Reflections+TPL+Team







**__Melissa__** //Today I spent 3 hours with Sarah and Julie developing our PL for the MPHPS Staff on the Introduction to e5. What started out as a daunting task, soon became a reaffirming collegiate discussion as we reviewed the Train the Trainer Powerpoint from Day One and// further //developed our own understandings of the e5 model. It became apparent quite quickly that we all had one goal in mind and that was to model e5 to staff through a variety of interactive tasks, rather than just lecture about it. Each activity that we developed or utilised from the Train the Trainer course had to be both engaging and a valuable learning tool that teachers could utilise in their classrooms. We divided up the remaining tasks with preparation to be completed prior to meeting again on January 26th, when we plan to run through the whole PL together. The best part of the day was walking away knowing that I was working with a team of teachers as dedicated to making the TPL project a success as I was.//
 * January 6th, 2010**

//Well, the Introduction to e5 PL was revceived enthusiastically by staff. We received some VERY postive feedback on our delviery and preparation and Sarah and Julie were both so natural when delivering to such a large group that I was a little envious of their poise. It was great to be able to bounce off eachother, interject with ideas and suggestions and support eachother with the running of activities, knowing that the team was operating as one. Of course there were areas of our presetation that I would modify if we were to deliver it again, such as the Jigsaw reflecting on classroom practice using e5. I think that task was a little too challenging and some people became confused.//
 * January 30th, 2010**

//**March 25th, 2010**// //I can't believe how much we have achieved in such a short space of time. Our Journey wall looks fabulous thanks to Sarah's creativity. It provides us with a clear focus of 'where to' and allows us to inform staff of where we are at without a dozen emails or standing up in meetings. The multi-literacies PL with Michelle Anstey and Geoff Bull was exactly what we needed. I can't believe how Julie got onto that that one so quickly, talk about right place and great planning. It is all coming together so nicely and the professional growth alone is just enormous. Next term is going to be heavy with the e5 - engage PL for whole staff, muli-modal PL for 5/6s and building the enthusiasm for Learning Walks and the Peer Observation. I am looking forward to the challenge.//

__**Sarah**__ //It feels like we're finally starting to gather momentum! It felt good to sit down and commit to a timeline - a plan of some sort. Funny thing about our project - it's evolving and developing as we become clearer about our goals, what our staff need and where we might end up. We'd been 'feeling our way' up until now, but time constraints and the looming due date of our artefact have begun to make themselves known. Due in October, and we haven't even really begun! Our vision is emerging nicely - easy when we're all on the same page. Weekly meetings with leadership have been terrific// //and affirming of our direction - sharing the way forward.// //The more we work with e5, the easier it is to see how powerful it is. When have teachers ever had the opportunity to really sit down and use a common language to discuss what they do?! Preparation for this whole staff PL has given our team a chance to pull apart and analyse the teacher capabilities within the engage domain. I feel like we're really starting to digest the framework - I hope our PL provides a similar opportunity for our staff. The biggest challenge will be ensuring that the journey continues and our colleagues are able to develop familiarity and connect with the e5 Instructional Model. We hope that our whole school PL approach will support this process, building staff confidence and capacity to reflect on and evaluate their teaching practice.//
 * The Way Forward: May, 2010**
 * e5 engage Whole Staff PL - Part 1: May, 2010**