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Creating a 21st Century Learning Community
David RussellEducational Technology Coordinator/Instructional Coach – Eagle County Schools Professional Development Dept.
Assistant Principal – Eagle Valley High School
Presented at FETC 2010, TIE (10 years ago), ECS (every year)
www.eagleschools.net
www.mrrussell.com
Next Year: Principal at Gypsum Creek Middle School
AgendaGrounding – Entrance Ticket
Background: District status and needs
E2T2 Grant work and participation
District Initiatives – What ECS is doing at a district level
Building level advancements – What you can do at your building
Networking
Looking forward at ECS and closing
Entrance TicketPollEverywhere.com
http://tie-c21l.wikispaces.com/
Learning Target
Participants will understand how they can create, model, and foster a 21st Century Learning Community within their school or district.
Criteria for Success
Participants will develop connections with other professionals through 21st Century skills and tools.
Enhancing Education Through
Technology Thank you Colorado Department of Education!!
Title II, Part D Power Results Grant
Eagle Classrooms of Tomorrow-Today
Proficiency and Use of Technology among
Students2008-2009 – Tech Literacy assessments demonstrated 70% of 8th graders were technologically literate by the year-end in simple technology-use measures.
While 40% of students used technology weekly or more to communicate, solve-real-world problems, print, and conduct online research, very few used it to collaborate with students in or outside their school.
Integration and Proficiency of Technology
in Schools and Among Teachers
State Educational Directors Association (SETDA) building survey (Jan 2009)
Indicated that all teachers and admin used tech to increase efficiency.
All teachers shared a common understanding that tech should be used, though only some teachers implement new technology.
Teachers used technology primarily to automate traditional instructional methods.
“old classroom” by shuichiro , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0http://www.flickr.com/photos/shu1/6065783/
Technology LeadershipDirector of Technology/Chief Information Officer
John Kuglin began by writing a new Information and Communication Technology Plan with Policies (2009)
Hired an Educational Technology Specialist who began delivering PD to staff
Equipment: ActivBoards, Document Cameras, etc.
Services: Discovery Ed, NetTrecker, identified needs
StrengthsRobust telecommunications infrastructure with industry standard hardware and software including core information systems
LCD Panel in every classroom
All schools have at least one Promethean ActivBoard and most have multiple
Student response systems and document cameras
Every teacher has a laptop
Student to computer ratios not more than 5:1 but as low as 2:1
PD CapacityEagle County Schools current Professional Development model based on the Teacher Advancement Program and advanced by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.
Enhanced by Teacher Incentive Fund(TIF) initiative
Yearly “Motivation and Engagement” conference
Instructional Coaches disseminating PD through ILT
Master and Mentor teachers(ILT) at all schools providing content-specific PD within “clusters” of teachers that meet weekly.
Cluster Teams (PLCs)
In buildings, Master and Mentor teachers run Cluster Team meetings where PD is delivered to the Career teachers.
21st Century Learning focus happening here whether they know it or not.
At Eagle Valley High School, at least one cluster is entirely devoted to 21st Century Skills and Abilities.
