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 * Agenda **
 * 26 - 27 April **

Overall objectives:
 * launch the community of practice
 * share a common language
 * take up leadership roles in the community
 * understand the new curriculum
 * design and prepare community activities and digital habitat between now and September

Preparations
 * Video-conference with leaders
 * Introductions in the wiki
 * Meeting on Day 0 with consultants and leaders

DAY 1
● Context ● Purpose ● Introduction to the curriculum ● Framing the way ahead ● Questions and answers || Provide a vision || Nancy || Note taking projected on the screen? || ● What are they? ● What do they do? ● How do they proceed? || Sharing a common language || E&B Whole group || Slides || ● Agenda ● Groups ● Leadership group preparation || Get clarity on what is going to happen in these two days Prepare leadership groups || Etienne and Bev ||  || ● Fishbowl discussion || Get a greater understanding of potential and challenges from people who have been through the process || Story-tellers || Story from social reporters || ● Brief overview ● Why this direction? ● Questions and answers || Engage people into thinking about what it could look like || Consultants || Slide? || ● challenges and opportunities ● 3 rounds || Start dialog about merits and difficulties of moving to an online/digitally dense educational environment || E&B Facilitators ||  || ● Vote ||  ||   || Priority list of issues ||
 * **Time** || **Activity** || **Objective** || **Lead/logistics** || **Output** ||
 * 09:30 || Registration ||  || People given colour/number indicating where they are sitting: seating organized by disciplinary and leadership group ||   ||
 * || **All Groups** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 10:00 || Introduction to the project
 * 10:30 || Introduction to communities of practice (1)
 * || Introduction to the process
 * 11:30 || **Break** (set up chairs for fishbowl) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 12:00 || Stories from the field
 * 13:00 || **Lunch** (take up the airwalls) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 2:00 || Introduction to the new curriculum
 * 3:00 || Break (arrange tables for café) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 3:30 || Cafe: what would the curriculum look like in the classroom?
 * 4:45 || Brainstorm issues that arose in the café
 * 5:00 || Leadership group reflection ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 5:30 || End of day 1 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 7:00 || Dinner ||  ||   ||   ||

DAY 2
● Highlights ||  ||   ||   || Facilitators || Suggestions for input in online course || Collective work on member’s specific challenge ||  || Fishbowl in fishbowl ||   || ● Ecology of leadership ● Activities ● Digital habitats ||  || Do this with fishbowl for case clinic already set up ||   || ● take up issues from previous session ● prepare output ● present to whole disciplinary group ||  ||   ||   || ● Brief feedback from disciplinary groups ● Next steps || Nancy ||  ||   ||
 * **Time** || **Activity** || **Objective** || **Lead/logistics** || **Output** ||
 * || **Disciplinary groups** ||  || airwalls down ||   ||
 * 8:00 || Leadership groups
 * 8:15 || Small group work || Take up the priority issues, get a collective understanding of issues and suggestions for input in online course. || E&B
 * 9:30 || Feedback to disciplinary group from group work ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 10:00 || Break (open airwalls/prepare fishbowl in fishbowl) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || **Whole group** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 10:30 || Group exploration
 * 11:30 || Leadership in communities of practice: design elements (2)
 * 12:00 || **Lunch** (put up airwalls) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 12:45 || Leadership groups
 * 1:45 || Reflections and next steps ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 2:15 || **Break** (open the airwalls) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 2:30 || Closing
 * 3:30 || Close ||  ||   ||   ||

Teleconference notes

 * Introduction to communities of practice should also refer to and compare with Professional Learning Communities (referenced in the Iowa Core)
 * World café question should ask about the characteristics of effective instruction
 * " I think it's also valuable to key the Universal Constructs in the forefront of our thinking and planning so that we intentionally plan for learning opportunities for all kids in which they can practice cretical thinking, creativity, collaboration, etc. "
 * Nancy will check with LeRoy about walls
 * We'll be using the wiki for notes (needs to be set up in advance)
 * We need a facilitator's guide

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