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Advisory Council

October 15, 2024

Connector & Framing

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Name, school, role

What is something that has energized or reinvigorated you recently?

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Link to agenda

Gateway Induction Mission

The Gateway Induction Program is dedicated to improving public education by preparing reflective, equity-centered practitioners. Our anti-racist approach for the Gateway Induction Program includes choosing every day to think, question, act, and advocate for racial equality, grounding learning in justice, hope, empowerment, change, and love.

Purpose of Advisory Council

1. Provide insight and guidance to support the development, implementation and growth of the teacher induction program

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1. Gather and analyze information to identify and address induction strengths and gaps

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1. Suggest adaptations to further strengthen our program and meet our needs as an induction community

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Goals/Agenda for Today

• Provide an update for 2024-25 Program (new partners, changes)
• Provide input on:
• Triad Conversation (administrator, teacher, mentor)
• Post Triad follow-up
• Role of administrators & partner schools for Gateway Induction

Gateway Induction Updates 2024-25

• New School & Envision Schools as new partners this year
• Teacher Enrollment
• GMS/GHS: 5 teachers
• CACS: 2 teachers
• New School: 8 teachers
• Envision: 17 teachers
• Drew: 1 teacher

Improvements based on teacher/mentor/Advisory Council feedback:

• Further refined our portfolio process: 3 milestones
• Created a more structured content coaching process

Milestone 1, Milestone 2, Milestone 3, Induction Calendar

Mentor Input (2023-24)

Program Strengths/Successes

• Feels embedded, responsive, reflective
• Feels more spacious, not stressed about deliverables
• Calibrating coaching lens with co-observations, putting together findings based on data
• On-site program aspect, intentionality, availability of people when there are questions
• Monthly mentor lunches/informal collaboration
• Peer coaching

Challenges/Gaps

• Induction protocols being revised/not “done” (real-time revision vs. once per year)
• Ways to combine induction coaching to extend to support coaching schoolwide on what teachers are doing well, growth areas for all
• Question of building systems and structures for PE/different disciplines, special education
• How to build in more coaching time

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Teacher Input (2023-24)

Program Strengths/Successes

• Vulnerability opportunity/okay to make mistakes/growth mindset
• Opportunity to reflect on teaching, especially important for a first-year teacher doing it for the first time
• Identity awareness and impact on teaching/student experience
• Co-planning with mentor
• Goal setting and inquiry process helped improve teaching
• Appreciate mentor support, embedded aspect of program

Challenges/Gaps

• Need more structured content coaching for teachers who are paired with a non-content expert as their induction mentor
• Clarity on administration/school role (partner school) (e.g. triad conversation follow-up)

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Triad Conversation & Role of Partner Schools/Administration

GOAL: Clarity on administration/school role (e.g. triad conversation follow-up)

Process

Review Milestone 1 and the Triad Conversation.

• What do you notice/wonder about our Triad Conversation process?
• What changes/suggestions might you make for next year? Based on:
• (1) this protocol
• (2) your experience participating in these triad conversations
• What other suggestions do you have for the partner school’s role for Gateway Induction? (Current process is connecting with school leaders, discussing induction needs, providing program overview, reviewing school’s mission to help inform shared mission, vision)

Whole Group Share-Out & Next Steps

Summer 2024

• Revise and simplify induction tools
• Gather input from school leaders/stakeholders on ways we might combine induction and non-induction coaching workshops/learning
• Meet with other induction program leaders to see how they approach PE, content coaching, special education for induction
• Review schedules to see where it’s possible to build in additional coaching time
• Collaborate with partner schools to onboard new partners and roles
• Review small changes cycle findings to see where we can further incorporate and leverage anti-racist approaches to induction program

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Advisory Council

December 4, 2023

Introductions

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Name, school site, role,

something important to you about your work with educators

Goals for Today

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• Report out on first year and half of Gateway Induction
• Share and discuss summary of teacher and mentor feedback
• Collect Advisory Council input to inform program development
• Q&A for Advisory Council to ask clarifying questions about the program

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Agenda

• Welcome and introductions
• Overview of program design, approval, and launch year
• Summary of program feedback
• Discuss questions for Advisory Council input

Gateway Induction Launch

• Design team of lead mentors from GMS & GHS, Director of Schools & Partnerships, Induction Program Consultant
• Input from teachers via focus groups as well during build phase
• Program was approved in Fall 2022
• Launch year 2022-23 with 8 teachers
• 3 successfully completed Year 2 for Clear Credential, 1 ECO, 3 continuing into 2023-24, 1 left program
• Program grounded in anti-racist practices & identity as well as job-embedded inquiry and reflection

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Program Model

Anchored in:

1. Core Reflection & Six Influences of Environment, Behavior, Competencies, Beliefs, Identity, and Mission (Korthagen) - relationship between these influences and teachers’ life experiences

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1. Culturally-Responsive Teaching & Ready for Rigor Framework (Hammond) build connections between students' cultures, languages, life, and school experiences

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Our Core Values & Practices

Inquiry-based Approach

Equity & Anti-racist Approach

Developing a Reflective Practice

Emphasizes the value of asking questions, seeking understanding, and exploring new perspectives to inform decision-making and problem-solving.

Prioritizes fairness and inclusivity, while actively working to identify, challenge, and eliminate racism and its impacts on organizational practices and outcomes.

Cultivating a habit of thoughtful self-examination to evaluate one's own assumptions, beliefs, and actions, in order to grow personally and professionally.

Induction Program Experience

Notice & Wonder Protocol

Notice

Wonder

What do you notice/wonder?

What questions do you have based on these noticings/wonderings?

Program Feedback 22-23: Candidates

Positive Feedback

Constructive Feedback

• Overall Program is meaningful and relevant to my work.
• Not a lot of busy work, program elements anchored in moving practice forward.
• Mentors are amazing - experienced and well seasoned, supportive, guide us through the process.
• Great that we have our own program, feels more meaningful and aligned to our daily realities.
• Process feels authentic, not a box checking/hoop jumping process.

• Lack of clarity for some program components.
• Deadlines can be a challenge.
• Issues with Google Classroom platform.
• Question of what is relevant for each program component versus seeing and retaining the big picture of the program.

Program Feedback 22-23: Mentors

Highlights

Areas for Improvement

• Feel grounded in program goals and experiences of our coachees
• Strong connections with their mentees.
• Provide valuable guidance and support to the program participants.
• Appreciate being a vital part of the program design and refinement process.
• Appreciate the end-of-year portfolio feedback process because they learned from each other’s mentoring/coaching expertise and learned about each other’s schools/teachers.
• Value having Elena Aguilar’s Equity Rubric framing

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• Not being on Google Classroom causes confusion
• ILP document does not flow easily. Seems like it is a complicated placeholder.
• Need to rethink the induction calendar - fall mini inquiry feels hard to accomplish given the other fall portfolio tasks and needs of first year teachers.
• The E in the SMARTE goals is not so showing up as clearly as we need.
• Get clearer on what we are guiding mentees towards in terms of anti-racist practices and what we have time to do.

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Program Improvements (Slide 1 of 2)

CHALLENGE

CHANGE MADE

Program Improvements (Slide 2 of 2)

CHALLENGE

CHANGE MADE

Advisory Council Input

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What do we see as needs?

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What do we need to consider as we continue to add partner schools?

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What do we see as successes so far?

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