Critical Friends Group Coaches Seminar
Session 1: June 23 - 27, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and another meeting TBA
Session 2: July 28 - August 1, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and another meeting TBA
A Critical Friends Group (CFG) is a professional-learning community of teachers, school leaders, counselors, school psychologists, and classified staff that commits to collaborating on a long-term basis with the goal of increasing student achievement. CFGs provide a forum for professional development that focuses on developing collegial relationships and encouraging reflective practice. Participation in CFGs builds facilitative leadership skills of value to all educational leaders, engages school communities in work worth doing, fosters a focused school community, and builds a collaborative and reflective culture in schools. Through consistent meetings, CFG participants work together to improve practice, to examine curriculum and student work, to identify school culture issues that affect student achievement, and to observe each other at work. By examining student and adult work through collaborative reflection, educators hold themselves accountable for continuous improvement in teaching. The Critical Friends Group Coaches Institute is designed to train peer coaches to facilitate and support groups of 6 to 10 throughout the school year. The initial training takes place over five days. A one-day follow-up session provides ongoing support to new coaches. Instructor: Kim Feicke
Noncredit/PDU: $650
Continuing Education credit: CEED 840, 2 semester hours, $160, and additional $650 course fee
Degree-applicable credit: ED 640, 2 semester hour, $1154, and additional $650 course fee
Location: Corbett House, Lewis & Clark
This program is available for credit for an additional fee. For more information, contact Kim Feicke at 503-768-6020 or feike@lclark.edu. Also visit the Small School website at: http://education. lclark.edu/~ssw/ cfg.html Registration Form (pdf) Download and complete the registration form and fax (503-768-6045) or mail it to Small Schools Northwest.
SSNW, MSC 85
Lewis & Clark
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd
Portland, OR 97219
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