Welcome to the LMSsdol Hey Choose a cup

Welcome to the… #LMSsdol

Hey! � Choose a cup and get a drink and snack! � On your cup, you will find your session tables. We will get up and move to a new table after each session. � Feel free to grab snacks throughout our time. � There will be 3, 20 minutes sessions today: �Relationships �Literacy �Growing Lincoln � Each table will choose a table host who will jot down any important thoughts and keep the discussion going. � Thoughts will be pulled together as we focus our ongoing vision for Lincoln!

Session A: Relationships �Introduce yourself and talk about something that you’d like others to know about your summer. �Describe 2 strategies you use to build relationships with your students at the beginning of the year.

Session B: Literacy �Introduce yourself and discuss how you learned to deal with difficult texts. Describe people, strategies, situations, and tools that helped you. �Identify 2 -3 strategies, lessons, activities that you have used that help literacy (reading, writing, speaking, thinking) to happen successfully for your students.

Session C: Growing Lincoln �Introduce yourself and share your answers to these questions: �What procedures/ techniques/ strategies have you used that you feel have been most successful for our students in terms of academics and behavior? �What would you cite as the primary reason(s) why students fail? �What do you see as the major obstacle our students face in achieving the goal? � What suggestions would you make to help our students overcome those challenges to reach proficiency?

Ticket out the door: MAIL CALL! �On the index card, write a note to yourself and seal it in the envelope given. These will be returned to you at the end of the year! �Your note may include your thoughts on the following: �What is one professional goal that you have for yourself this year? �What is one goal you have for your students for this year?