ALT Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, Sept. 30
th

8am-10am

Objectives:

1. Surface our current beliefs, knowledge, and questions about constructivism/student-centeredness
2. Begin the process of thickening our vision by watching and discussing a video of instruction
Agenda:
1. Welcome and framing (8:00 8:10)
a. My goal: striving for symmetry in terms of both stance and content
b. Our stance: leaders as learners, steering into uncertainty, honoring different perspectives
c. Glance back at the data: what did people say about constructivism/student-centered?
2. Know-puzzle-explore routine, holding off on explore until later in the meeting (8:10-8:55)
a. Individually, then in groups:
i. What do you think you know about constructivism/student-centeredness?
ii. What questions or puzzles do you have?
b. Whole group report-out & discussion(Sarah scribes on board)
c. Mini-mini-mini lecture: what the research has to say about constructivism
***5 minute break***
3. See-think-wonder routine: border problem video (9:00-9:45)
a. Friendly reminder about low-inference observations:
i. Suspend judgment; start with describing what you see and hear
ii. That said, were watching with a purpose! Try to select data based on our focus.
b. Watch video; individuals take notes
c. Video follow-up:
i. See: capture low-inference observations as a whole group
ii. Think: small-group discussions of the data. Report out.
iii. Wonder: What further questions/puzzles does this video surface for us?
iv. Explore: Rank questions/puzzles in terms of their centrality to this work. How
might we together explore & answer the highest-ranked questions?
4. Wrapping up (15)
a. Exit reflection: What implications do the process and/or content of our work today have
in terms of your work with teachers?
b. [If time] whip-around to share
c. A few last-minute things: our website & my initial visits to the campuses