Teachers,

Now that you've had a relaxing summer, it's time to jump right back in with our first dinner dialogue of the year. Remember we'll be dining on August 11 at 6 pm and will begin discussing our first book, Whatever it takes: How professional learning communities respond when kids don't learn by Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Gayle Karhanek, & Richard DuFour.

So what are we doing on this blog? Hopefully this will give us a safe space to begin discussing the book before we meet face-to-face as an entire group. There are some thought-provoking ideas in this book. We need to be able to honestly assess where we are as a school so that we can meet the needs of ALL of OUR learners.