Chat from September 19th: "Strategies for leadership teams in the changing field of education"

This is a summary from the September 19th #NCADMIN chat:

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Manda Stegall ‏@MandaStegall

Welcome everyone to tonight's topic - Strategies for Leadership Teams in the changing field of Education! #ncadmin

Manda Stegall ‏@MandaStegall

Q1: Some leadership teams are made up of 2 & some are up to 5+ members-how do you define the role of your leadership team members? #ncadmin

Derek McCoy ‏@mccoyderek

#ncadmin A1 We define our roles in early strategy meetings. We outline goals and begin talking assignments

Craig Smith ‏@CSmithGoBlue

A1: We discuss our roles as a group, factored by principal assignment, specialized area, and experience. #Ncadmin

Manda Stegall ‏@MandaStegall

Is it important for all members on your leadership team to have an Instructional Role? #ncadmin

Chat from 9/5: "How to be a Common Core Instructional Leader"

This is a summary from the September 5th #NCADMIN chat:

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Derek McCoy ‏@mccoyderek

Good evening everyone! Welcome to tonight's #ncadmin chat! Looking forward to a great night of sharing

Derek McCoy ‏@mccoyderek

I'm happy to introduce our guest moderator tonight for our #ncadminchat! Esteemed educator @davidstegall , Assoc Supt

David Stegall ‏@davidstegall

You R the instructional leader in your building. The tone u set for integrating new standards will permeate your halls & classrooms#ncadmin

David Stegall ‏@davidstegall

Q-1 As instructional leaders, with the CCSS, what are the major look-fors for classroom walkthroughs? #ncadmin

Derek McCoy ‏@mccoyderek

#ncadmin A1 - I will be looking for evidence of planned rigor and opportunities for critical analysis for students to engage in

Craig Smith ‏@CSmithGoBlue

A1: Students answering questions of various Revised Bloom's Taxonomy levels, which blankets all subjects/content areas.#Ncadmin

David Stegall ‏@davidstegall

Have any of you seen this CCSS walkthrough app before? #ncadmin

Jayme Linton ‏@jaymelinton

A1: I would encourage admins to look for the use of EQs to help teachers & students focus on key content in the CCSS. 

Chat from 8/22: "Innovative PD Strategies for District/School Technology Training"

This is a summary from the August 22nd #NCADMIN chat:
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Derek McCoy ‏@mccoyderek

#ncadmin Our chat tonight is on Innovative PD strategies for District/School tech training!

Derek McCoy ‏@mccoyderek

#ncadmin Q1: How do you determine what [tech] needs/trainings your school/district needs to focus on?

Marlo Gaddis ‏@mrhgaddis

#ncadmin I meet individually with principals to learn vision, culture, and need.

Craig Smith ‏@CSmithGoBlue

A1: After spending 1 full year observing teachers (new school last year), was able to discuss tech goals individually w/ teachers#Ncadmin

Marlo Gaddis ‏@mrhgaddis

Not in content but delivery RT @mccoyderek: @mrhgaddis have you found a huge difference between the three levels, K-5, 6-8, 9-12?#ncadmin

Inaugural Chat from 8/7: "Connected Educators in NC"

This is a summary from the Inaugural #NCADMIN chat:
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 Derek McCoy ‏@mccoyderek

#ncadmin I'm going to start w/ Question 1 [Q1] Aug is Connected Ed mon, have you started a new practice to get connected?

David Stegall ‏@davidstegall

I've worked on helping some of our district admins create PLNs.#ncadmin

Craig Smith ‏@CSmithGoBlue

A1: I have been incorporating the hashtag #gcsk12 to promote connectivity within my own county. #Ncadmin

Jayme Linton ‏@jaymelinton

@davidstegall and I recently led a training in Davie to share PLC process w/ school & district admins. #ncadmin

Inaugural #NCADMIN Chat: "Connected Educators in NC"

BREAKING NEWS:  Inaugural #NCADMIN Chat listed in Connected Educators Month!


Our inaugural #NCADMIN chat will be on Tuesday, August 7 at 7:00 pm (ET).  In association with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's declaration of August serving as "Connected Educator" month, our first topic will be "Connected Educators in NC".  The conversation will include how educators in North Carolina are connected, what districts are doing to promote connectivity, and an opportunity to share success stories.

The co-moderators of the chat will be @CSmithGoBlue and @mccoyderek.

We welcome everyone involved in the education of North Carolina's students to get involved.

Please mark your calendars and plan on participating!  As of right now, we plan on hosting #NCADMIN chats every other Tuesday, but this is subject to change.

What is #NCADMIN?

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has declared August "Connected Educator" month.  As a result, Derek McCoy (@mccoyderek) and I (@CSmithGoBlue) are looking to launch the #ncadmin chat in August!  This chat, along with the frequent use of the hashtag, will provide an opportunity to connect on educational issues for the administrators, teachers, counselors, students, and parents of North Carolina.

In the meantime, please share the topics in which you would like to discuss, either in our first chat or during a future chat.  Make sure to use the hashtag #ncadmin for anything related to education in the Tar Heel state to help promote its use!

I will be updating the potential topics as they are received:

• Common Core and Essential Standards fidelity monitoring processes

• Standard VI of the Teacher Evaluation

• School based incentives

• Graduation rates

• Common Core reading

• Connected educators

• Standard 3-d on the Teacher Evaluation