Nov+6


 * Meeting Minutes**

Howard will work with us to become better coaches.
 * Looking for Learning if rolled out to more faculty, could be useful to Coaches.
 * Howard takes us through an introduction of LFL.
 * LFL is biggest thing to transform learning and teaching
 * L.T. member coaches shared their understanding of LFL with individual team members
 * Those members feedback their understanding
 * LFL is student learning centered.
 * Consistent questions to ensure we have common data
 * Focus on what and whether students are learning
 * LFL is the name of a program in which somebody goes into a classroom to gather evidence about learning with which they then have a conversation with the teacher in order to improve learning
 * LFL is being used by Doha and SAS (Singapore) with teachers as well
 * Built on knowledge of how the brain works
 * Goal : TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING
 * Must remain Forward-Looking in terms of improving student learning
 * First 5 questions are all related to LEARNING ONLY
 * 7 Looking for Learning Questions
 * 1) Is there any learning going on? (see ISB Definition of Learning)
 * It is important to first "nail the learning"
 * //Skills, Knowledge, Understanding//
 * //Knowledge// can be essential, motivational, or transformational
 * Levels of learning - New (fuzzy), Consolidated, Acquired, None
 * //Skills// - you need to see these in action to assess them
 * Beginning, Developing, Mastering
 * //Understanding//
 * Beginning, Developing, Mastering
 * Difficult to see this in a short visit/conversation/lesson
 * Need time, application, personal connection
 * Can be "not sure" if you see this or not on the form
 * 1) Is it appropriate? A.) Curriculum-wise; B.) To those students at that time
 * 2) Is it sufficient?
 * This can be an issue of differentiation
 * 1) Are they engaged?
 * 2) What's the teacher doing that HELPS learning?
 * 3) What's the teacher doing that HINDERS learning?
 * 4) What's the school doing to help/hinder the learning?
 * 1) What's the school doing to help/hinder the learning?

BOTTOM LINE: Is a student missed the lesson, would they have missed anything?
 * Is the time well spent?

Question: Are there ways to ask these questions to newer English speakers?
 * There are times when students can't articulate this, but they can demonstrate their knowledge, skill, understanding


 * Additional Benefit:** The more we do this, the more meta-cognitive the students are becoming.

With Pam, we did LFL classroom visits

Discussion: how will LFL help us in our Coaching roles?


 * Evidence and learning conversations will work for us if we LFL in areas in which we coach
 * We can impact the culture, because we don't evaluations piece so we are really about doing our curriculum and program better WITH teachers
 * Good to work in teams with this
 * Learning conversations will be something