Discover how project-based learning (PBL) is a powerful instructional strategy for creating a student-centric classroom and boosting achievement.
Learn more about education and eLearning: http://www.lynda.com/Education-Elearning-training-tutorials/1792-0.html
The document discusses best practices for creating a learning organization. It outlines characteristics of learning organizations like systems thinking, personal mastery, and shared vision. It also discusses benefits like innovation, competitiveness, and improved quality. Some best practices discussed include establishing effective leadership, measuring learning impact, aligning learning with HR and talent management, using an LMS, and fostering informal and on-demand learning. The conclusion states that while learning organization principles are valuable, there is no single strategy and companies must adapt practices to their unique situation and trends.
This session will explore the value of workgroups as a tool for building buy-in and developing best practices in a national non-profit. Breakthrough Collaborative has used the workgroup approach to standardize teacher training across the organization over the past few years, building expertise and site leadership in the process. This workshop will examine Breakthrough's experience and encourage participants to leave with takeaways for creating change in their own organizations.
This document provides guidance for schools to evaluate their quality and progress using a set of quality indicators. It introduces the revised third edition of "How Good is Our School?" which replaces previous versions and forms part of a series called "The Journey to Excellence." The quality indicators focus on improving educational experiences and outcomes for students in line with the curriculum framework and vision for Scottish children. Schools are encouraged to use self-evaluation to critically reflect on their performance, identify priorities, and drive continuous improvement toward excellence.
Create a Culture of Learning in the Modern WorkplaceBizLibrary
Employees today are working in a constantly changing environment, and the way they learn needs to keep up with that change.
For your business to maintain a competitive advantage, it’s vital for its employees to be continually improving and learning. You may have some good ideas about what it takes to implement a culture of learning, but what’s your strategy? Do you have the tools and resources necessary to build a solid foundation for your learning culture? What’s your communication plan? How will you measure success and failure?
This webinar will share easy-to-understand insights into:
- The key characteristics of an engaged learning culture
- Why microlearning is the ideal tool for a real culture shift
- How the science of learning reinforces training and increases ROI
- Why change is inevitable and how to deal with it in a positive way
The document provides an overview of a webinar on collaborative professional learning and professional development planning in New Jersey. The webinar covered establishing goals for professional learning, defining student achievement, analyzing student data, aligning professional development and student learning goals, providing structures and resources for professional learning, evaluating professional development plans, and timelines for professional development plans and accrual of hours. Key aspects included using protocols and tools to guide collaborative work, focusing professional development on improving teacher practice and student achievement, and emphasizing accountability for results in professional development planning.
Institutions are facing unprecedented changes, creating a ‘new normal’ for higher education. How can institutions adapt? This SlideShare outlines 3 truths for the new normal, and 9 strategies to cope.
Discover how project-based learning (PBL) is a powerful instructional strategy for creating a student-centric classroom and boosting achievement.
Learn more about education and eLearning: http://www.lynda.com/Education-Elearning-training-tutorials/1792-0.html
The document discusses best practices for creating a learning organization. It outlines characteristics of learning organizations like systems thinking, personal mastery, and shared vision. It also discusses benefits like innovation, competitiveness, and improved quality. Some best practices discussed include establishing effective leadership, measuring learning impact, aligning learning with HR and talent management, using an LMS, and fostering informal and on-demand learning. The conclusion states that while learning organization principles are valuable, there is no single strategy and companies must adapt practices to their unique situation and trends.
This session will explore the value of workgroups as a tool for building buy-in and developing best practices in a national non-profit. Breakthrough Collaborative has used the workgroup approach to standardize teacher training across the organization over the past few years, building expertise and site leadership in the process. This workshop will examine Breakthrough's experience and encourage participants to leave with takeaways for creating change in their own organizations.
This document provides guidance for schools to evaluate their quality and progress using a set of quality indicators. It introduces the revised third edition of "How Good is Our School?" which replaces previous versions and forms part of a series called "The Journey to Excellence." The quality indicators focus on improving educational experiences and outcomes for students in line with the curriculum framework and vision for Scottish children. Schools are encouraged to use self-evaluation to critically reflect on their performance, identify priorities, and drive continuous improvement toward excellence.
