E-Team Meeting

February 5, 2015

Our Agenda
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Check In
Review of Group Norms
Working Definitions of Equity & Diversity
Laying the Foundation
Data Examination
Wrap Up

Our Norms
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4.

Stay engaged by speaking, listening, and asking questions

Exercise confidentiality
Monitor your air time
Speak and behave with respect; treat others as you wish to
be treated
5. Understand that there are things you do not know or
understand, everyone has a story
6. Expect to experience discomfort

Our Learning Targets

- I can examine data relevant to our work as an Equity
Team and share my evidence based observations with
others
- I can collaborate with others to draw conclusions from
the data and explore the different ways that these
conclusions impact student learning
- I can articulate how my actions today align with our
group norms

Working Definitions
What Equity Is...

What Equity is Not

Practices that provide the resources needed for all

to succeed

It is not the same things as equality

Leveling the playing field

Equal

To give/respond to each person as they have need.

It might not be fair meaning the same for each
student, but it is what is best for individual students

Same for all

What Diversity Is

What Diversity is Not

Spice of life

Variety

Multitude of identities

Differences in race, religious beliefs, values,

perspective, sexual orientation, socio economics,
etc

Not just race or class

Tokenizing

One size fits all

Homogenous

Food for Thought

It is not the beauty of a building that you
should look at; its the construction of the
foundation that will stand the test of time
David Allan Coe
What does this quote mean to you? How does
this quote relate to our work as a group?

Data Examination
Step One: Determine Roles
1. Facilitator
2. Time Keeper
3. Note Taker
4. Clarifier
a. Helps build a common understanding within the
group
b. Keeps people on topic

Data Examination
Step Two: Describing the Data
1. Gather as much information as possible from the data
2. Describe what you see in the data
a. Keep it evidence based, non-judgemental
b. Identify where you located the data (ie. Top of Pg. 2)
3. If judgements or interpretations arise, describe the
evidence upon which they are based

Data Examination
Step Three: Interpreting the Data
What does the data suggest? What are the assumptions
we make about students and their learning?
1. What does the data say? Why?
2. In what ways is this data connected to our policies,
practices, and procedures here at NEMS?
3. Try to elicit as many different interpretations of the data
as possible!

Data Examination
Step Four: Implications for Practice
Using the data available to us, what are the implications
for our practice?
1. What steps could be taken next?
2. What strategies would be most effective?
3. What would success look like? In the community?
Building wide? In the classroom?
4. What does this conversation make you think about in
terms of your own practice?

Data Examination
Reflections on Our Learning
What did you learn from listening to your colleagues that was interesting or
surprising?
What new perspectives did your colleagues provide?
How can you make use of your colleagues perspectives?
What questions about teaching and assessment did looking at the data raise for
you?
Did questions of equity arise?
How can you pursue these questions further?
Are there things you would like to try in your classroom as a result of looking at this
data?

Exit Ticket
In regards to the data protocol
1. What worked well today? Explain.
2. At what point in the protocol was the
learning strongest? Why?
3. What more do you/we need going
forward?

Wrapping Up
What is one way that my actions today aligned
with our group norms?

Norms Continued
1.

2.

3.

4.

Stay Engaged by Speaking, Listening, and Asking Questions

a. Be present
b. Seek to understand
c. Listen to other peoples truths
Exercise Confidentiality
a. What happens in room 301 stays in room 301
b. Keep comments and conversation to ourselves
Monitor Your Air Time
a. Take turns talking
b. Spend more time listening than talking
Speak and Behave With Respect; Treat Others as You Wish to be Treated
a. Show respect through your words and your actions"

Norms Continued
5. Understand That There are Things You Do Not Know or
Understand, Everyone Has a Story
a. You dont know what you dont know
b. Experiences matter
c. Everyone has a story
6. Expect to Experience Discomfort
a. Expect to experience discomfort
b. Prepare for uncomfortable/difficult conversations

Data Examination (DRAFT)

1. Divide up the data (Page 1, 2, &3)
2. Have them go through protocol
3. Have groups pair up