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Supporting Professional Learning- Empowering Staff Through Choice and Inclusion
Kenzie Rushton, BSc., M.Ed.Learning Leader for Professional
DevelopmentCentennial High [email protected]
Call to Grow
“To grow in the work of teaching, teachers must themselves be constantly learning, learning more about each of their students, learning more about the subjects they teach and the worlds explored in their academic areas, learning more about what works with different kinds of learners” (Starratt, 2010, p. 31)
Professional Development
•What do you feel are the core components of effective professional development?• Reflect• Share
Connecting to the Foundational Principles of High School Redesign• Mastery Learning• Rigorous & Relevant Curriculum• Personalization• Flexible Learning Environments• Educator Roles & Professional Development• Meaningful relationships• Home and Community Involvement• Assessment• Welcoming, Caring Respectful and Safe
With a focus on Educator Roles and Professional Development• structures are created to better support new types of learning
relationships • collaboration and shared decision making are encouraged • administrators participate in the learning community and
expand their leadership roles • teachers build and have access to a growing repertoire of
approaches to learning • teachers work together to improve the design and delivery of
the curriculum.
Retrieved from: https://ideas.education.alberta.ca/media/74562/edrolesandpd.pdf
Re-Thinking Professional Development
“The time has passed for professional development programs that rely on one-shot workshops to improve teacher practice.” (Goldenberg & Gallimore, 1991, p.69).
Setting the Context
Centennial High School• Relatively new (est. Sept 2004)
• Staff• 100 teaching/ 20 support staff• 1 principal/ 3 Assistant Principals
• Students• 1800 grades 10-12• Heterogeneous (Mix between academic and skills)
• Community• SE Calgary- Mid to High SES
Professional Development
• Committee run•Members from each of the
PLC’s(departments)• AP supports the committee• Includes individuals from support staff• 10 non-instructional days • (2-4 professional development days) a year
Two Goals
Planting seeds of Innovation• Pockets of innovation begin to grow
throughout the building• Nudging/rubbing elbows
Cross pollination• Organize whole staff structures for this to
occurOur job: provide time and organizational opportunities for this to happen
Guiding Principles
• Moves away from the one shot workshop• Embedded and ongoing• Given a priority• Offers meaningful choice and autonomy• Contextual considerations• Provides room for adaptation• Opens classroom doors and practice• Requires long term planning• Involves formative and summative evaluations of
the PD
Core Components• Empowerment of staff through choice• Self selection of
• Groups• focus of work• the approach to PD
• Iterative approach• Involves reflection• Adjustment cycle
• Inclusion• all staff involved in PD• PD day design is evaluated through an ethic of critic
Three year plan
Inclusive
What are some of the characteristics that you would consider to be essential in the organization of inclusive professional development?
Inclusion through an Ethic of Critic“By uncovering inherent injustice or dehumanization imbedded in the language and structures of society, critical analysts invite others to act to redress such injustice” (Starratt, 1991, p. 189).
Guiding questions inspired by critical theory:1. Who benefits by these arrangements?2. Which group dominates this social arrangement?3. Who defines the way things are structured here?4. Who defines what is valued and disvalued in this
situation?
Innovation through Collaboration
“Giving away or openly sharing your best ideas with other[s]. . . keeps you on your toes and make you keep on innovating further in order to stay ahead.” (Hargreaves, 2012, p. 86)
Creating a Collaborative Culture
• Informal and formal structure alignment• Establishing relationships through trust
development• Building relationships through social
network position
Empowering Staff by Letting GoMove from accountability framework to structures which promote responsibility for professional growth
“Accountability is the remainder that is left when responsibility has been subtracted” (Hargreaves & Shirley, 2012, p.62)
Image of the Teacher
Embrace that teachers are:
If provided with the appropriate support, many will participate in programs and activities beyond the scope of their contracted duties, creating an authentic learning environment where they are meeting their moral obligations as educators.
competent
Trustworthy strong
Well meaning inventive
Extremely busy full of ideas
Implementation of the three year plan
Year 1
Introduction/ Selection of PD approach
Teachers as co-researchers of learning• Using successfully developed evidence
based approaches including:• Action Research• PLC• Peer Coaching
Embedded and Ongoing
“The time has passed for professional development programs that rely on one-shot workshops to improve teacher practice.” (Goldenberg & Gallimore, 1991, p.69).