Create a Culture of Learning in the Modern WorkplaceBizLibrary
Employees today are working in a constantly changing environment, and the way they learn needs to keep up with that change.
For your business to maintain a competitive advantage, it’s vital for its employees to be continually improving and learning. You may have some good ideas about what it takes to implement a culture of learning, but what’s your strategy? Do you have the tools and resources necessary to build a solid foundation for your learning culture? What’s your communication plan? How will you measure success and failure?
This webinar will share easy-to-understand insights into:
- The key characteristics of an engaged learning culture
- Why microlearning is the ideal tool for a real culture shift
- How the science of learning reinforces training and increases ROI
- Why change is inevitable and how to deal with it in a positive way
The document provides an overview of a webinar on collaborative professional learning and professional development planning in New Jersey. The webinar covered establishing goals for professional learning, defining student achievement, analyzing student data, aligning professional development and student learning goals, providing structures and resources for professional learning, evaluating professional development plans, and timelines for professional development plans and accrual of hours. Key aspects included using protocols and tools to guide collaborative work, focusing professional development on improving teacher practice and student achievement, and emphasizing accountability for results in professional development planning.
Institutions are facing unprecedented changes, creating a ‘new normal’ for higher education. How can institutions adapt? This SlideShare outlines 3 truths for the new normal, and 9 strategies to cope.
This document outlines the vision and goals for a school district to become world-class. It discusses defining academic rigor, writing, and planning through professional learning communities. Data is presented showing the importance of postsecondary education for future careers. Teachers engage in an activity to define what a world-class school system means for students, families, teachers, and the community. The document discusses building teacher collaboration and data-driven instruction through professional learning communities to increase student achievement and ensure all students learn.
An effective learning environment balances several key elements. Here’s how we’re accomplishing these in an online environment:
World-class faculty combining relevant, deep expertise with immediate application.
Active engagement between participants to leverage their experiences.
Experiential learning to put new frameworks into action and practice working in teams.
Shifting Education - Embracing the Transformation #OTRK12Dave Truss
On The Rise K12 - #OTRK12 Spotlight Presentation: David Truss is Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of Coquitlam Open Learning and Inquiry Hub Secondary School, (as well as co-founder of Inquiry Hub). The Inquiry Hub was just recently named the recipient of the Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning from the Canadian Education Association. David has been in education for 17 years, with two of those years as a Principal in China, and the rest of his experience in Coquitlam, BC. He has worked in schools from Pre-K to Adult education, and he has an interest in blended learning and the use of technology to create open, connected learning environments. His 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts' blog has been his open learning journal for the past 9 years: pairadimes.davidtruss.com
Our company is in process of changing the world of education. With our analysis tools and the combination of human and machine, we can actually learn study pattern of each and every single students on this planet. This is one of its kind and it can actually analyze and at the same time compare students with others in order to create competition and quality learning.
Explore simple strategies and a top 10 list of practical methods for ensuring and demonstrating the benefits of a corporate training investment.
More on how to maximize corporate training: http://www.lynda.com/Education-Elearning-training-tutorials/1792-0.html
This document outlines plans for a school district to become world-class. It discusses defining academic rigor, the need for post-secondary education for future jobs, and the superintendent's vision. Teachers analyze student performance data and set goals. Collaboration between teachers and high expectations for all students are emphasized. The district aims to provide endless opportunities and empower students through education. Becoming world-class requires ongoing improvement, shared accountability, and ensuring all students learn.
5 Barriers to Effective Employee Training Programs - Webinar 08.21.14BizLibrary
In this webinar we'll outline the 5 barriers to effective training and development programs and best practices for overcoming those barriers.
www.bizlibrary.com/webinars
Report from Learning Leader Symposium in conjunction with the MACPA Innovation Summit. Featuring Learning Trends from Julie Duda @ Bersin, Vinay Nilakantan @ Meridian, Tom Hood @MACPA. Panel of CPA Firm Learning Leaders and a facilitated discussion by Pam Devine & Laura Dorsey-Shaner.
2019 International Trainings & Seminar -Innovation Leadership in EducationTimothy Wooi
Content
Concepts of Innovation Leadership
Innovation, Leadership, Why Innovation Leadership in Education?
