ESAT Faculty
Professional
Development
September 25th, 2013
Norms for Meeting Behaviors
 Start and end on time (1:45pm – 3:30pm)
 Cell Phones on silent
 Monitor laptop use
 Be active & present
 Take personal responsibility for norms
 Read Staff Bulletin on a weekly basis
Today’s Agenda:
Upcoming PD
Important Dates
Upcoming Business
 Tomorrow: Fire Drill at 10:15am during 5th Period
 Monday & Tuesday: Q1 Benchmarks
 Wednesday, October 16th: PLAN/EXPLORE Test (no
content classes)
Grade-Level Meetings
 9th/10th: Walzberg’s Room (SpEd)
 11th/12th: Kowalski’s Room (Naviance/Letters of Rec)
2:05 – 2:45: Theme meetings
2:45 – 3:05: Grade-level check-in meetings
Please be back in the room for advisory by 3:05!
Consultancy: Habit of
Connection
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THURSDAY
Purpose
In preparation…
To understand the value of
connecting various types of
information to create greater
understanding of life
experiences.
How can I make a
connection with my mentee?
Think about:
 How do I show I am actively
listening?
 How do I help my mentee
brainstorm solutions?
 How can I make a
connection?
Consultancy: Habit of
Connection
Purpose

To understand the value of connecting
various types of information to create
greater understanding of life
experiences.
THURSDAY
In preparation…
How can I make a connection
with my mentor?
Think about:
 real life, sincere challenges.
 willingness to be honest & open.
 the value of getting to know
your mentor & giving them the
chance to support you.
Consultancy: Habit of
Connection
Directions for Mentor
Step 1: Think about a challenge in your life
that you had to overcome. What are the
things that helped you?
Step 2: Actively listen.

So what I’m hearing you say is…

What are some resources (people or actions)
that can help?
Step 3: Make a connection.

That reminds me of this one time…

I have a friend that went through that same
thing…

That reminds me of a book/movie/song…
THURSDAY
Directions for Mentee
Step 1: Think of 3 challenges you are
facing in your life right now. One should
be emotional, 1 mental, & 1 physical.
Step 2: Think about which one of those
challenges you really want to find a
solution for. You will share this ONE
challenge with your mentor.
Step 3:
Actively listen.
 So what I’m hearing you say is…
 What are some resources (people or
actions) that can help?
Problem Solving Activity
FRIDAY
DIRECTIONS
Reflections
Keep these questions in mind during the activity:
1.
2.
3.
You will each be given a strip of
1. What strategies did you use to
paper with information on it.
You can read your statement
out loud, but you can’t show it
to anyone and you can’t trade
it.
As an advisory, decide what the
problem is, and then solve it.
solve the problem?
2. What behaviors helped or
hindered you as you were
solving the problem?
3. Can you describe a turning point
when you figured out a process
to solve the problem? When did
it happen?
4. How did leadership emerge in
the group? What roles emerged
that were particularly helpful?
FRIDAY. 20-25
min.
Community Circle
NORMS

No put-downs (no negative
comments about others)

Active listening (stay focused on
what others are saying)

Mutual Respect (show others how
you want to be treated)

Do not interrupt (no feedback or
reaction to responses)

Right to Pass (you can pass in the
first rotation then respond the
second time around)

Closing Appreciations (can be
done after the circle is complete)
Considering your Heart and
Mind reflections from Unit
2, share one high
(successful) and one low
(challenging) moment from
the last couple of weeks.
Enrique’s Journey
Page 31-37
‘Addiction’
After reading the
subsection,
‘Addiction,’ recap
the events that cause
Enrique to change.
TUESDAY
Page 9
Page 38-44
‘Education’ and ‘A Decision’

Considering how ‘A Decision’
ends, update three more items in
Enrique's survival pack.

Turn to page 9 and create 3 items
for your own survival.

What challenges have you
recently faced?

Illustrate a survival item in
each box.
ESAT Norms of
Collaboration
 Pausing
 Paraphrasing
 Posing Questions
 Putting Ideas on the Table
 Providing Data
 Paying Attention to Self &
Others **
 Presuming Positive
Intentions
 Prepare room and snacks
 Proactive Goal-Setting
 Push for Follow-Through
 Passion for College
Readiness