Objective+35


 * Objective 35:** Attend a grade-level or departmental planning session at each level. Reflect on teacher leadership in these sessions.

1. At each level a teacher is designated as a leader and creates an agenda and guides discussion. They record the session and relay information to the principal. 2. Elementary and Middle school planning sessions focus more of their discussions on individual students and school activities instead of curriculum. 3. High School planning sessions focus more on curriculum, pacing guides, benchmark testing and SOL schedules and results. 4. At each of the meetings all teachers participated in discussions and were given numerous opportunities to discuss various matters. 5. All of the meetings could have been more productive by focusing on collaboration methods with sharing of strategies. 6. The planning sessions were beneficial in keeping all of the teachers that participated informed of events occurring in the school.
 * Date || Time started || Time ended || Number of hours || Description of activities ||
 * 08/09/13 ||= 9:00 ||= 10:00 ||= 1 || Attended a grade-level meeting at Watauga Elementary School. ||
 * 08/09/13 ||= 2:00 ||= 3:00 ||= 1 || Attended a grade-level meeting at Wallace Middle School. ||
 * 08/13/13 ||= 1:00 ||= 2:00 ||= 1 || Attended a department meeting at John Battle High School. ||
 * 08/13/13 ||= 2:00 ||= 4:00 ||= 2 || Complied reflections for the objective. ||
 * Reflections and learning |||||||| **__What I Learned__:**

1. Attend as many department/grade-level planning sessions as possible to show an interest to the staff and gauge effort being put forth by the teachers. 2. Designate the best instructional leaders in each content area as Department Chairs to lead the planning sessions. 3. Emphasize to Department Chairs that planning sessions should focus on collaboration 4. Provide funding for materials that will improve student learning. (Technology, field trips, etc.) 5. Be a good listener to the concerns and ideas of each department. 6. Stay up to date on the latest instructional strategies and give that information to teachers in their department meetings. ||
 * __Working with Leaders to Facilitate Student Learning__**:
 * Reading(s) |||||||| Reeves, D. (2007). //Ahead of the curve: The power of assessment to transform teaching and learning//. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree. ||