Leadership Skills in Innovation
21st Century Shift in Leadership
Leading Innovation in Education
Innovation Leadership Checklist
Developing Skills in Innovation
The Future Of Innovative Education
Latest Trends in Leading Innovation in K12 Education
Nine Things That Will Change
Digital Professional Learning Communitiesspaul6414
This document discusses digital professional learning communities and how various online tools can be used to facilitate collaboration. It describes social networking platforms like wikis, blogs, Twitter and LinkedIn that allow educators to connect, share resources and ideas. It encourages administrators to develop their own online professional learning communities to extend learning beyond their local schools.
The NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K–12 Edition examines emerging technologies for their
potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in schools.
The ICT strategic plan outlines goals to enhance teaching and learning at Beaconsfield School from 2014-2016 through strategic integration and use of technology. Key goals include:
1) Providing reliable infrastructure like internet access, data storage, and devices to support digital learning.
2) Integrating e-learning tools like iPads and applications across subjects to engage students and enhance literacy and numeracy.
3) Regular staff training to effectively utilize technology for teaching and learning while promoting responsible digital citizenship.
Potential challenges involve ensuring network capacity, internet security, sufficient devices and applications, and supporting teachers' technology skills. Reviews will assess progress and challenges to refine goals.
This document provides information about a conference on blended learning taking place from 13-17 March 2017 at the Primus Hotel in Sydney. It includes details of pre-conference and post-conference workshops on 13 March and 16-17 March respectively, as well as an agenda for the main conference on 14-15 March. The conference will focus on maximizing learning outcomes through innovative blended learning approaches. Featured speakers will discuss topics such as implementing blended programs, measuring impact and return on investment of learning initiatives.
Six Pillars, Five Mistakes, and The Top Ten Best Practices for Building a Str...ohedconnectforsuccess
June 27
2 – 3pm
Room: Deleware C
President Obama set an ambitious goal for education: All students should graduate from high school prepared for college and a career—no matter whom they are or where they come from. The President’s statement rings true in the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative (OAC), an initiative aimed at implementing a successful reform model that can be scaled across rural Ohio and the country. This presentation will showcase the best practices from 22 OAC districts, enabling participants to learn how to build economies of scale, collaborative networks, leverage existing strengths, and partner to align with state and federal priorities to maximize student success.
Main Presenter: Pamela Noeth, Battelle for Kids
Co-Presenter(s): Mark Glasbrenner, Battelle for Kids
Innovation Leadership for Education 2017Timothy Wooi
Innovation Leadership and its formal preparation, the most recent focus in education reform to improve schools to serve all students well. Inter-institutional collaborations in program delivery and evaluation drives these new directions and forms of innovation.
Course Outline
Introduction
Innovation, Leadership, Innovation Leadership, Why Innovation Leadership in Education?
21st Century Shift in Leadership & Skills
Leading Innovation in Education
Innovation Leadership Checklist
The Future Of Innovative Education
Latest Trends in Leading Innovation in K12 Education
Nine Things That Will Change
Innovation
Innovation means first different, then better. It is a fundamentally different way of doing things with better, and perhaps different, outcomes.
Both the 'different' and the 'better' must be significant and substantial.
The document provides an overview of the Microsoft Education Transformation Framework, which is designed to help schools and education systems plan and implement systemic changes to better support student learning. The framework includes 10 components of transformation across leadership/policy and 21st century pedagogy. It also summarizes research on education systems that have improved performance and provides guidance on adapting successful strategies. Examples are given of how schools have used the framework to envision changes like empowering classrooms, enabling anytime learning, engaging students in deep learning, and personalizing education.
The document discusses research on how people learn and effective instructional practices. It emphasizes that instruction is key to improving student outcomes and teachers must have tools and support to continuously improve their practice. Specifically, it recommends using professional learning communities with a common instructional framework or protocol to provide a structure for teachers to collaborate, share knowledge, and focus on improving instructional practice. When implemented well, this approach of collaborative professional development can significantly impact student achievement.
The document provides information about Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) for Helena Public Schools. It discusses the district's commitment to PLCs and creating an online workspace to facilitate collaboration. The main goal is to have more students learning more through ensuring timely communication and effective implementation of PLC initiatives. The document outlines what a PLC is, why schools should implement them, how to create a PLC, how to do the work of a PLC, and provides various resources to support PLCs.
