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== =Hey you guys we have our wiki!!!= > > Below are the notes - to some degree- from our meeting yesterday. Happy wiki-ing :)
 * First off, our wiki is wide open right now. I didn't put any editing restrictions on it - anyone can view it AND anyone can edit it. We can make it as public or as private as we would like. I really don't know how interested anyone would be in sabotaging our assignment, but YOU NEVER KNOW! So I was thinking maybe each of you could become a wiki member (3 very simple steps) and then anyone could view it, but only we could edit it. Just let me know.
 * To edit the wiki, simply click on the "EDIT" pencil in the upper right-hand corner and then make your changes. REMEBER TO SAVE YOUR CHANGES - click the"SAVE" tab on the "Editor" Dashboard above!

Mock Teacher Evaluation Conference
Attendees: Ms. Jones, Gen. Ed. Instructor (Bonita); Ms. Wilson, Co-Teacher/SPED Instructor (Shawniece); Mr. Smith, Bidg. Administrator (Rommie); Ms. Johnson, Lit. Coach (Wendi); Ms. Williams, SPED Supervisor (Cherhonda)

Backdrop: Ms. Jones is a very well-versed content instructor. She has been teaching the same subjects, at the same school, in the same classroom for 20 years; hence, she is extremely territorial - high stakes testing has really taken its toll on her. Ms. Wilson is our Co-Teacher. She has been teaching for less than 5 years, but is an awesome strategists. Ms. Wilson is very concerned about Ms. Jones's absolute control of the instruction within "their" classroom. So much so that she has poken with Mr. Smith and Ms. Williams about her feelings of inequality while co-teaching with Ms. Jones. Because she is relatively new to the profession, Ms. Wilson is not very assertive, especially when she and Ms. Jones lock horns. With this in mind, Mr. Smith has decided that observations are necessary to assess the situation first-hand. To ensure that the teaching environment is looked at from a number of perspectives, he has also asked the literacy coach and the SPED Suoervisor to observe the class as well. This is is extremely pressing therefore, three observations are conducted over the course of one week.

Observation 1 conducted by Ms. Johnson, Lit. Coach (Wendi): Co-Teacher observed the entire lesson; had no input; she did, however, appear to be taking notes.

Observation 2 conducted by Ms. Williams, SPED Supervisor (Cherhonda): Ms. Jones & Ms. Wilson are preparing to do small group instruction when Ms. Jones asks Ms. Wilson to leave the room to make copies of a worksheet.

Observation 3 conducted by Mr. Smith, Bld. Administrator (Rommie): Co-Teacher is leading a lesson Gen. Ed Instructor interjects and subsequently takes over the discussion.