PLC+Workshop

=PLC Workshop -= June 21 and 2, 2012

with Jim Nehring
Please see Jim's message to the group: You may print a copy by downloading the file.


 * To: All Participants in the PLC workshop Scheduled for June 21 and 22, 2012**
 * From: Jim Nehring, Facilitator**
 * Re.: Advance Preparation**
 * Date: May 29, 2012**

Hello, Workshop Participants,

I look forward to working with you during the PLC workshop scheduled for June 21 and 22. In order for our work to be meaningful and useful for you, I am asking that each of you prepare two items in advance of our sessions. These items are listed below. If you have a question about either of the items, please contact me by email and I’ll be happy to help you out. I look forward to meeting you in June.
 * __Please be sure to get these items ready while school is still in session since they require you to gather school-related materials that may not be available once school ends for the year.__**

With Best Wishes, Jim Nehring, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Education University of Massachusetts Lowell James_nehring@uml.edu


 * What participants need to do to prepare:**
 * 1) __Be ready to talk about__ a specific experience from your teaching this year that was particularly successful. It could be a lesson you taught, a student who experienced unusual growth, a piece of curriculum you designed, a particular intervention you made on behalf of a student, etc. Be prepared to discuss it in detail.
 * 2) __Bring with you the work of one or more students__ who have __not__ been particularly successful in your class, meaning that they do not appear to have made much progress academically in your class. Bring with you several representative pieces of work for this student (or group of students) and be prepared to talk about your experiences with these students. Please remove all names and identifying information. Photocopies are fine. A “piece of work” means a tangible product, such as a written composition, a worksheet with lots of student writing, a series of math problems showing work, a test with lots of student writing (as opposed to multiple choice responses), etc.