SILL+2009

 This page details the week activities for SILL 2009, scheduled for June 17th-June 21st. We will meet again at Simpsonwood. We enjoyed the comraderie last year so much that we didn't even notice the lack of TV's (after the first day!). 

=TABLE OF CONTENTS= TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY



TUESDAY
LEADER PLANNING DAY

6:00 AM - Three-Mile Jog along the Chattahoochee (team-building exercise) 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast 9:15 - noon: Tweaking the week's program; Discussing coaching; Planning for the "leadership year"
 * Greg - please let us know how this goes, as we'll be at the airport. :) user:brendagaver

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 3:00 Naps, decompression

3:00 - 7:00 Participants begin to arrive 4:00 Check-in is available for new arrivals 5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

6:30 Group walk or hang out in the registration area - no planned activities (unless you think we need to provide an activity...)
 * I really think it's a good idea to allow people to sleep/take a walk/sleep/swim/sleep/catch up/sleep user:brendagaver

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WEDNESDAY
7:00- 8:00 Breakfast 8:15 - Greg - Introduction to the Week - themes, challenges, goals for week 8:30 - 9:15 MyFace.SILL - large pad of paper (requested from Lynne) + BLUE TAPE (Greg) work in mentor groups - designate a team mascot Goal: reconnect - large and small groups - Each person reintroduces self to the small, then whole, group. how you're feeling right now Greg - provide directions for activity

9:15 -10:15 Greg? - Introduce - Discussing action research in small groups. What did you do? How do you feel about it? Action research is messy. Positive - Negatives - Positive

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 10:55 Mini-presentation by mentor on leadership (Brenda )
 * I'll talk about the road to where I'm at now - it's not as scary as I'd anticipated! user:brendagaver

11:00 - 12:00 Thoughts on culture - What is culture? Lynn - South Carolina module on Culture (Lynn will give PPT) (Big C vs. little c; surface-level vs. deep culture) how to teach it? What is their experience teaching culture? Do their students get it? (Lynn) South Carolina PD Module http://www.knowitall.org/EducatorPlus/content/program.cfm?SeriesIDpassed=100 Viewing Guide for Module http://www.ed.sc.gov/agency/Standards-and-Learning/Academic-Standards/old/cso/foreign_language/documents/ViewingGuideonCulture.pdf //I'll be bringing copies of some Peace Corps materials for each participant (and anyone else who wants a copy). These include the book "Uncommon Journeys" and "Building Bridges". user:dlfulton//

12:00 - 1:00 lunch 1:00 - 2:30 Myers - Briggs -or another personality inventory. Guest speaker

2:30 - 2:45 Break 2:45 - 3:00 Wrap up of personality inventory, debrief

3:00 - 3:25 Lynette - Bridge between Personality Types and Leadership - How has knowing your personality type helped you?

3:25 - 4:00 Greg - Writing an abstract and presentation title - How to? and examples.

4:00 - 4:30 Thinking about PPT - Greg YouTube video - What NOT to do. Resources - Presentation Zen and Slide:ology

Participant work-time to work on presentations Assignment: Turn in an abstract by 8:00 AM Thursday morning in Journal on SILL-NET.

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner 7:00 to midnight? Game Night - round tables and chairs set up in the meeting room off the Cafeteria

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THURSDAY
7:00- 8:00 Breakfast 8:15 - Discuss abstracts from homework - get feedback from mentor group Abstracts should be finalized - Greg will work on creating the program for the presentation day

9:00-9:30 - This was originally scheduled to work on abstracts, but I don't think we will need it this long user:hopperg So, how about lengthening the next section on Culture? __9:00-10:15__ Culture education - possible ideas - 5 products that every teacher would need to know before graduating, 5 perspectives and 5 practices that are related to those products.
 * We should think this through Tuesday and come up with some good activities. **

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:00 Krista 's mini-presentation on leadership: Talk about paradigm shift from "either or" to "both and", which leads into an adjective exercise (first alone and then in pairs or threes for discussion / help), "fire" leadership exercise (alone first...volunteers may share in mentor groups)...if time, read "Baby Steps in Leadership" and share in groups a step each person may be willing to take...)...if time, end with a TeacherTube inspiring video. Depending on how this goes, I may have some "time fillers" left to add in if needed later...

