15 yrs in education and technology Managing Director of Imagine Education Global experience in over...

Introduction to PiL Training Provider ProgramAdrian Blight and Tracy Immel

Adrian Blight Tracy Immel

• 15 yrs in education and technology

• Managing Director of Imagine Education

• Global experience in over 30 countries

• ICT and education, pre-service teacher training and innovative curriculum design

• Educator training around 21st Century Skills Development for Microsoft

• Responsible for Middle East & North Africa for The British Council’s Connecting Classrooms

• 20 yrs in education and technology

• Last position Microsoft  Global Director for K-12 Teacher Professional Development 

• Professional Coach with emphasis on change management

• Strategic consulting, program management,and facilitation of public private partnerships

• Currently manages Partners in Learning Training Provider programon behalf of Microsoft

Webinar Objectives1. Latest research on professional development

and implications for trainers.2. Discover professional development assets to

create new or supplement your current programs.

3. Overview of Level 100, 200 and 300 professional development offerings

4. How to become a Partners in Learning Training Provider

Training Provider Program

Capacity building is anything that is done to increase the collective effectiveness of a group

Michael Fullan

• Organizations

• NGOs• Commercial

Providers• Non-profits

• Independent Consultants

• Affiliate employees

• Education System Trainers

• Primary role may be classroom educator

• Has formal role as peer coach

• Engagement, best practice sharing and professional development opportunities

• Opportunity to receive customer referrals • Recognition on the PiLN as a teacher trainer• Affinity with Microsoft • Chance to attend the Global Forum• Over 150 hours of pedagogically sound

content

What is the benefit to you?

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What is 21st century teaching and why is ICT important?

There is a global crisis…

1. 75 million young people are unemployed, but businesses can't find enough skilled workers to fill job vacancies.

2. Almost 40% of employers say a lack of skills is the main reason for entry-level vacancies

Education to Employment – Designing a System That Works (McKinsey)

http://mckinseyonsociety.com/education-to-employment/

Microsoft Skills are in DEMAND - globally!

IT jobs will grow from

35.6 million jobs in 2009

to 41.4 million jobs by 2013

Fastest Growing

Occupations Globally

include Health Care and

Information Technology

Strong hiring interest for

Microsoft Skills &

Certifications

Source: Indeed.com, April 2013

Location Google Apple Cisco Microsoft

Sydney 382 194 404 1,777

Berlin 558 227 103 1,342

Mumbai 388 186 208 1,913

Chicago 755 185 783 8,646

Amsterdam 327 256 290 1,461

Sao Paulo 540 176 329 1,869

Dallas 374 423 917 7,426

Jobs in Demand by Technology

1. Education providers and employers actively step into one another’s worlds.

2. Employers and education providers work with their students early and intensely.

McKinsey: Solutions that work

Technology outside of education

1.5 million pieces of content are shared on social media…daily120,000 blogs created daily2 blogs created per second…

…by 15yearolds

Student brain scans

What is the student doing?Less active More active

Watching TV

Reading

Internet

Listening to lecture

Facebook

Writing

Watching TV

Reading

Internet

Listening to lecture

Facebook

Writing

Naive users Experienced users

Internet searching

Just use technology, right?

Switching off in class

(Source: User Generated Education)

Digital natives

New students• Digitally

Literate• Always

connected• Experiential• Mobile• Community

oriented

New practices• Learner

centered• Interactive• Experiential• Adaptive

A 21st century curriculum?

• Critical thinking• Multi-literacy• Problem solving• Information gathering• Information analysis• Information ethics• Project-based learning• Inquiry-based

Source: Imagine Education

teacher

parents

library

friends

Yesterday’s learning ecosystem

Today’s learning ecosystem

The networked teacher

http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/about

What skills does a 21st century teacher need?

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/

Questions and clarifications

21st Century Professional Development

Attend a lecture

Observe a demonstration of ICT use

Conduct research on a particular topic

Receive or deliver 1:1 coaching

Practice a new teaching method

Develop or review curriculum materials

Paln a lesson or unit of work

Review and discuss student work

Observe a colleague

What type do you think is most successful?

What research says

New models of professional developmentType Do already Learn more

aboutAction research

Mentor programs

Peer coaching

Professional development schoolsProfessional learning communitiesProfessional learning networks

Building Educator Capacity

Microsoft research-based professional development and assessment solutions

Innovative Teaching and Learning

Moving from theory to action

Does more innovative teaching help students develop the skills they need in today’s world of work?

What are the school and system level conditions that can help innovative teaching and learning expand more broadly?

Innovative Teaching + ICT Access

PersonalizedCollaborativeKnowledge buildingLearning to learn

Problem Solving 24/7 learning opportunitiesGlobal and cultural understanding

Using ICT for: Knowledge building CollaborationCreativityInnovation

Student Centered Pedagogies

LearningBeyond the Classroom

Using DigitalTools

How can we support educators through this transformation?

UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Deepening

Technology Literacy (ICT in Education context)

Digital Literacy/Productivity Tools

Scaffold educator competencies

Partners in Learning Professional Development

L400: Peer Coaching

L300:21st Century Lesson Design

L200:

Teaching with Technology + Optional Cert

L100: Digital Literacy

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Deepening

Technology Literacy (ICT in Education context)

Digital Literacy/Productivity Tools

UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

Partners in Learning Professional Development

Each curriculum can build on the next P

eer Coaching

21s

t Century Lesson Design

Teaching with Technology

Microsoft Digital Literacy

Customized for more individualized approach

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• Just in time, not just in case

• Perfect for ongoing engagement

• Ties skills to educator context

Level 100: Digital Literacy

Level 100: Digital Literacy & Productivity Tools

Digital literacy & productivity tools30 hours, self-paced

Partners in Learning Professional Development

L400: Peer Coaching

L300:21st Century Lesson Design

L200:

Teaching with Technology + Optional Cert

L100: Digital Literacy

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Deepening

Technology Literacy (ICT in Education context)

Digital Literacy/Productivity Tools

UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

Partners in Learning Professional Development

Level 200: Teaching with Technology

Teaching with Technology

1. Self-Assess Learning Gaps

Creates an Individualized Learning Plan

2. eLearning Content

6 courses Embeds case studies, activities and how-to’s

3. Certificates of Completion

SummativeAssessments

Microsoft Certified Educator Exam

• Valuable & reliable assessment of competency

Apr i l 2013

Self Assessment & Individualized Learning Plan

• Competency-based, valid and reliable assessment

• Mapped to UNESCO ICT CFT, Technology Literacy Approach

• Does not measure technology skills, but rather ability to apply those skills in teaching and learning context

• Available April 2013 via Microsoft volume license or Certiport reseller

New! Microsoft Certified Educator

Partners in Learning Professional Development

L400: Peer Coaching

L300:21st Century Lesson Design

L200:

Teaching with Technology + Optional Cert

L100: Digital Literacy

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Deepening

Technology Literacy (ICT in Education context)

Digital Literacy/Productivity Tools

UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

Partners in Learning Professional Development

Level 300: 21st Century Learning Design

How does it work?1. Analyze and score learning activities on 21C skill

dimensions of:• Collaboration• Knowledge-building• The use of ICT for learning• Self-regulation • Real-world problem-solving and innovation

2. Adjust current activities or design new learning activities that score higher on 21C skill dimensions.

Based on ITL Research www.itlresearch.com

NO

NOStudents are required to work in pairs or groups?

NOYES

Students have shared responsibility?

Students make substantive decisions together?

Students’ work is interdependent?

YES

YES

NO

YES

2

4

1

3

5

Students are required to work in pairs or groups?

Students have shared responsibility?Students make substantive decisions together?

Students’ work is interdependent?

Collaboration Rubric

Real-world problem solving

Collaboration

Knowledge Building

Use of ICT in Learning

Real-World Problem-Solving

Self-Regulation

1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.4

2.1

3.7

2.6

2.5

3.4

2nd year pilot year

Case study from one school in Russia Based on ITL Research 2011

Partners in Learning Professional Development

L400: Peer Coaching

L300:21st Century Lesson Design

L200:

Teaching with Technology + Optional Cert

L100: Digital Literacy

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Deepening

Technology Literacy (ICT in Education context)

Digital Literacy/Productivity Tools

UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

Partners in Learning Professional Development

Level 400: Peer Coaching

Peer Coaching• Utilizes three interconnected strategies:

technology, pedagogy, and lesson design• Enhanced and updated curriculum Fall 2013

Partners in Learning Professional Development

L400: Peer Coaching

L300:21st Century Lesson Design

L200:

Teaching with Technology + Optional Cert

L100: Digital Literacy

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Deepening

Technology Literacy (ICT in Education context)

Digital Literacy/Productivity Tools

UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

Partners in Learning Professional Development

Community and Collaboration

Partners in Learning Network• Global community of

educators and school leaders

• Thousands of educator created tutorials and learning activities

• Participate in discussion groups

• Earn badges for professional development achievements

www.pil-network.com

• Organizations

• NGOs• Commercial

Providers• Non-profits

• Independent Consultants

• Affiliate employees

• Education System Trainers

• Primary role may be classroom educator

• Has formal role as peer coach

Next steps1. Download the hand-out available here

2. Register and profile on www.pil-network.com

3. Fill out application and accept terms & conditions www.piltrainer.com

4. Attend webcast series: April 18, 25, May 25. Become a Partners in Learning Training Provider!

Objective Yes No

Review research on professional development and implications for trainers.

Discover professional development assets to create new or supplement your current programs.

An overview of Level 100, 200, and 300 professional development offers

Learn how to become a Partners in Learning Training Provider

Did we meet our objectives?

“The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other one somewhat higher.”Thomas Henry Huxley