The document discusses professional learning communities (PLCs) and their power through collaboration. It defines PLCs as structures that foster ongoing, job-embedded learning for teachers through collaboration, with the goal of improving student outcomes. PLCs are characterized by attributes like shared leadership, collective learning, and supportive conditions that allow educators to continuously improve and focus on student needs. The document emphasizes that meaningful collaboration in PLCs can transform schools by improving teaching practices and learning environments.
This document discusses professional learning communities (PLCs) and their power through collaboration. It defines PLCs as an infrastructure for continuous school improvement through empowering, job-embedded professional development. The key attributes of effective PLCs are shared and supportive leadership, shared values and vision, collective learning and application, and supportive conditions. PLCs can take various forms for collaborative learning both in and after school. Their focus should be fundamental questions about student and teacher needs to improve teaching and learning.
This document outlines the vision and goals for a school district to become world-class. It discusses defining academic rigor, writing, and planning through professional learning communities. Data is presented showing the importance of postsecondary education for future careers. Teachers engage in an activity to define what a world-class school system means for students, families, teachers, and the community. The document discusses building teacher collaboration and data-driven instruction through professional learning communities to increase student achievement and ensure all students learn.
An effective learning environment balances several key elements. Here’s how we’re accomplishing these in an online environment:
World-class faculty combining relevant, deep expertise with immediate application.
Active engagement between participants to leverage their experiences.
Experiential learning to put new frameworks into action and practice working in teams.
Shifting Education - Embracing the Transformation #OTRK12Dave Truss
On The Rise K12 - #OTRK12 Spotlight Presentation: David Truss is Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of Coquitlam Open Learning and Inquiry Hub Secondary School, (as well as co-founder of Inquiry Hub). The Inquiry Hub was just recently named the recipient of the Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning from the Canadian Education Association. David has been in education for 17 years, with two of those years as a Principal in China, and the rest of his experience in Coquitlam, BC. He has worked in schools from Pre-K to Adult education, and he has an interest in blended learning and the use of technology to create open, connected learning environments. His 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts' blog has been his open learning journal for the past 9 years: pairadimes.davidtruss.com
Our company is in process of changing the world of education. With our analysis tools and the combination of human and machine, we can actually learn study pattern of each and every single students on this planet. This is one of its kind and it can actually analyze and at the same time compare students with others in order to create competition and quality learning.
Explore simple strategies and a top 10 list of practical methods for ensuring and demonstrating the benefits of a corporate training investment.
More on how to maximize corporate training: http://www.lynda.com/Education-Elearning-training-tutorials/1792-0.html
This document outlines plans for a school district to become world-class. It discusses defining academic rigor, the need for post-secondary education for future jobs, and the superintendent's vision. Teachers analyze student performance data and set goals. Collaboration between teachers and high expectations for all students are emphasized. The district aims to provide endless opportunities and empower students through education. Becoming world-class requires ongoing improvement, shared accountability, and ensuring all students learn.
5 Barriers to Effective Employee Training Programs - Webinar 08.21.14BizLibrary
In this webinar we'll outline the 5 barriers to effective training and development programs and best practices for overcoming those barriers.
www.bizlibrary.com/webinars
Report from Learning Leader Symposium in conjunction with the MACPA Innovation Summit. Featuring Learning Trends from Julie Duda @ Bersin, Vinay Nilakantan @ Meridian, Tom Hood @MACPA. Panel of CPA Firm Learning Leaders and a facilitated discussion by Pam Devine & Laura Dorsey-Shaner.
2019 International Trainings & Seminar -Innovation Leadership in EducationTimothy Wooi
Content
Concepts of Innovation Leadership
Innovation, Leadership, Why Innovation Leadership in Education?
Leadership Skills in Innovation
21st Century Shift in Leadership
Leading Innovation in Education
Innovation Leadership Checklist
Developing Skills in Innovation
The Future Of Innovative Education
Latest Trends in Leading Innovation in K12 Education
Nine Things That Will Change
Digital Professional Learning Communitiesspaul6414
This document discusses digital professional learning communities and how various online tools can be used to facilitate collaboration. It describes social networking platforms like wikis, blogs, Twitter and LinkedIn that allow educators to connect, share resources and ideas. It encourages administrators to develop their own online professional learning communities to extend learning beyond their local schools.
The NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K–12 Edition examines emerging technologies for their
potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in schools.
The ICT strategic plan outlines goals to enhance teaching and learning at Beaconsfield School from 2014-2016 through strategic integration and use of technology. Key goals include:
1) Providing reliable infrastructure like internet access, data storage, and devices to support digital learning.
2) Integrating e-learning tools like iPads and applications across subjects to engage students and enhance literacy and numeracy.
3) Regular staff training to effectively utilize technology for teaching and learning while promoting responsible digital citizenship.
Potential challenges involve ensuring network capacity, internet security, sufficient devices and applications, and supporting teachers' technology skills. Reviews will assess progress and challenges to refine goals.
This document provides information about a conference on blended learning taking place from 13-17 March 2017 at the Primus Hotel in Sydney. It includes details of pre-conference and post-conference workshops on 13 March and 16-17 March respectively, as well as an agenda for the main conference on 14-15 March. The conference will focus on maximizing learning outcomes through innovative blended learning approaches. Featured speakers will discuss topics such as implementing blended programs, measuring impact and return on investment of learning initiatives.
Six Pillars, Five Mistakes, and The Top Ten Best Practices for Building a Str...ohedconnectforsuccess
June 27
2 – 3pm
Room: Deleware C
President Obama set an ambitious goal for education: All students should graduate from high school prepared for college and a career—no matter whom they are or where they come from. The President’s statement rings true in the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative (OAC), an initiative aimed at implementing a successful reform model that can be scaled across rural Ohio and the country. This presentation will showcase the best practices from 22 OAC districts, enabling participants to learn how to build economies of scale, collaborative networks, leverage existing strengths, and partner to align with state and federal priorities to maximize student success.
Main Presenter: Pamela Noeth, Battelle for Kids
Co-Presenter(s): Mark Glasbrenner, Battelle for Kids
Innovation Leadership for Education 2017Timothy Wooi
Innovation Leadership and its formal preparation, the most recent focus in education reform to improve schools to serve all students well. Inter-institutional collaborations in program delivery and evaluation drives these new directions and forms of innovation.
Course Outline
Introduction
Innovation, Leadership, Innovation Leadership, Why Innovation Leadership in Education?
21st Century Shift in Leadership & Skills
Leading Innovation in Education
Innovation Leadership Checklist
The Future Of Innovative Education
Latest Trends in Leading Innovation in K12 Education
Nine Things That Will Change
Innovation
Innovation means first different, then better. It is a fundamentally different way of doing things with better, and perhaps different, outcomes.
Both the 'different' and the 'better' must be significant and substantial.
The document provides an overview of the Microsoft Education Transformation Framework, which is designed to help schools and education systems plan and implement systemic changes to better support student learning. The framework includes 10 components of transformation across leadership/policy and 21st century pedagogy. It also summarizes research on education systems that have improved performance and provides guidance on adapting successful strategies. Examples are given of how schools have used the framework to envision changes like empowering classrooms, enabling anytime learning, engaging students in deep learning, and personalizing education.
The document discusses research on how people learn and effective instructional practices. It emphasizes that instruction is key to improving student outcomes and teachers must have tools and support to continuously improve their practice. Specifically, it recommends using professional learning communities with a common instructional framework or protocol to provide a structure for teachers to collaborate, share knowledge, and focus on improving instructional practice. When implemented well, this approach of collaborative professional development can significantly impact student achievement.
The document provides information about Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) for Helena Public Schools. It discusses the district's commitment to PLCs and creating an online workspace to facilitate collaboration. The main goal is to have more students learning more through ensuring timely communication and effective implementation of PLC initiatives. The document outlines what a PLC is, why schools should implement them, how to create a PLC, how to do the work of a PLC, and provides various resources to support PLCs.
The document discusses professional learning communities (PLCs) and their power through collaboration. It defines PLCs as structures that foster ongoing, job-embedded learning for teachers through collaboration, with the goal of improving student outcomes. PLCs are characterized by attributes like shared leadership, collective learning, and supportive conditions that allow educators to continuously improve and focus on student needs. The document emphasizes that meaningful collaboration in PLCs can transform schools by improving teaching practices and learning environments.
