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**DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM Reflections**
//Advance, Spring 2008//

**What had real meaning for you?**
“Seeing” the possibilities of Character Counts. The district as a whole-where we have been, what we have accomplished; where we are going. . Trust article - teachers trusting teachers marked significant difference in student learning. Character counts; Kansas pipeline; work with technology team. WOW Character Counts; our conversations; WOW Character Counts; Team time - technology; Kansas Career Pipeline Technology and Learning! Great District Teamwork Character Counts Again, it would have to be Character Counts and what it will mean to our kids and buildings. The character counts seems like an effective framework for classroom connections. I appreciate the willingness to provide building contact time. Reflections of last year and our journey into next year. Connections/plans for collaborations and building time. Pipeline; Character Counts Character Counts stories Character Counts; Kansas Career Pipeline; Reflecting on last year and looking at next year. Chance to build common language around character for district. The final decision on Character Counts! The discussion with the Student Learning Team. Good to have discussion on how the PD days will be used. Collective sharing and reflections. Decision Point about Character Counts. Sharing with “Student Learning” team. Starting Character Counts. Comradery; sharing and hearing good ideas. K-12 CHARACTER COUNTS! Recommendation to go to the Board. . . YEEHAH! The importance of character education to everything we do. Working with my group. We are a cool group. Discussion on student learning and trust.

**What was missing for you!**
Time to talk as a building. Letting the buildings meet and plan for year. . . AIR Time to really shape the technology action plan. What does our back to school day look like??? Nothing. Some “nuts 'n bolts” in working with next year technology plans. Leaving without a concrete plan for next year's tech PD. Nothing. Specifics for applying technology instructions at building level. Time with my building. Building time. Planning Nothing. Building work time. The time for a deeper and more thorough discussion with the team. More time to discuss with the 3 teams individually. Clarity of tech approaches. Nothing. Nothing. . . In the a.m., I was struggling with “where” we were going. . . I got a clearer picture this afternoon. Air conditioning - It was difficult to be engaged when it was hot, stuffy and crowded. Please allow us to meet at cold, roomy PHMS. We can stretch out there. More state changes.

**What is the next level of thinking we need to do?**
What will Character Counts look like at each building? What will Character Counts look like within each of our buildings? What is our guaranteed curriculum for monthly PD? Clarify tech plan. More organization of PD on Character Counts and Technology. Talk more at building level about 6 Pillars. Integrate district and building plans. How do all these decisions affect students? Where do we go with what we have available to us? How to apply Character Counts in the classroom - effective applying technology in my classroom. How to implement Character Counts. . . Best way to integrate technology into building and grade level teams. Implementation Action How do we implement Character Counts and Tech into PD? PD design - focus on year-long design as well as design for day, _ day. To spend the time to create the grade for our team. Move to implement tech areas. Character Counts approach, and 3 Prof. Inquiry groups continue. The areas to discontinue and to continue. Putting it all together. Developing a plan for implementation of Character Counts. What are the next steps for moving the district to the next level? Working on implementation of all the parts. . . Always being engaged in what is #1 of importance. Assimilate what was discussed.

**What is emerging for you? What new connections are you making?**
The importance of DLT in the decision making process. Kansas Pipeline. Character Counts (buy in from all) All 3 subgroups working together makes a difference in Team Buhler. Work skills - Kansas Career Pipeline. How technology integration will happen in Buildings and PLC groups. Connections about student engagement, PD, Character Counts. Integration and technology. The connections between subgroups. Next years planning and how we will help new teachers. I am beginning to see an overall picture improving our instruction with kids by trying the different threads of Character Counts, building connections and technology together. How well all three groups merge together. . . I liked the connections with Character Counts and the Kansas Pipeline for careers. Planning for next year. Best way to move forward with tech integration. Character Counts Character Counts Need to spread the message (the vision) to parents, community. How to successfully tie all we know to where we need to go. Integration of all areas discussed. Tying everything together for a seamless transition. . . Still wondering how differentiation is going to work in a high school classroom. . . Character Counts! I am so excited about it! Relationships are so important!