Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The Talent Code

We spent some time today beginning to take a look at the book The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle.  The subtitle is Greatness Isn't Born, It's Grown.  The book is broken into three sections:
Deep Practice, Ignition (Motivation), and Master Coaching. 
Our first round of impacting quotes today circled around the struggle necessary in deep practice.
A dilemma that evolved over the discussion was:
How do we balance teacher expectations and 9th graders expectations in a way to lead to struggles but not course failures? 
We agreed to read the first section on Deep Practice though the lens of the above dilemma.
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So with our PLC, we agreed that our topic is:
Differentiated Professional Learning Communities that Impact Student Learning

Rufus is working on the beginning of a Prezi that illustrates our Collaborative Actions this Semester.
Logistical roles:
Facilities/Tables:  Pat
PLC Name Signs:  Cheryl
FloorPlan:  Brittany
Feedback Form:  Electronic and Paper - Katie

So What?
Teacher Feedback form still to be developed.


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