Public School 29Public School 29Professional Professional

Development DayDevelopment Day

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014Presenters: Anna Arrigo & Marygrace Presenters: Anna Arrigo & Marygrace

DiForte DiForte

Defining School Defining School Success through Success through School Culture School Culture

Background Background

From the NCREL Monograph: Building Collaborative From the NCREL Monograph: Building Collaborative Cultures: Seeking Ways to Reshape Urban Schools Cultures: Seeking Ways to Reshape Urban Schools

““Knowing what members of the school define as Knowing what members of the school define as success is a way to know what is valued (Schein, success is a way to know what is valued (Schein, 1985). Success in schools can be defined in many 1985). Success in schools can be defined in many ways - giving students basic skills and knowledge, ways - giving students basic skills and knowledge, providing a safe and secure environment, providing a safe and secure environment, "surviving" until the next day, preparing students for "surviving" until the next day, preparing students for the world of work or college (Rossman, Corbett, and the world of work or college (Rossman, Corbett, and Firestone, 1988), and so forth. What teachers, Firestone, 1988), and so forth. What teachers, administrators, and others view as the measures of administrators, and others view as the measures of success often shapes how they spend their time, success often shapes how they spend their time, what problems they try to solve together, and what what problems they try to solve together, and what gets their attention. Several questions can be asked gets their attention. Several questions can be asked to understand these definitions.”to understand these definitions.”

Activity Activity

What is a successful school culture? What is a successful school culture?

What are examples of a positive school culture? What are examples of a positive school culture?

What socio-emotional conditions for students, parents, and What socio-emotional conditions for students, parents, and teachers would you like at your school? teachers would you like at your school?

What would good relationships among students, staff, and What would good relationships among students, staff, and community look like? community look like?

What will define your school’s academic success this year?What will define your school’s academic success this year?

What should students know and be able to do at the end of What should students know and be able to do at the end of the year?the year?

What professional learning should you prioritize to achieve What professional learning should you prioritize to achieve those goals? those goals?

Reflection : Reflection :

How does your definition of successful culture support or How does your definition of successful culture support or impede your priorities for academic success this year? impede your priorities for academic success this year?

From From Professional Professional

Development Development to to

Professional Learning

Common Core Learning Standards

Focus on:Focus on:

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

ShiftShift in in

Thinking Thinking andand CultureCulture

CultureCulture Ongoing Ongoing

Collaboration Collaboration

Constant LearningConstant LearningCyclical Cyclical

Defining Professional Defining Professional Learning Learning

How would you define How would you define professional development professional development verses professional verses professional learning? learning?

How are they similar? How are they similar?

How are they different? How are they different?

Defining Professional Defining Professional Development Development

Activity Activity

Professional Development Professional Development Professional Learning Professional Learning

Reflect on Reflect on Professional Learning Professional Learning

Experience Experience Independently read the Introduction of the Handbook for Independently read the Introduction of the Handbook for Professional Learning (pages 3-4). Professional Learning (pages 3-4).

Reflect on your professional learning experiences by jotting Reflect on your professional learning experiences by jotting down the following:down the following:

Think about a time in your professional career where you Think about a time in your professional career where you learned something new that changed your practice and/or learned something new that changed your practice and/or the way you worked. For example, did an introduction to the way you worked. For example, did an introduction to the writing process cause you to approach writing the writing process cause you to approach writing instruction in a completely new way? Did a colleague share instruction in a completely new way? Did a colleague share a way to teach number systems that made you completely a way to teach number systems that made you completely rethink your math instruction? rethink your math instruction?

Discuss your professional learning experiences in your group: Discuss your professional learning experiences in your group:

What where the conditions of that professional learning? What where the conditions of that professional learning? What made it stick for you in order for it to become a part What made it stick for you in order for it to become a part of your regular practice? How were you supported? of your regular practice? How were you supported?

Planning for Planning for Professional Learning Professional Learning

Groups One - read pages 11-18 and Groups One - read pages 11-18 and

Group Two - read pages 19-30. Group Two - read pages 19-30.

Please be prepared to share the highlights of your Please be prepared to share the highlights of your pages and to discuss the following questions: pages and to discuss the following questions:

What elements of professional learning does your What elements of professional learning does your section highlight? section highlight?

What are the implications of your section for What are the implications of your section for planning professional learning? planning professional learning?

Share 1-2 key ideas from your discussion with the Share 1-2 key ideas from your discussion with the whole group. whole group.

