NorCal ELC

Summer Institute

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June 21-22, 2022

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Welcome & Before We Begin

• Make sure your First and Last Name are visible
• Supports with:
• Connecting with each other
• Breakout Rooms running smoothly
• Sign-in on Attendance - link in CHAT
• Preview Resource Page - link in CHAT
• Turn on your camera
• Keep your microphone on mute
• Gather the following materials:
• Journal / Paper
• Pencil / Pen

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NorCal ELC and Abeo School Change

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NorCal Educational Leadership Consortium Mission

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Provide high-quality professional learning and support for school and teacher leaders

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Develop leadership knowledge and skills

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Promote continuous improvement systems

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Connect educators with tools and resources for addressing equity-centered problems of practice that lead to better outcomes for students

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Develop a learning network of educators and leaders across the region

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Theories of Change / Design Principles

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• Collaborate with good partners.
• Recognize that many in education engage in leadership.
• A sense of personal agency gives one power.
• Learning is motivated by work on one’s own problems or interests.
• Accelerate learning with practical, real-world applications.
• Give sufficient time for improvement to happen.
• In CI a solution opens the way to the next problem.
• Equity is the journey; Equality is the goal (Howard, 2022).

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NorCal Educational Leadership Consortium

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2020-2021

Cohort 1

• 11 Teams
• 67 Participants

2021-2022

Cohort 2

• 18 Teams
• 108 Participants

2022-2023

Cohort 3

• 19 Teams
• 114 Participants

2021-2022

Essential Question:

How do we collectively transform education to improve access, opportunity and inclusion, especially for students who are historically underserved, so that they can thrive?

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The Abeo Team

Chris Hoyos

Holli Hanson

Kevin Shrum

Travis Davio

Lindsey Kralj

Karina Bauza-Schuler

abeoschoolchange.org

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Human-Centered

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Collaboration

Leadership

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Equity

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Inquiry

Impact

Tech Norms & Support

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• Session is being recorded
• Chat function when asked
• Video ON preferred
• Microphone MUTED
• Resource Page as your guide for learning
• Reactions

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Collaborative Norms

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• Operate with grace
• Be present
• Push ourselves as learners
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• Collectively
• Take an inquiry stance
• Communicate clearly and concisely

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Human-Centered

Collaborative Norms

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• Operate with grace . . . and patience

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• Tech Support - p. 13-15 on Resource Page

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Human-Centered

Please Note:

• Times are approximate. Some times may shift slightly based on the flow of the day.

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• Self-care is important. Please take breaks as you need them.

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Day 1 - June 21

9:00-10:00 Welcome, Overview, Inclusive Opener

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10:00-12:00 Keynote and Reflective Dialogue

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12:00-1:00 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

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1:00-2:15 Content Session #1

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2:15-2:30 BREAK

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2:30-3:30 PLC Time - Cohorts 1, 2 & 3

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3:30-4:00 Optimistic Closure & Upcoming

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Inclusive Opener

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What do you want to celebrate from this school year?

PLC #7 Feedback - Impact of NorCal ELC Work

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The impact on me and my students has been great. Taking the time to be mindful of and work toward 3 important improvements in our staff, students and school has given me a sigh of relief. I have already seen the huge impact our working as a team has created.

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This has been an important part of putting my organization, leadership and reflection skills in action. The practice in creating space for important ideas has been phenomenal. The next steps for me: continue the work on the POP and start creating more ways to get feedback from my group on what works best and what could be improved.

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The opportunity to work with so many people that have similar goals is invigorating. The discussions on leadership have helped me frame my role in education. The discussion on equity have made me more steadfast in my commitment to improving access in my classes, program, and school.

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I definitely feel that my leadership skills and confidence have grown through the knowledge, experience, and tools that I have gained through the ELC. And, through that, our PLC has been able to affect positive change at our school.

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PLC #7 Feedback - Impact of NorCal ELC Work

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This has given me an AMAZING opportunity to look at the procedure and foundational steps for instituting transformational change at a school site. I have appreciated that through our struggle we saw how to improve and move forward in a way that feels more supportive of our staffs needs and perceived needs.

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I can't believe what an impact it has had on me. I have gone from thinking our PoP is a tiny little thing we are working on here, to realizing how a tiny little thing can be part of a big picture change (equity in every school!)

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Collaborating with my own team and others has been most impactful. The work we do with our students based on our PoP has been impactful. As always, I continue to grow in my leadership through this work.

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2021-2022

Essential Question:

How do we collectively transform education to improve access, opportunity and inclusion, especially for students who are historically underserved, so that they can thrive?

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How will I “show up” today and tomorrow?