This document discusses professional learning communities (PLCs) and their power through collaboration. It defines PLCs as an infrastructure for continuous school improvement through empowering, job-embedded professional development. The key attributes of effective PLCs are shared and supportive leadership, shared values and vision, collective learning and application, and supportive conditions. PLCs can take various forms for collaborative learning both in and after school. Their focus should be fundamental questions about student and teacher needs to improve teaching and learning.
The document outlines the goals and components of an effective teacher mentoring program. It discusses identifying mentor qualities, applying mentoring skills through observations and coaching conferences, and examining data collection methods. The purpose of mentoring is to support new teachers' personal and professional development through guidance, feedback and ensuring confidentiality in the mentoring relationship.
This document outlines the goals and components of implementing an instructional coaching program. The webinar aims to discuss the benefits of coaching as professional development, how to set up a coaching program, and provide feedback to coaches and teachers being coached. Effective coaching involves regular observation, reflection, and feedback focused on improving student outcomes. Research shows that coaching can increase teachers' classroom application of new skills from around 5-10% without coaching to 80-90% when combined with observation, feedback and reflection.
This document discusses building educator success through teamwork for new and early career teachers. It promotes deliberate practice, fostering professional learning cultures, communities of practice, peer-to-peer collaboration, and supporting teacher effectiveness through fall 2016. Key elements include engaging in deliberate practice, fostering professional learning cultures and communities of practice, promoting peer-to-peer collaboration, and supporting teacher effectiveness.
The document summarizes a presentation given on professional learning communities. It discusses what professional learning communities are and are not, challenges in implementing them, and strategies for effective goal setting and building trust within teaching teams. Key aspects include focusing on student learning, collaborative work among teachers, setting measurable and achievable goals, and establishing group protocols to strengthen relationships and promote open discussion.
The document discusses Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) which aim to ensure high quality education for all students through collaboration among teachers, students, administrators, parents and the community. A PLC works to establish common goals and assessments to monitor student growth and provide additional support to struggling students. Key aspects of successful PLCs include regular collaboration among educators, a focus on continuous learning, and consistency in implementing common practices and curricula. Research shows PLCs can boost student achievement and staff morale when all members work as a team toward the shared goal of student success.
This session is aimed at lecturers and managers in the sector with a clear focus on providing evidence-based research with pointers/tips for teaching face-to-face and online. We will also be talking about the forthcoming launch of the Pedagogy Matters podcast, which will feature interviews with key practitioners across the country to support effective delivery of the curriculum, as well as plans for future professional development materials and opportunities.
Presentation delivered by Jonny Rees, College Development Network, as part of the Virtual Bridge Session series.
Follow along at https://twitter.com/Virtual_Bridge and see what's coming up next at https://bit.ly/VBsessions
Recording available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otSVEp4YE8s
The document discusses the need to reinvent teaching to help students develop new skills required for work and citizenship in today's world. It argues that incremental change is not enough and that a new approach is needed to create a system for continuously improving instruction. This requires developing new professional knowledge, school structures, and ways of working together in communities of practice to focus on improving teaching.
The document discusses the need to reinvent teaching to help students develop new skills required for work and citizenship in today's world. It argues that incremental change is not enough and that a new approach is needed to create a system for continuously improving instruction. This requires developing communities of practice where teachers collaborate to analyze problems, develop lessons together, and provide feedback to one another through observation. School leaders must model behaviors like seeking feedback and focus on improving teaching through asking thoughtful questions rather than just providing answers.
This presentation focuses on preparing school leaders to use data-driven decision making to improve student achievement. It discusses Miami-Dade County Public Schools' journey toward excellence using criteria like Baldrige/Sterling, which has led to strengths in leadership, planning, and student focus, but opportunities remain in using data for analysis, management, and performance results. The presentation also covers tools and strategies for data-driven decision making, including choosing appropriate analysis methods matched to learning targets and subjects.
A professional learning community (PLC) is a collaborative group of educators focused on student learning and improving teaching practices. In a PLC, teachers work together to analyze student performance, develop and share instructional methods, and support each other as professionals. The key elements of a PLC include collaborative work, a focus on student learning, distributed leadership, narrowing the curriculum, sharing best practices, and using assessment to inform instruction.
