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===I have been looking at some different writing PD opportunities for next year. Our team needs to have some people, and prices, to present to leadership team as possible consultants. I have some people I'm checking on.===

Here are some discussion topics that we need to hash out before the Leadership Team meeting. Don't forget to either color code your responses, or write your initials following what you type.
===What do you think about bringing in Sherri Nett (sp?) from Pershing to do some writing PD. The third grade teachers observed her earlier this year, and had great things to say. We would have to pay a stipend, and sub pay. We haven't approached her about this to know if it's an option. What do you think about this possibility, though?=== She was extremely knowledgeable about writing but if we are looking into hiring consultants to come into the building, it will be better to keep to one group so that the information is consistant.

We have a lot of $ to spend. Do we want to look for someone local, like from Prairie Lands, or do we want to try hiring a big name?
Prairie Land Writing is not too expensive and the workshops I have attended were quite good. They will tailor the plan for our needs and send consultants into the building to help us. There would be no travel expenses if we used them as they are local people. TO Kristen: The group you were looking at seemed good but we would need to find out what travel and hotel would cost to have them. It might be more than we think.

===Do we want to hire someone to work with us during early outs (kind of like we did with Wendy Thompson), or do we want writing consultants to work with us during the day (we could hire subs. and align with teaming)?=== We would need to use either teaming time or hire subs to meet with them since PBIS will take most of our early out PD.

===We are going to be limited by PBIS as far as our early outs go. I'm not sure how many early outs we will have available for writing PD. What do you think is reasonable regarding the number of visits we have from a consultant in writing? When would we want them to visit during the year? Three to four times seems pretty good. Once at the beginning of the year to get us started, then a couple of months later (November perhaps) they could come in and go to the classrooms then debrief us. Then we could have them come back in the middle of the year (January or February) and present what needs to be presented and discuss with teachers where to go next. If we wanted and had money they could come back after MAP tests to help prepare us for the end of the year writing assessment. ===