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April Session Discussion Questions 1. As you consider the purpose of the English Language Learner Leadership Academy, “//To build your capacity to assist regular education teachers in becoming teachers of language development in order to implement Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners strategies through Shared Leadership//”, to what degree to you believe your team has been able to achieve this purpose?
 * I think we are a work in progress. We have implemented strategies that we have learned in the ELLLA sessions and we have shared these strategies with some of our colleagues. Our professional development plan for next year is to create PLCs and the ELLLA leadership team will be providing this learning opportunity to the staff. LA**

2. How has your team’s shared leadership approach to the implementation influenced your ELL initiative?
 * In our first session we identified our team's leadership strengths and we will use our strengths to make a difference in the qualty of education and learning for all students through teaching and leadership. We had also discussed that we should expand our team. We have brought our Co-Curriculum directors on board with us. LA**

3. As you engaged your colleagues in professional development designed to support them in becoming teachers of language development to implement Classroom Instruction That Works with ELLs strategies, how did you use the leadereship responsibilities to manage their personal transitions (of those colleagues who would have responded "yes" to any of the following four questions) and the implications of second order change:
 * a break from the past?
 * inconsistent with organizational norms?
 * incongruent with personal values?
 * requiring new knowledge and skills?


 * We are still working on the communication piece and involving all staff. By communicating with all staff, we should help to improve the culture of the school. When the workshop and professional development is in place, staff should be able to see how what we have always done is not the most effective and we should be able to equip thm with new knowledge and skills that will help not only ELLs, but all students who are in need of language development. LA**