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Interested in Contributing to the Literacy in Learning Exchange?

Vignettes on the Literacy in Learning Exchange are meant to provide a snapshot or close up of an activity or event that occurred as part of your learning community, and that contributed to student learning. In capturing these memorable or transformative moments we intend to invite the Exchange community into conversations around the challenges and lessons learned.

We invite you to submit a draft of a vignette for consideration on the site to notification@literacyinlearningexchange.org.

Your Profile:  Who was in your group? What prompted you to meet? How often did you meet?

Main Challenge or Question: What is the main challenge or question that your group was working on?

Professional Learning Activities:   Describe one or more meaningful activities your group participated in, such as a conversation, a working session, a project, a discussion of your practice or of student data, etc. Also describe your experience of the activity. While we'd be interested in hearing the impact on student learning, the focus is not intended to be on the instructional activity that occurred in the classroom. 

Application:  As a result of this activity, what changed in your practices?

Reflection:

a. Individual: Explain how this activity contributed to your effectiveness and or changes in your practices.

b. Organizational: Explain how this activity contributed to the effectiveness of your group in achieving its goal.

Now What?:  What do you see as the next steps for you and your team or your school? What challenges remain? What questions do you still have about this topic or situation?