Oral Languge Development Staff Development

At today's staff meeting our assistant principal and I led the staff in a discussion on oral language development. We read an article on this topic and then the teachers, in groups of 4, determined the key points and applications from this part of the article to their classroom. It was so powerful to walk around the room and listen to the conversations the teachers were having about their part of the article. The library media assistant was in attendance and also noticed how engaged the staff was in this activity. I feel so blessed to work with such a dedicated staff. I love to watch them work together and learn from each other. She did a fantastic job of introducing the activity by having us remember back to when we were in school. The comments I heard today from teachers included - powerful, great connection to the classroom, this helps me so much. When you decide on a topic to discuss and work with your staff, you hope that they have the same passion about that topic as you do. Obviously this topic was chosen because we feel so strongly about bringing quality staff development to our team. Wow!