Tuesday+-+Day+2

Tuesday - Day 2 home

7-8AM Breakfast

8:00-8:15 Greg - Troubleshooting connectivity problems - problems with SILL-NET Register for credit, go over syllabus, forms Reimbursement for travel - participants need to bring their flight itineraries and request reimbursement

8:15-8:45 Greg, TLs Debrief from the journal assignment - share with your mentor group.

8:45-9:45 Ann TL's Mentor Groups: discuss pages 5-6, the teacher's role in building a strong language program. Discuss the administrators' checklist (Observing Foreign Language Instruction for Secondary School Students or the Elementary School version).

1. What indicators "speak" to your group? 2. What would your group change about this check list of indicators? 3. What would you add? Change? Omit? 4. Could the checklist be integrated into your school's observation process? How would its use change what happens now in your school/district?

9:45-10:15 Greg and TL's Debrief in whole group: Task: Each group shares one question that really spoke to the group.

10:15-10:30 Break 10:30-11:00 Lynette The results of the SILL survey: implications for Action Research

11:00-12:00 TL Brandee Action Research: researching your question

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:15 Greg Explain optional activity share on Wednesday Morning. (3 mins. each - handouts loaded to SILL-NET

1:15-1:45 TL Krista - Body Snatchers activity...when done...ask them @ any insights this could give you about your job, your life, SILL, etc. (not letting anyone through the cracks...etc.) Talk @ Vampire / Zombie modification.

TL Action Research story - using an external reward system. I would like to draw this out as I speak...I will do this on the overhead projector.

Another stretching activity to get them ready for their brain work below.

1:45-2:45 TL Choosing an action research topic: how do you know your AR idea is worth studying? Krista - I will be walking them through an individual and then group activity.

2:00 - 2:15 or 2:00 - 2:15 Break 2:15 - 2:18 - Video Cry Me a Verb

3:02-3:20 TL Brenda Story Boxes: getting-to-know-you mixer

3:20-4:00 Greg Individual reflection and processing time: Journal assignment - Thinking back to the beginning of the day, which of the survey topics (choose 2 or 3) could you see turning into important areas of research for you? What could you and your students gain from engaging in a study of these topics? Time to explore ERIC resources as you begin to formulate your possible AR question

4:00-4:15 Greg Midweek survey and wrap-up for the day

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