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= **FHAO Literacy Team Retreat 2011** =

REVISED RETREAT AGENDA

9-9:15 Hello! 9:15-11:00 Common Core session 11-11:15 Break 11:15-12:15 Ideas about a literacy grant proposal w/ evaluation (with Dennis-Anna-Terry, maybe also Erin/Chris) 12:30 Lunch (ask Nate to pick it up for us). What does Marc need to hear at 2:15? 1:00 Priorities for program retreat 1:30 Plans for next year--which I need for workplan & budget 2:15-3:00 Marc 3:15-4:00 Next steps-- retreat in March or May? Clarify to-do list.

** 1) **** With a plan for the program retreat in April (and next steps for logistics of making it happen) ** ** 2) **** With a plan for talking with staff (in regional offices) about Common Core ** ** 3) **** Knowing next steps on Young Adult Fiction ** ** 4) **** Familiar with the Writing/CWA work happening for Boston ** ** 5) **** Knowing a direction to go in to support and enhance our own expertise in the area of literacy ** ** 6) **** Having shared our ideas with Marc and Dimitry and heard their priorities for our team ** **__ Thursday, January 27 (Molly’s Lovely Home) __** - Ideas from the day that should/could be communicated to PAs - Ideas from the day that should/could be communicated to Dimitry/Marc - Questions we hope to answer tomorrow - Review agenda for the next day – Do we need to make any changes? ||
 * GOALS for the retreat: This retreat will be a success if we end the day on Friday **
 * ** 9-9:15 ** || ** Welcome! ** ||
 * ** 9:15-10:00 ** || ** Connections ** (??? We can come up with something fun and useful here)
 * Literacy team intro: What did we do last year? What could we do this year? Which of these things might happen at the program retreat? ** (Everything we are doing today is stuff that might feed into staff development at the program retreat – or some other forum) ||
 * ** 10:00-11:00 ** || ** Common Core Part 1 ** (What is common core? How does it relate to our work? What does staff need to know about it? Brainstorm session idea.) ||
 * ** 11:00-11:15 ** || ** Break / Snack ** ||
 * ** 11:15-12:30 ** || ** CWA and teaching strategies Part 2 ** (CWA packet review, writing strategies packet review, Brainstorm possible prompts)
 * Debrief: CWA/Common Core - Program retreat connection? ** ||
 * ** 12:30-1:00 ** || ** Lunch ** ||
 * ** 1:00-2:00 ** || ** CTP poems **
 * Debrief: Program retreat connection? ** ||
 * ** 2:00-2:45 ** || ** Book chat: Outcasts United and the Misfits **
 * Debrief: Program retreat connection? ** ||
 * ** 2:45-3:00 ** || ** Break ** ||
 * ** 3:00-4:00 ** || ** Next steps for books we like/don’t like (class sets, communication, book groups, etc) ** ||
 * ** 4:00-4:30 ** || ** Taking stock of the day: **

** __Friday, January 28 (Community Room - Brookline)__ ** Brainstorm list of goals and for whom (examples: Increase our use of poetry – program staff; Implement a way to share opinions on YA books – program staff; Learn more about critical reading – literacy team) ||
 * ** 9-9:15 ** || ** Welcome! ** ||
 * ** 9:15-9:45 ** || ** Literacy Professional Development Goals for 2011 **
 * ** 9:45-11:00 ** || ** Plan for April Program Retreat (and possibly other PD) ** ||
 * ** 11:00-11:15 ** || ** Break / Snack ** ||
 * ** 11:15-12:15 ** || ** Conversation with Anna and/or Dennis OR **
 * Conversation about possible partnerships ** (with Chris Stokes?) ||
 * ** 12:15-12:45 ** || ** Lunch (in house) – ** could be a working lunch if we want to start nitty-gritty planning of program retreat ||
 * ** 12:45-2:00 ** || ** Conversation with Anna and/or Dennis OR **
 * Conversation about possible partnerships ** (with Chris Stokes?) ||
 * ** 2:00-2:15 ** || ** What do we need to communicate to Dimitry and Marc – ideas, questions, etc ** ||
 * ** 2:15-3:00 ** || ** Conversation with Dimitry and Marc ** ||
 * ** 3:00-3:15 ** || ** Break ** ||
 * ** 3:15-4:15 ** || ** Debrief and next steps ** ||