Considerations for Considerations for Professional Learning in Professional Learning in

your School your School

Please read the Considerations for Please read the Considerations for Professional Learning on page 80 of the Professional Learning on page 80 of the Handbook and prepare to discuss the Handbook and prepare to discuss the following: following:

How can we use this information to ensure that How can we use this information to ensure that our professional learning experiences are our professional learning experiences are successful?successful?

**** Defining success both by having teacher “buy-Defining success both by having teacher “buy-in” and in” and by having an impact on student by having an impact on student learning. **learning. **

Professional Professional LearningLearning

Necessary shifts in classroom practice that will lead to improved student outcomes.

Take place in an active and coherent intellectual environment where ideas are exchanged and connections are made to the real work of schools.

To build on teachers instructional knowledge and pedagogy

Continuous learning

Learning Extension Learning Extension Article Study Article Study

Please read on your own:Please read on your own:

““What Works in Professional Development”What Works in Professional Development”

And And

““Instructional Rounds in Education”Instructional Rounds in Education”

Surfacing Needs Surfacing Needs and Ideas for and Ideas for Differentiated Differentiated Professional Professional

Learning Learning

How often do How often do educators at your educators at your

school observe school observe each other’s each other’s classroom classroom

instruction as one instruction as one way to improve way to improve

teaching?teaching?

De-De-privatizing privatizing

Classroom Classroom Practice Practice

What is Job-Embedded What is Job-Embedded Professional Professional Learning? Learning?

How can the How can the community contribute community contribute

to its development to its development and promotion?and promotion?

The research of Joyce & Showers (2002) has revealed

that collaborative, job-embedded, and differentiated professional learning focuses

on: targeting the learning, varying formats for the learning, coaching the

learning, sharing the learning and celebrating progress.

Differentiated PD/PL promotes accountability in that individuals in the self-selected groups are accountable to each other. Coming together as a result of similar needs and goals and working toward common ends, fosters commitment to the group/team and builds trust, community and sense of purpose.

Differentiation and flexibility in professional learning

focuses on teachers being able to improve their

individual practice. It can provide teachers with options

to select individualized, grade-level, subject-area, or team-based opportunities to ensure professional learning opportunities are relevant

and useful.

Job-Embedded Job-Embedded Professional Professional

Development (JEPD)Development (JEPD) Teacher learning that is

grounded in day to day day to day teaching practice and is designed to enhanceenhance teachers’ content-specific instructional practices with one goal one goal of improving student learning.

Darling-Hammond&McLaughlin, 1995; Hirsh, 2009 in Croftet al., 2010.

JEPD JEPD Authentic ConversationsAuthentic Conversations

Concrete acts of teaching Concrete acts of teaching and student learningand student learning

Exits in a teachers own Exits in a teachers own school and among their school and among their colleaguescolleagues

JEPD JEPD Activities Activities Collaborative Inquiry

Mentoring, Coaching, Lesson Study, Action research

Peer Observation

Peer Coaching Peer Coaching

Peer CoachingPeer CoachingCoaching in this context is Coaching in this context is

formative, applies to everyone, formative, applies to everyone, and has a shared goal.and has a shared goal.

Inter-visitation Partnership Ongoing Builds relationships Reflection

Connections Connections Peer Coaching Peer Coaching

And

Instructional Instructional Rounds Rounds

Surfacing Needs Surfacing Needs and Ideas for and Ideas for Differentiated Differentiated Professional Professional

Learning Learning Expertise I want Expertise I want to share? to share?

What I want to What I want to know more know more about?about?

What would help What would help me meet my me meet my learning goals? learning goals?

Job-Embedded Job-Embedded Professional Professional

Development: Development: What It Is, Who Is What It Is, Who Is Responsible, and Responsible, and

How to Get it Done How to Get it Done Well?Well?

Planning and Planning and Evaluating for Evaluating for Professional Professional

Learning Learning

How do established How do established professional professional

learning needs and learning needs and outcomes drive outcomes drive planning and planning and evaluation of evaluation of professional professional learning ?learning ?

Review Review the the

ExampleExample

Complete the Complete the template – Ongoingtemplate – Ongoing

ResponseResponse Create steps Create steps

to to operationalizoperationalize responses e responses

Define Define success at success at each level of each level of evaluation evaluation

Discuss Discuss

thethe

Example Example

CommunicaCommunicatete

CollaborateCollaborate

Reflect & RefineReflect & Refine

Thank YouThank You

“Professional development as a term and as a strategy has run its course. The future of improvement, indeed of the profession itself, depends on a radical shift in how we conceive learning and the conditions under which teachers and students work.” Michael Fullan