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Discussion Group 1 will place their notes here.

Question 1: What are some of the road blocks to professional development? There are a few roadblocks. Lack of time; a need for differentiated PD; lack of on-site technology.

Question 2: What PD strategy worked best for you last year? Small-group hands-on activity.

Question 3: How do we "do" PD without anyone thinking it's Professional Development?

Question 4: How do you target the challenging populations? - one to one - honor and respect veteran's authority - create a community of caring within the school - sharing! allowing teachers to be authority figures - What if we asked teachers to stand up and talk about what other teachers are doing. - Bucket buddies- students are writing nice things about others, why can't teachers do the same thing. - help build confidence in teachers. - Help teachers confidence by building community of sharing. - "link love" or RT teacher success - providing comments and feedback - It's about personal connections and relationships

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