Callaborative Planning Day Key Competency Focuslisam
Fairfield Intermediate School in Hamilton, NZ has been focusing on collaborative and integrated planning using the New Zealand Curriculum (2007). The focus of the planning is around the Key Competencies.
The document discusses collective capacity and the power of teachers working together. It notes that collective capacity enables ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things by making knowledge widely accessible and generating commitment through collaboration. The document also discusses various frameworks for instructional changes, leadership, and teacher development including learning communities, peer coaching, and principal participation in teacher learning.
The document provides an overview of mentoring new teachers, including the goals and responsibilities of mentor teachers. It discusses qualities of effective mentors, such as being an outstanding teacher, willing to coach, and maintaining confidentiality. Research shows mentoring programs help significantly increase retention rates for new teachers. The roles of mentors include supporting new teachers' professional and personal development, sharing strategies, and participating in observations to collect data and provide feedback.
Mapping the Big Picture: Curriculum Mapping and SchoolsGlenn Wiebe
This document provides an overview of curriculum mapping, including its benefits and how the process of mapping can be carried out in a school. Some key points:
- Curriculum mapping creates a written record of what is actually taught in the classroom and encourages alignment between the written and taught curriculums.
- The process of mapping typically involves teachers recording their content, skills, and assessments, then reviewing each other's maps in phases to identify gaps, repetitions, and opportunities for improvement.
- Technology can facilitate the creation and editing of maps and allow information to be easily accessed across content areas and grade levels.
- Implementing curriculum mapping may improve teaching and learning by identifying gaps/repetitions, encouraging integration across subjects,
Similar to "But What are Your PLC's Talking About?" (20)
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
This presentation was provided by Rebecca Benner, Ph.D., of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
Gender and Mental Health - Counselling and Family Therapy Applications and In...PsychoTech Services
A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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"But What are Your PLC's Talking About?"
1. But What are Your
PLC’s Talking About?
January 7, 2009
Leadership Innovations Team
Alison Olzendam, Ph. D.
alison@leadershipinnovationsteam.com
2. Targets for today
• Know and understand the research behind
effective teaching practices
• Understand why a PLC is powerful
• Know how to provide data driven staff
development
3. Operating principles for today
• Safe learning environment
• No learners can opt out
• No wrong answers
• Model, not mandate!
4. Strategy we will use today
• Find a partner for each of the following:
• Rock N Roll
• Disco
• Latin
5. Why an instructional focus? Why
leadership? Marzano
Scenario Percentile Entering Percentile Leaving
Average School / Average 50 50
Teacher
Highly Ineffective
School / 50 3
Ineffective Teacher
Highly Effective School / 50 34
Ineffective Teacher
Ineffective School / Highly 50 63
Effective Teacher
Highly Effective School / 50 96
Highly Effective Teacher
Highly Effective School / 50 78
Average Teacher
6. Why Collaborate in PLC’s?
Factors Affecting Student Achievement
School Factors
•Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum
•Challenging goals and effective feedback
•Parent & community involvement
•Safe and orderly environment
•Collegiality and professionalism
Teacher Factors
•Classroom curriculum design
•Instructional Strategies
•Classroom management
Marzano “What Works n Schools”
7. Why Collaborate in PLC’s?
Schools with strong Professional
Learning Communities (PLC’s) are
4 times more likely to be improving
academically than schools with
weaker professional communities.
Kappan “School Reform and Professional Development” Lewis, Anne.
8. 1. What conclusions can you make?
2. What are you curious about?
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9. Rock n Roll over to that partner
• Scatterplots.
• How do you explain the differences
between the two slides?
10. Effective Staff Development?
• Think of a training that was effective in
changing your practice
• What were the elements of that training
that made the difference?
• Write them down
• Disco on over
• Share them with your partner
11. Effective School…Effective Teacher
• How do teachers improve practice?
• Staff Development
• What staff development activities have the
greatest impact?
