Teaming and Collaboration

What Carson Has... Carson is designed so that every two regular classrooms share a Project Room (with the exception of kindergarten). In addition, the classrooms also have two connecting doors in the wall between the classrooms that share the project room. The building was designed in mind for a strong collaborative and teaming faculty.

What We Could Have... The possibilities are literally endless because there is no captial projects budget involved. This is our opportunity to truly build an exceptional Professional Learning Community (PLC). Below are some examples of items that we will consider as part of Carson's Teaming and Collaboration. It does not mean that we will be emphasizing everything on the list (we'll be working to whittle it down to what we will be highlighting at Carson). Please add to the list under the comments below so that we can begin to identify what working at Carson will look like. The items are not listed in priority order. The three main categories are 1) PLC, 2) Instructional Models and 3) Application of Data:

* Wednesday LIC
* common planning
* building goal setting
* professional development as a building
* grade level teaming/planning
* vertical teaming/planning
* special programs teaming/planning
* looping
* team teaching
* Title I/LAP program model (pull-out or in-classroom)
* block scheduling
* building assessments
* Extended Learning Opportunities for struggling students
* prioritization of subjects

* book studies
* differentiated instruction
* supplemental programs and their implementation/order of curriculum interventions
* adoption of district approved models (writing, math, etc.)
* portfolios
* Student Learning Plans (SLP)
* academic oriented clubs and events

* use of building stipends

* minimum level of technology implementation for all/common expectations
* role of AR
* academic/instructional protocol

Please also indicate if you are interested in being on this subcommittee (four people, excluding Miles and myself). If you're not signed up for Teaming & Collaboration then your name should pop up under the technology sub committee.