Data Teams
Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG)
District initiative and focus
Benchmark testing
Cluster group focus
High School Task Force (on Educational
Technology)Superintendent lead
High School teachers who expressed an interest in leading new approaches to classroom strategies to build 21st Century skills
Stipends for deliverables
21CLEXPO21st Century Learning Expo during the “Motivation and Engagement” conference
2009 – 300 teachers attended
5 different breakout sessions: Critical Thinking ~ Blogs and eBoards
Information Literacy ~ Destiny
Collaboration ~ Wikis, Web 2.0
Self-Direction ~ Discovery Media
Invention ~ iPods, Cell Phones, Podcasting
E2T2 Year 1Former Educational Technology Specialist hired to be the Educational technology Coordinator/Instructional Coach
18 high school teachers from across the curriculum
3 full day training sessions, 4 meetings, on-going classroom visits
Student pre/post assessment
Teacher pre/post survey
Deliverables: Lessons, Units, student examples
Connecting teachers: attempt #1Teachers used to First Class email
system and “conferences” available within it for collaboration
Use of the “Ning”
ChangeEd Tech Coordinator/ Instructional Coach for E2T2 left district before the end of the first year
Interim coordinator used to wrap up first year and collect deliverables
New coordinator hired July 2010
Questions?For those with access and a device:
Go to tie-c21l.wikispaces.com
Click on “Discussion” link on the left
Answer “Entrance Ticket” question
District InitiativesHigh School External Audit
Formative Assessment Process
Rigorous Curriculum DesignLarry Ainsworth
The Leadership and Learning Center
http://www.leadandlearn.com/
Formative Assessment
Process
Sharing Learning Targets
and Criteria for
Success
Feedback That
Feeds Forward
Student Goal
Setting
Student Self-
Assessment
Strategic Teacher
Questioning
Engaging Students in
Asking Effective
Questions
adopted from Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom by Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart
Rigorous Curriculum Design
21CLEXPO take 22010 – 500 teachers attended
12 breakout sessions leveled for 9-12 and k-8Invention with Google AppsCritical Thinking with Promethean ActivExpressionsInformation Literacy SmackdownInformation Literacy with Primary SourcesGlobalness(Global Awareness) through Activism and technologyCommunication and Collaboration with VoiceThread in the k-8 classroomCollaboration using Google Docs and NingUsing photo essays and blogs to achieve higher order thinking and sound reasoning.Self Direction through BloggingSelf-Direction with iPod TouchesLow Tech and High Tech: Routines in Critical ThinkingInvention using Google Apps and other web 2.0 tools
E2T2 Year 2: the middle school
yearRe-evaluate 21CLEXPO approach
Re-evaluated workshop approach from Year 1
Re-evaluate effectiveness of 21st Century Learning Community tools
Establish web based Tool box
Develop more resources for teachers
E2T2 Year 2Grant Cohort
25 middle school teachers
Core and non-core curricular areas
Program Goals
Guiding Principle/Mantra
It’s NEVER about the TOOL - it’s about YOUR curriculum!
Pick the tool to match the curriculum NOT the curriculum to match the tool.
Wikispaces.com
http://ecott.wikispaces.com
PD Workshops6 half-day sessions in order to further break down content and align more closely with “cluster” model
Day 1: Collaboration
Day 2: Critical Thinking
Day 3: Invention
Day 4: Information Literacy
Day 5: Self-Direction
Day 6: Copyright Information – Digital Citizenship
Literature Review
Classroom & School support
Grant participants as well as any other teachers received personal support when needed
Classroom observations
ILT participation
Cluster Team participation
Summary“I am thrilled to have a whole new set of tools and resources to use as I develop my learning activities and projects for next year. I have new understanding, new resources, and new tools to use as I incorporate 21st century skills into my curriculum and into my students.”
“It’s been an amazing journey for myself and for my students. Together we accomplished some pretty amazing tasks and learning. I started this journey with a positive attitude and tried to maintain that positivity throughout and I think that is key to any new adventure.”
Examples of workAbbie Sonnenberg, Eagle Valley Middle School Language Arts teacher
Online literature circles
Presenting at TIE Thursday morning 9:30am in the Copper Pavilion table 5 (Classroom Connections)
Building LevelWhat can you do to foster a 21st Century Learning Community?
Grass roots
Be a leader and get the attention of the other building leaders.
Model, model, model
Persevere with your colleagues
What are your needs?
ECS ChallengesBudget cuts for 2011-2012
Computer update rotation suspended
Staff cuts
Discontinued Director of Educational Technology position
Enhancing Education Through Technology grant complete
New curriculum k-12 for core content areasNew curriculum k-12 for non-core in 2012-2013
Exciting Developments
New curriculum k-12
Formative Assessment Process initiative
SharePoint resources
SchoolNet
More access to previously blocked resourcesYouTube
Facebook (well, maybe soon)
Closing ThoughtsCapacity is not built over night
Be persistent yet patient
Provide availability for Autonomy
Make opportunities for need of Mastery
Give Purpose to everything
David Russell ~
http://www.mrrussell.com