13. Why a focus on instruction?
• “The top performing school systems
recognize that the only way to improve
outcomes is to improve instruction”
• McKinsey & Company. How the Worlds
Top Performing Systems Come Out On
Top (2007)
14. So how do students learn best?
• Instruction that works for all students
• How People Learn
• Project-National Research Council
• Funded by US Department of Education
office of Educational Research and
Improvement
• Research based messages that are clear
and directly relevant to classroom practice
15. Research: How People Learn
You have 20 minutes. Jigsaw “How People
Learn.” Groups of 4-similar roles
1-page 15 #1
2-page 16, #2
3-page 17, #3
4-page 18 Bringing Order, to page 19
Read to yourself first. You will then teach
your section to the group. Underline, etc.
What are the implications for your work?
Be ready to discuss.
16. Looking at the Research
How People Learn – Key Findings
• Students come to the classroom with
preconceptions about how the world works.
• To develop competence in an area of inquiry,
students must have opportunities to learn with
understanding.
• A “metacognitive” approach to instruction can
help students learn to take control of their own
learning.
17. How People Learn
• Adults are people too!
• Dance over to your Latin partner
• Read the last page of Chapter 2 of How
People Learn
18. Share your staff development training
With your partner discuss which elements were
present:
Learner centered?
Knowledge centered?
Assessment centered?
Community centered?
19. If instruction is the key, and PLC’s
are the structure
• How do we talk about instruction?
• An instructional Protocol
• Provides a common language and a clear
target
• The first instructional protocol?
• We use The Student Learning Protocol
• “The Essential Practices of High Quality
Teaching and Learning” MacGregor
20. What an instructional framework is
NOT…
• Intended to be used for evaluation
• A silver bullet
• It will not be the tool, but how teachers
utilize it that will make the difference
• A program, a new thing to add to already
overloaded teachers
• Teachers already talk about instruction
• This tool provides clarity and focus
21. Two powerful tools for teachers:
• A structure that allows them to talk to each
other and share knowledge
• Professional Learning Communities,
Critical Friends, etc.
• And a way to talk to each other, an
instructional framework or protocol
• Provides a common language and clear
target
22. THE GOAL!
• To turn over the ownership of student
achievement to those that have the greatest
impact…
• Teachers!
• And then support them.
23. Charlotte Danielson
• When teachers use the same framework,
they improve communication because
they’re using the same set of concepts
and terms to describe phenomena. In
addition, by using the framework, they can
be sure that the areas chosen for
improvement are truly those most in need
of work.
24. Using the Student Learning Protocol…
• Not every practice every day
• Look for evidence in what students are
doing
• Page for reflection
25. A tool for use in PLC’s
• Common language, clear target
• A Professional Learning
Community…what better way to improve
practice than with other experts?
• Teacher factor…school factor
26. PLC’s…collaboration? Talking about
what?
• The results suggest that although these types of
organizational reforms may succeed in
improving the culture within which teachers
teach, they alone are unlikely to improve
instruction and student learning. The
communities that develop are often not
communities engaged in instructional
improvement (Supovitz, 2002).
• It is clearly not enough for teachers just to
collaborate; there needs to be a focus on
instructional practice and an intentional
structure for observation and dialogue
27. A four year study in a district
• Developing Communities of
Instructional Practice
by Jonathan Supovitz
• About a fourth of the time
Professional Learning Communities
made an impact on student
achievement.
28. Effective communities of learners…
• First, effective communities prepare for
instruction collaboratively, taking
advantage of preparation as a learning
opportunity. They examine and discuss
student work in relation to standards and
how it is differentially produced through a
variety of instructional approaches.
29. Effective Communities of Learners…
• Second, community members sometimes
teach together, often observe each other
in the act of teaching, and always feel safe
in doing so. Based on these common
experiences, they offer constructive
criticism of each other’s strategies.
30. Effective Communities of Learners…
• Third, communities flexibly and
purposefully regroup their students to take
advantage of both the strengths of team
members and the advantages of small
student groups for particular instructional
purposes.
31. Together…
• A multiplier effect
• A structure, a Professional Learning
Community
• A tool that provides a target for instruction
• A survey that gives direction to
instructional teams
• Adults don’t argue with their own data!
32. Resources
• McKinsey & Company. How the Worlds
Top Performing Systems Come Out On
Top (2007).
• www.effectiveness.org The Essential
Practices of High Quality Teaching and
Learning. MacGregor
• Marzano, R. What Works in Schools.
• www.nsdc.org Graham, Ferriter. One
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