PLN Community of Practice October 2004 Meeting

Farmers Market: The Promising Practices Marketplace

Myron Rogers set up the Promising Practices Marketplace. Each of the 22 school teams set up their “stalls” with artifacts that would help tell their story. The team then split into two. Two farmers stayed in the stall to tell the story of their Promising Practice while two shoppers from the team explored the market place with the task to see and hear as many of the 22 practices represented as they could in the 45 minutes allotted. At the end of the first round, each pair of shoppers indicated their top 5 choices of practices they would like to explore more deeply on the preference scorecard. After the first round, we switched roles - the farmers from the first round became the shoppers and repeated the process.

Display Examples

The following are examples of items displayed by the schools in their stalls. Click here or scroll down for a full list of practices.

East Oakview Elementary School (Northview, MI)

Graham Elementary (Springfield, IL)

Tiffany Elementary (Chula Vista, CA)

Practice List

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