11:00-12:00 Time to work on presentations

12:00 - 1:00 lunch

1:00-1:45 STAMP presentation / Assessment literacy and data analysis WebEx- Need to have a computer with projector Would also need a phone with a speaker phone box - We will dial in to the WebEx system on the phone.

1:45 - 2:30 Time to work on presentation (one-on-one help available for those who want it)

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:10 Leadership minipresentation by Lynn - my leadership journey, five highlights that foreshadow the same types of presentations they will hear from the leadership panel at dinner, get participants thinking about the types of questions they might pose to the panel later in the day.

3:10-4:00 Rob Hess' book situations - freeze-frame scenarios (10-15 minute for groups to prepare, 5 minutes for each group to present, remaining time to debrief)

4:00-4:30 Break / Transition to cafeteria location

4:30 - 5:30 Local leader panel (//Invitations have been issued and I am awaiting response from four Atlanta area leaders. I invited them to be with us starting at about 4:30 and stay through dinner. I will ask them to take 5 minutes each to highlight 5 important events that took them from novice teacher to leader. Confirmed: Jon Valentine - current Georgia state supervisor, Kristin Hoyt - Kennesaw State Methods Professor, former Indiana state supervisor, Brandi Meeks - high school German teacher and FLAG conference chair) user:dlfulton//
 * Confirmed - Lynne Mc arranged to get the side room off the cafeteria for the Leadership Panel**

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

Evening activities? Informal - most SILLies will be working on their presentations

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FRIDAY
7:00- 8:00 Breakfast AR presentations/mini conference - 17 presentations - including Beth Murphy from her home. need evaluation sheets video taping

8:00 - 8:25 Group 1 8:30 - 8:55 Group 2 9:00 - 9:25 Group 3 9:30 - 9:55 Group 4 9:55 - 10:10 Break 10:10 - 10:35 Group 5 10:40 - 11:05 Group 6 11:10 - 11:35 Group 7 11:40 - 12:05 Group 8 - Stefanie Hicks

12:10-1:15 Lunch

1:30 - depart on bus half day at Stone Mountain - return after Laser Light Show?

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SATURDAY
7:00- 8:30 Breakfast 8:45 - later start - Debrief from mini-conference, how do I present at local conferences, Lynn will have a handout for them about their own state organizations and their conference dates and submission information, talk with participants about ACTFL session and the desire for several of them to be there (two can have their trip funded by AVD), have space for several of their presenations at SCOLT as well

9:15-12:00 with a break at around 10:30 Discussing leadership - Robert Hess AM

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch //1:00 - 1:20 Rich's Leadership Journey - Behind the leadership spotlight. Roll up your sleeves and get dirty!// Robert Hess PM

Leadership projects due Sunday morning

6:00 Celebration dinner (formal??) dinner - presentation: OR
 * Certificates of appreciation
 * __Talent night__ - everybody can get in on the act - Let people know well in advance so that they can come to SILL prepared.
 * __Mutual appreciation night__ - "I appreciate for all that she has done to ___." Each person gets to be affirmed by anyone who wants to say anything to / about that person.
 * ***(I really think the Mutual Appreciation Night is great. One of the WILLies (was it Melinda?) said that as teachers, we never get to hear GOOD things about us! It may be a great way to end the dinner. With Karaoke afterward, of course!!!) **
 * OR**
 * Karaoke

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SUNDAY
7:00- 8:00 Breakfast [//I would like to do my leadership project here: Leadership Quadrants - What are your strengths. This is different that leadership style; it deals with how you naturally lead or in which areas you are strongest. We did this at NFLRC in Iowa and it was amazing. I think about it a lot. This would take about 20 min. Brandee ]// discuss leadership plans - Rob Hess session obstacles to success? Writing an article about your leadership plan - goal for the end of 2010 wrap up in small groups

send off at 12 noon - If I wasn't able to play it earlier, my inspirational TeacherTube video would be a great wrap-up to the weekend...it's only 3:16., but very powerful. Krista

1:00 head to the airport

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