.g. the writing process, reading strategies)
 * The need for coaches to persevere in their sharing of resources.
 * The importance of using data to get teacher buy-in
 * Various methods that coaches have discovered to “break down” barriers and open doors
 * The importance of communicating with the senior administration on campus
 * Reviewed the language of effective teaching as found in PDAS’ first four domains
 * Reviewed the principles of adult learning as found in their coaching text // Enhancing Instructional Strategies through Cognitive Coaching in Houston ISD Literacy Coaching //
 * Watched a video-taped coaching session between a coach and classroom teacher
 * Worked in groups to create a bank of questions that they can use in conferences with teachers
 * Session from 10:30-1:30  ****  MEETING NOTES FOR COHORT I COACHES: (cohort I consists of coaches who worked with Dr. Coppenhaver last year)  **