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=​Welcome to the Professional Learning Community= =Focus Group Descriptions= =**Professional Development Mission Statement**= = = =  = = Focus Group //Presentation// Dates: please email shopper to sign up for a date. =

= April 28 - 1 group = 1. Habits of Mind = May 5 - 4 groups = 1. Process Drama 2. Service Learning and Project Based Learning 3. Reading/Writing Workshop 4. Brain Based Research = May 12 - 4 groups = 1. Student Ethics and Character Development 2. Reggio Emilia 3. Singapore Math 4. Differentiated Learning

= Focus Group //Meeting// Dates: = = February 3rd and 17th = = March 3rd and 24th = = April 7th and 21st = ** Focus Group Guidelines ** · Articulate the mission and essential questions related to your topic and post on your wiki page. · Determine the scope of research and responsibility of each member of the group. · Create an estimated timeline for your project. · Report your progress after each meeting on the wiki page.

Suggested Model for proceeding: 1. State the Mission of your Focus Group 2. Develop Essential Questions to guide your research 3. Collect, organize and validate data about your topic. This may take many forms such as notes from other schools, visits to other schools, student responses, testing, implementation and application of ideas. 4. Analyze information collected. 5. Reflect on findings and the relationship to the mission of your focus group. 6 . Present findings to the full faculty. This may take the form of a proposal or a sharing. //Support and resources are available as requested.//

//**Please keep your focus group pages updated.**//