Bonita In answer to your last question...yes! :-) My team hasn't read it yet, but have heard me go on and on about it. Our last cycle began to explore some of Ellin's ideas. Lesson study definitely requires administrative support. My principal, assistant principal and mentor covered classes for us regularly and/or attended lessons and debriefing sessions. There were only three teachers and our instructional facilitator working as our process observer on some cycles and it took a lot of commitment on the part of our instructional leadership team. We kept all of them in the loop with regular written reports of our lessons and debriefs which I think helped them see our professional growth over time. They saw the value of it and we couldn't have done it without them! Jennifer In a message dated 4/9/2008 3:07:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You so make me wish I had a lesson study group right now. It is so time consuming and difficult to manage without administrative support and teacher commitment that our team disbanded. I miss it. I love that you are doing it with reading comprehension. I love that To Understand seems to be influencing your process (am I right?) **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