Structural Considerations
• Time as a barrier to professional growth• PD must be given priority through time• Embedded time• Provide time for collaboration• PLC/ PD meeting times• 30 min contact time at the end of each day• (second semester of year 1)
Agenda for the Introduction8:30-9:00 Coffee and Muffins
9:00-9:30 Opening Discussion (Impact of last PD day) [Library]
9:30-10:00 Presentation- Effective PD (Whole staff) [Library]
10:00-10:15 Selection of PD approach for next year (PLC; Action Research; Peer Coaching; Transitions) [Library]
10:15-10:45 Presentations on PD approaches (Smaller Groups) [Library/ elearn/ Super lab/ Cos]
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00
Round table (forming groups/ exploring ideas) Transition conversation
Completing TPGP (Individual/ small group) Portfolios/ Resume
Forming Groups and Establishing Norms of Interaction
• Establish norms of interaction• Based on Protocol from the
School Reform Initiative• “Forming Ground Rules (Creating Norms)”• Asked to make a record of it
Making our Work Visible for Each other• Structured opportunities• Mini Convention• Sharing session• PLC/PD meeting times• Contact time• Weekly 30 min meeting for Support staff
Mini Convention- Cross Pollination
8:30-9:00 Tim’s Coffee; Hot Chocolate, Tea: Muffins, Bagels and Fruit [Library]
9:00-9:20 Vision for the day [Library]9:20-9:30 Travel to meeting areas
9:30-10:30 Session 1 [As per session schedule]10:40-11:40 Session 2 [As per session schedule]11:40-12:25 Lunch Provided [Library]
12:25-1:55 Session 3 [As per session schedule]
2:00-2:30 Impact? [Library]Thanks/ Acknowledgements
3:00 PUB SOCIAL[ Darby Arms]
SessionsSession 1 (9:30-10:30) Session 2 (10:40- 11:40) Session 3 (12:25-1:55)
Critical thinking Teacher Logic/Communication Teacher Logic/Communication
Tales from the Dark Side Teacher Exchange Programs/ Overseas opportunities in the CBE
Cooking with Chef Ali
Teacher Logic/Communication
Me? A Leader? Exploring the Wood Shop
The Teenage Brain Encouraging KAE and PLP Success
PLC/PD time
Smart Notebook/ Podium Effective use of D2L in the classroom
Photography
Video editing That's so gay! What's a GSA? Fundamental Fitness
Guidance from guidance Yoga Fish Creek Park Quest for Centennial High School
Collaborative Problem Solving
Sharing Session9:00-9:10 Whole Staff Meet – Introduction to session [library]
9:10-10:10
Celebration of Professional Learning
Sharing presentations Attend four presentations of interest (15 mins in length)
[various locations in the library]
10:10ish- 11:00
Personal Reflection on your Professional Learning
Whole Staff Meet [library] A personal evaluation of PD for the year. Identification of areas that they would like to grow in. Adjustments to their personal PD vision for next year. Survey for the PD committee to make adjustments Invitation to join the professional development committee
for next year
Year 2
Year 2 of the 3 year plan8:45 -9:00 Tim’s Coffee; Hot Chocolate; Tea; Muffins; Bagels and Fruit
9:00-9:15 Introduction to the day
9:15- 9:45
PD Sharing of Groups/ Selection of PD approach/ [Adjustment cycle] Forming Small Groups [Alternative group ideas provided] What will you be doing? Who will you be doing it with?
9:45-10:30
PD approaches (AR; PLC; PC) Review/Establishing norms of interaction (30 mins) Arrange monthly meeting times Using Focusing questions to begin work for your PLC
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00
PD approaches (AR; PLC; PC) Reconvene- Significant Impact Continue working on your PD focus from the morning Hand in completed sheet to PD committee for sharing- Will be
posted for others to see12:00-12:45 Lunch Provided
12:45-1:00 Reconvene- QWESTS- [Carter Cox]
1:00-2:45 Team Building Activity2:45-3:15 Wrap up
The Adjustment Cycle
• Staff revisit the work that they did•New staff are incorporated• Expect movement•Group did not meet your needs?• Change in focus• Change who you worked with• Re-establish norms of interaction
Samples of PD workGroup Focus Approach
SPARK program Action ResearchPODS; Inquiry; Cross curricular; Teaching and learning Peer Coaching/ PLC
Making Science more relevant; More avenues for learning PLC
Emerging Technology; New Programs PLC
Implementing theatrical technology into the theatre classroom
Action Research
Process in artistic language and teaching practices PLC
Assessment strategies; Curricular engagement with reluctant learners; Improving Student writing; Oral Expression
PLC
More SamplesGroup Focus Approach
To develop our ability to identify and support students who are struggling with mental health issues; To support colleagues at CHS and beyond in the identification/ support of these kids
PLC
Outdoor trips PLC
Female Empowerment; Girl Bullying PLC
Student engagement; Formative assessment PLC
Creating materials for students to clearly understand the curriculum; Understanding the needs of a 30-1/ 30-2 student; Board work; Cumulative exams
PLC
Making Learning Visible in High School Science Classes Action Research
Common strategies for developing writing skills for SS; Building source analysis skills in students
PLC
Adjustment for Sharing Session8:30-9:00 Arrive
9:00-11:00 Prep for presentations/ sharing time [locations to be determined by PLC/PD groups]
11:00- 11:45 pm
PLC/PD Sharing (Small Groups) [Library]
11:45 am- 12:15pm Snack Provided [Library]
12:15pm to 1:00 pm PLC/ PD Sharing (small groups) [Library]
Feedback
•How feedback from staff informed your decisions about up and coming professional development?
Formative and Summative Evaluations
• Gathering feedback from staff has led to many modifications of our initial ideas• Collected Data via:• Survey Monkey • Keep doing/ Start doing/ Stop doing • Informal conversations
• Teachers assess their own professional growth to make adjustments
Feedback from staff
• Community Enhancement• Personalization of Learning• Addressing Critical Needs
Year 3?
Closing Thoughts
•Ideas?•Comments?•Suggestions?
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