Burning+Questions


 * Burning Questions from AP CAN Grant English/LA Vertical Team Training**
 * on 11/26/07**


 * What are vertical teams?
 * How do you prevent redundancies in content across grade levels?
 * How do you get people to let go of their “sacred cows”, e.g. the Butterfly Unit?
 * How do you fill the gaps – the skills that no one wants to teach?
 * What vocabulary and academic language should we all be using?
 * How do we help teachers unwrap the standards?
 * How can we dignify the teachers “back at the ranch” and give them the time that’s reasonable for meeting the grant goals?
 * With a full inclusion model, how do we differentiate instruction and still provide rigorous curriculum to meet the state/national standards?
 * How do we involve our colleagues who are not on the Vertical Team?
 * How do we take the work from the Vertical Team and apply it at specific grade levels across content areas?


 * Burning Questions from AP CAN Grant Math Vertical Team Training**
 * on 11/2/07**


 * How do you sustain and spread the Vertical Team process?
 * How do you create purpose and performance goals with a large group of people with varying personalities and schedules?
 * What would the other levels expect from other levels below and above?
 * What happens if there are gaps?
 * How do we get started?
 * How do we ensure continuity in the curriculum?
 * How do we guarantee that our work here is carried over in the classrooms K-12?
 * How do you get people interested for the right reasons?
 * How do we involve all the right people to participate on the Vertical Team?
 * Are we responsible for just our school or for the other feeder schools?