SAISD Professional Learning Advisory Board Meeting

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Agenda• Welcome

• Recap & Feedback from 1st Meeting

• Workshop Demo & Feedback

• NSDC Standards for Staff Development

• 7 Models of Professional Learning

• Assessment of Current Status

7 Models of Professional Development

• Training• Observation/Assessment• Involvement in a Development/Improvement

Process• Study Groups• Inquiry/Action Research• Individually Guided Activities• Mentoring

For Each of the 7 Models, Consider–

• Looks like this…

• Assumptions are…

• Reported impact…

NSDC Standards

• Context

• Process

• Content

Context• Learning Communities

– Organizes adults whose goals are aligned with those of the school and district

• Leadership– Requires skillful school and district leaders who

guide continuous instructional improvement

• Resources– Required to support adult learning and

collaboration

Process• Data-Driven

– Uses data to determine adult learning priorities, monitor progress, and sustain continuous improvement

• Evaluation– Uses multiple sources of information to guide

improvement and demonstrate its impact

• Research-Based– Prepares educators to apply research to decision

making

Process (cont’d)• Design

– Uses learning strategies appropriate to intended goals

• Learning– Applies knowledge about human learning and

change

• Collaboration– Provides educators with knowledge and skills to

collaborate

Content• Equity

– Prepares all to understand and appreciate diverse populations

• Quality Teaching– Deepens educators’ content knowledge & provides

research-based instructional strategies to help students meet rigorous academic standards

• Family Involvement– Provides instructors with knowledge and skills to involve

families and other stakeholders as appropriate

Current Status

• Elements of Reporting– Recipients– Data Gatherers

Next Meeting• Ethics of NSDC Partners

– Developers– Providers

• 5 Levels of Evaluation of Professional Learning– Small Group – Volunteer– OPL– All-Read

Next Professional Learning Advisory Board Meeting!

March 2, 20054:00pm – 7:00pm

Navarro Academy Library

623 S. Pecos

RSVP: Carmen Ng, 299-4248; cng@saisd.net