An Update

Following the Northern Regional meeting, Cornerstone colleagues shared in the last newsletter some of the "good things that followed" as a result of ideas, enthusiasm and inspiration gained there.

Our Bridgeport colleagues introduced plans for a professional development session at their school. They report in this newsletter how it went!

Looking at Student Work
(with a little help from our friends!)

by Cathy DiMenno, Coach
Maplewood Annex, Bridgeport, CT

Looking at Student Work was one of those dreaded, ominous sounding professional development sessions that was on the list of have-tos. How would the staff respond, would they like it, uphill climb...you know the drill. We knew we had to do it, but we also were pretty adept at moving it aside in the interest of other have-tos that were more pressing at any given time. As with most things that one avoids, it wasn't all that bad - thanks to "a little help from our friends."

The help first surfaced at the Northern Regional Meeting in the Timeline for 60 Minute Workshop, and Conferring with Readers & Writers. A day later it appeared in our school with Kelly Hunter and her powerpoint presentation on "Protocol...Examining student work for what matters most!" Then it continued in a planning session with Johnnie Tankersley, our Literacy Fellow, and Sherry Takahashi, my fellow coach. Our last bit of help presented itself when Lissette Tosado, our newest faculty member, was willing to act as presenter of student work for our professional development session. Wow! Here's how the workshop unfolded...

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