SD 57 Learning Teams

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School District 57 is starting two new Learning Teams focused on Project Based Learning. Our goal is very much to learn together so we can go out and share our learning. Schedules and Timelines are flexible at this point but a ballpark commitment to think about would be five afternoons a month (district release) from February to May. The two Teams will be set up as follows:

• One Team will be working through BIE's PBL Starter Kit together. We could, of course, set expectations together but I would think we'd ask everyone to be reading on their own. Then we could meet to discuss ideas, share experiences, and perhaps build some projects together.
• The second Team will be getting together to collaboratively build and improve upon projects. Similar Teams have met the District in the past using Tuning Protocols and were very well received. This way we could offer one another feedback and/ or look for ways to partner in projects. 

One of the ways we could share out learning would be to share to examples of the projects we've created for our classes, but that's just one way. There's lots more we could do.

If either of these Teams interests you or if you'd like to collaborate in other ways please contact Steve Chase.