Visible Thinking Routines; Engagement; Collaboration

Modeling Quality Instruction in Staff Meetings

• Today’s Meet• Learning Targets for Today• Go Animate and Connector• Setting the Purpose: See, Think, Wonder• The Power of Positive Energy: Zoom-In• Themed Choice Reading: 4 C’s and School Morale• “Every Kid a Champion”: Headlines• “Feed the Positive Dog”: I Used to Think; Now I Think

Today’s Agenda

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Introduce Yourself!https://todaysmeet.com/shakingbehrmann

• Expand ways to engage adult learners • Incorporate various technologies in meetings• Understand the importance of connectors• Awareness of how choice is critical for learning• Become familiar with Visible Thinking Routines• Reflect on School Morale and Power of

Positive Thinking and Attitude

Learning Targets

Welcome!Go Animate

• Find a partner• Choose a prompt• Share with your partner• You and your partner now find another

team. Share with the other team!

ConnectorTable Talk Cards

Respond on Today’s MeetDiscuss

Why Connectors?

Visible Thinking RoutineSee, Think, Wonder

• What do you see?• What do you think is going on?• What does it make you wonder?

Respond on Today’s MeetDiscuss

See, Think, WonderOther uses?

The Power of WordsVisible Thinking Routine: Zoom-In

• Groups of 3-5• All read one short article on same topic• Use the 4 C’s to guide your reading • Share your 4 C’s with your group

Visible Thinking Routine: 4 C’sThemed Choice Reading: Building School Morale

• What CONNECTIONS do you draw between the text and your own life or your other learning?

• What ideas, positions, or assumptions do you want to CHALLENGE or argue with in the text?

• What key CONCEPTS do you thinking are important and worth holding on to from the text?

• What CHANGES in attitudes, thinking, or action are suggested by the text, either by you or others?

4 C’s: Visible Thinking Routine

Every Kid Needs a Champion! Rita Pierson

• What were some of the core ideas in Rita Pierson’s speech?

• Pretend that you are a newspaper editor and you must write a headline that captures the core ideas.

• Share your headlines on your paper version and type it into Today’s Meet.

Visible Thinking Routine: Headlines

Feed the Positive Dog – Jon Gordon

Consider School Morale and How You Can Impact It…

“I used to think; Now I Think”

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Visible Thinking Routine“I Used to Think; Now I Think”

• Expand ways to engage adult learners • Incorporate various technologies in meetings• Understand the importance of connectors• Awareness of how choice is critical for learning• Become familiar with Visible Thinking Routines• Reflect on School Morale and Power of

Positive Thinking and Attitude

Learning Targets

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