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Empowering a Learning CommunityTransforming Our Adult Education World
NMUSD Adult School2007-08 Professional Growth Plan Goals:
Empower a professional learning community to improve ALL learning (staff and students alike)
Deepen our understanding of how to use technology to enhance instruction and improve learning for all.
Martha RankinNovember, 2007
Why are We a PLC?Look at our May, 2007
NMUSD Professional Development Survey
results
to understand
how and why we choose to be a
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Question
Of the following professional development best practices, which one would you like emphasized most at your site?
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Results
Professional Development Best Practices ResponsePercent
ResponseTotal
1.Using student data to plan professional development
1.Use of time to improve instructional practices
1.Leadership
1.Content and pedagogy
1.Inquiry and reflection
1.Collaboration
1.Accountability
1.Adult learning
1.Broad-based support for teacher learning
1.Planning
Professional Development Best Practices ResponsePercent
ResponseTotal
1.Using student data to plan professional development 3.1% 1
1.Use of time to improve instructional practices 28.1% 9
1.Leadership 3.1% 1
1.Content and pedagogy 0% 0
1.Inquiry and reflection 0% 0
1.Collaboration 28.1% 9
1.Accountability 0% 0
1.Adult learning 37.5% 12
1.Broad-based support for teacher learning 0% 0
1.Planning 0% 0
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Results
What one suggestion do you have that will help improve teacher learning?
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Question
More staff development and technology training
More in-services on technology in the classroom
Share lessons & Websites on specific skill strategies
More training in specific areas
Hands-on instruction
Short strategic workshops or online courses
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Results
Attend to the individual needs of our students as well as the entire group
I need new strategies to teach the content standards.
The classroom visits sparked a lot of discussion about what everyone was doing in their classes.
Collaboration, observation of other teachers’ strategies, just dialogue
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Results
We do this, but others would benefit by time together to bounce ideas and reflect among peers: e.g., at lunch, especially after class.
More collaboration time between all adult education teachers to exchange ideas, teaching strategies, assessment models, and classroom management
Provide more opportunities to collaborate
Peer coaching
Share experiences
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Results
Better communication between staff as a whole group Meetings with AM & PM staff together
More staff development by levels
More time to meet with other faculty
more staff meetings where we could address a topic collectively I feel this can improve our teaching.
Create professional learning communities
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey Results
2007-2008 Professional Growth PlanNMUSD Adult School
Based on our survey results, our plan has two foci:
1. Empower a professional learning community to improve ALL learning (staff & student learning alike).
2. Deepen our understanding of how to use technology to enhance instruction and improve learning for all.
Professional Growth Plan Components electronic learning community
Adult Education Matters Weblog peer coaching small group trainings (differentiated and needs-based)
PLC program teams PLC site teams PLC level teams PLC shared-goal teams
Words of Vision
Education is not the filling of a pail, but a lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.
Paulo Freire
Words of Vision
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.
Paulo Freire
Words of Vision
Education becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.
Paulo Freire
Words of Vision
Reframing a Professional Learning Community
5 Simple Steps for Transforming Our World
Newport-Mesa Adult School
2007-2008 Professional Growth Plan
Goals of a Learning Community
Ensuring all students learn
Creating a culture of collaboration
Focusing on results
Taken from www.allthingsplc.com
Attributes of a PLC
Supportive and Shared Leadership (Prestine, 1993)
Collective Creativity (Sergiovanni, 1994)
Shared Values and Vision (Isaacson& Bambur, 1992)
Supportive Conditions (Boyd, 1992; Louis & Kruse, 1995)
Shared Personal Practice (Louse & Kruse, 1995)
Outcomes for Staff
reduction of isolation of teachers
increased commitment and vigor
Shared responsibility
Creation of new knowledge about teaching and learning
Hord, 1997
Increased understanding of roles played in helping all students learn
Greater satisfaction, higher morale, lower absenteeism
More likely to undergo fundamental change
Hord, 1997
Outcomes for Staff
decreased dropout rate and "skipping"
lower absenteeism
increased learning
greater academic gains
smaller achievement gaps Hord, 1997
Outcomes for Students
Step 1: Collaboration
Create team norms
Sample team norms Begin and end the meeting on time
Assume positive intentions Engage in active listening
Be courageous
Step 1: Collaboration
Establish protocols for team work
Formalized agendas Focus on results Focus on learning
Detailed minutes
Collective commitment to action
Step 2: Common Curriculum
Define essential knowledge and skills state and district standards assessments required of students
Identify prerequisite knowledge and skills
Agree on pacing guides
Agree on and apply criteria for judging work
Teach students criteria for judging their work
Step 3: Common Assessments
Develop common assessments
Analyze common assessment data
Collectively build upon strengths & address weaknesses to ensure all students learn
Step 4: Instructional Practices
Reflect upon and refine instructional practices to meet student learning needs
Establish best practices
Collectively commit to using best practices
Commit to establishing & using Collaboration Common curriculum Common assessments
Step 5: We step forward…
“…sharing to impart, impact, improve and empower.” Martha Rankin
“…lighting a fire… William Butler Yeats
“…participating in the transformation of our world.” Paulo Freire