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Impassioned human

Reflective

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Equity-minded leader

Curious

thinker

Engaged

learner

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practitioner

Collaborative

colleague

BACK @ 9:55

Keynote: Gretchen Livesey,

Turnaround for Children

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Content Sessions - After Lunch

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3-5

BACK @1:00

Main Room

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Content Session #1

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3-5

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Content Session #1

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Breakout Room (BoR)

• Join the BoR at bottom of Zoom screen

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New Zoom Room

• Click on the Zoom link and you will be transported to a new Zoom Room
• Remember: Main Zoom Room Link on p.1 of Resource Page

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3-5

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Content Session #1

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3-5

If you are experiencing challenges

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• Refer to Tech Support beginning on p. 13 of the Resource Page

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• Enter your name in chat and the Breakout Room you want to enter

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• The Main Zoom link is at the top of p. 1 of the Resource Page

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• Operate with grace and patience

BACK IN THE

MAIN ROOM @ 2:30

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Team PLCs

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Cohort 1 & 2 Team PLCs

• BoR: last name of Team Lead
• Meet with your individual Team PLCs in Breakout Rooms - PoP Presentation Prep

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Cohort 3 Team PLCs

• BoR: Cohort 3
• Introduction to NorCal ELC
• Set up for Wednesday’s Cohort 1 & 2 Team PoP Presentations

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Cohort 3

NorCal ELC and Abeo School Change

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The Abeo Team

Chris Hoyos

Holli Hanson

Kevin Shrum

Travis Davio

Lindsey Kralj

Karina Bauza-Schuler

abeoschoolchange.org

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Human-Centered

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Collaboration

Leadership

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Equity

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Inquiry

Impact

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Team PLC Problem of Practice - PoP

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Something you care about and would make a difference for student learning if you improved it

• Clear and concise
• What specifically are we trying to accomplish?
• Goal oriented
• How will we know that a change is actually an improvement?
• Is it actionable? How?
• Is it measurable? How?
• Meaningful
• Will it result in an improvement? What improvement?

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Theories of Change / Design Principles

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• Collaborate with good partners.
• Recognize that many in education engage in leadership.
• A sense of personal agency gives one power.
• Learning is motivated by work on one’s own problems or interests.
• Accelerate learning with practical, real-world applications.
• Give sufficient time for improvement to happen.
• In CI a solution opens the way to the next problem.
• Equity is the journey; Equality is the goal (Howard, 2022).

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2021-2022

Essential Question:

How do we collectively transform education to improve access, opportunity and inclusion, especially for students who are historically underserved, so that they can thrive?

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Essential Question - Text Rendering

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Reread the Essential Question:

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How do we collectively transform education to improve access, opportunity and inclusion, especially for students who are historically underserved, so that they can thrive?

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Reflect and capture your thinking/rendering:

Be ready to share your thinking in chat

• What phrase in the EQ most resonates with you?

• What’s the single word that best captures the essence of the EQ for you?

Asynchronous Learning

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Independently Read

• “Improvement Discipline in Practice”
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Use the Google Form to capture your reflection

• 5 minutes

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Tomorrow, June 22

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Please Note:

• Times are approximate. Some times may shift slightly based on the flow of the day.

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Day 2 - June 22

9:00-9:30 Welcome, Overview, Inclusive Opener

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9:30-10:30 Content Session #2

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10:30-10:45 BREAK

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10:45-11:45 PoP Presentations - Round 1

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11:50-12:50 LUNCH

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1:00-1:45 PoP Presentations - Round 2

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1:50-2:50 PoP Presentations - Round 3

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2:50-3:30 Appreciations & Reflections

PLC Debrief - Cohorts 1, 2 & 3

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3:30-4:00 Optimistic Closure & Upcoming

Each PoP Presentation will include:

• 5 minute presentation
• 10 minute Q & A
• The Q & A is for all of us to better understand the Team’s process and learn from the presenting Team.
• It is not a time to provide suggestions.

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NorCal ELC and Abeo School Change

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House Keeping Items

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TEAM LEADS:

Team reports, status updates (occasional)

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Confirmation Data (Google Sheet in PLC Folder), including the following components:

• Team/Participant Data
• Statement of Assurances
• District Approval

Questions?

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ALL TEAM MEMBERS:

PDR's/Stipends

Demographic Survey

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Questions?

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Optimistic Closure

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I M P A C T

On a scale of SELFIES, how are you feeling?

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Why?

