Recently I was introduced to the visual below and used it to engage in discussions at my school to strengthen our role of Process Observer at Professional Learning Communities (PLCs):

In the past our Process Observers and teams focused on asset-based language at PLCs, and we are now shifting to also focus on all elements of communication, especially in connection to each team’s Working Agreements and in our classroom climate. In this post, I want to connect the multiple ways of communication with the stories we tell/the lenses through which we interpret situations. I will connect this to the work of Jennifer Abrams and the idea of Cognitive Appraisal.

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