Reflection - Day 1

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1. Capture your reflection in writing . . .
2. Demographics Survey

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The Digital Toolbox:

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Abeo Digital Toolbox

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http://bit.ly/1NCelc

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June 22

NorCal ELC

Summer Institute

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June 21-22, 2022

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Welcome & Before We Begin

• Make sure your First and Last Name are visible
• Supports with:
• Connecting with each other
• Breakout Rooms running smoothly
• Sign-in on Attendance - link in CHAT
• Preview Resource Page - link in CHAT
• Turn on your camera
• Keep your microphone on mute
• Gather the following materials:
• Journal / Paper
• Pencil / Pen

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Tech Norms & Support

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• Session is being recorded
• Chat function when asked
• Video ON preferred
• Microphone MUTED
• Resource Page for directions
• Reactions

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13-15

Collaborative Norms

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• Operate with grace
• Be present
• Push ourselves as learners
• Individually
• Collectively
• Take an inquiry stance
• Communicate clearly and concisely

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Human-Centered

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Take a breath . . .

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Day 2 - June 22

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Please Note:

• Times are approximate. Some times may shift slightly based on the flow of the day.

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Day 2 - June 22

9:00-9:30 Welcome, Overview, Inclusive Opener

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9:30-10:30 Content Session #2

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10:30-10:45 BREAK

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10:45-11:45 PoP Presentations - Round 1

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11:50-12:50 LUNCH

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1:00-1:45 PoP Presentations - Round 2

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1:50-2:50 PoP Presentations - Round 3

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2:50-3:30 Appreciations & Reflections

PLC Debrief - Cohorts 1, 2 & 3

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3:30-4:00 Optimistic Closure & Upcoming

Inclusive Opener - Entry Ticket

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Entry Ticket Reflection

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• Reflecting on your learning from Day 1, what is resonating with you?

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• Looking forward to Day 2, how might you apply that learning today?

Connect in Breakout Rooms

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• Introduce yourself and connect
• Share your Entry Ticket thinking

Day 2

P. 7

2021-2022

Essential Question:

How do we collectively transform education to improve access, opportunity and inclusion, especially for students who are historically underserved, so that they can thrive?

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Inclusive Opener

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As we begin Day 2, what does this quote mean to you?

How will I “show up” today?

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Impassioned human

Reflective

educator

Equity-minded leader

Curious

thinker

Engaged

learner

Focused

practitioner

Collaborative

colleague

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Stretch it out . . .

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Content Sessions

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7-9

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Content Session #2

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Breakout Room (BoR)

• Join the BoR at bottom of Zoom screen

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New Zoom Room

• Click on the Zoom link and you will be transported to a new Zoom Room
• Remember: Main Zoom Room Link on p.1 of Resource Page

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7-9

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Content Session #2

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7-9

If you are experiencing challenges

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• Refer to Tech Support beginning on p. 13 of the Resource Page

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• Enter your name in chat and the Breakout Room you want to enter

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• The Main Zoom link is at the top of p. 1 of the Resource Page

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• Operate with grace and patience

BACK @ 10:45

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PoP Presentations

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I M P A C T

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Each PoP Presentation will include:

• 5 minute presentation
• 10 minute Q & A
• The Q & A is for all of us to better understand the Team’s process and learn from the presenting Team.
• It is not a time to provide suggestions.

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If you would like, join a Breakout Room at lunch

• Virtual Networking Lunchroom

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• NorCal ELC Q&A

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Beginning at 12:00

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Back in Main Room at 12:55

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WE WILL START BACK @ 12:55

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Hum along . . .

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PoP Presentations

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I M P A C T

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Each PoP Presentation will include:

• 5 minute presentation
• 10 minute Q & A
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• It is not a time to provide suggestions.

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Stretch it out . . .

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Each PoP Presentation will include:

• 5 minute presentation
• 10 minute Q & A
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• It is not a time to provide suggestions.

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BACK @ 3:00

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I M P A C T

Team PLC Debrief

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1. What did we learn?
2. How can what we learned inform our work?
3. What are the possibilities/ opportunities for our Team?
4. What questions have surfaced for us?

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Be aware of air time and equity of voice.

Over the course of the Institute’s 2 days...

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Optimistic Closure

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I M P A C T

Suit Yourself

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Optimistic Closure -

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Ideas: Digging up important ideas / Planting new ideas

• What ideas came up that are resonating with you?
• What new ideas am I thinking about now?

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Feelings: From the heart

• What is speaking to your heart?

Actions: Something that grows

• What action can you take as a result of our time together?

Permanence: Gems that last forever

• What are some “gems” of wisdom from our time together?
• What was confirmed for you?

Suit Yourself

See you soon . . . but not too soon

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Coming up

• Summer!

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• Orientation Monday, August 29 (3:30-5:30)

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Reflection - Day 2

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Capture your reflection in writing . . .

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SECTION 1: All Cohorts complete

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SECTION 2: Only Cohorts 1 and 2 complete

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The Digital Toolbox:

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Abeo Digital Toolbox

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http://bit.ly/1NCelc

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