July '22
PD - Personalized Learning with Apple Education (Two Days)
Core Mentors researched four elements of PL
https://sites.google.com/jpsny.org/core-personalized-learning/home
Core Mentors defined PL for Jamestown
"The Why"
August '22
PD - Using iPads to Personalize Instruction (Two Days)
Mentors and Apple Professional Learning used Jamestown's definition of PL to generate ideas on how to personalize their instruction.
"The What and The How"
October '22
Round one of the coaching cycle for Core Mentors
Apple Professional Learning Specialist and instructional coaches ran through a 3-day coaching cycle with middle school Core Mentors.
November '22
Round two of the coaching cycle for Core Mentors
Apple Professional Learning Specialist and instructional coaches ran through a 3-day coaching cycle with elementary Core Mentors.
December '22
Round three of the coaching cycle for Core Mentors
Apple Professional Learning Specialist and instructional coaches ran through a 3-day coaching cycle with the first half of high school Core Mentors.
January '23
Round four of the coaching cycle for Core Mentors
Apple Professional Learning Specialist and instructional coaches ran through a 3-day coaching cycle with the second half of high school Core Mentors.
February '23
Adjunct Professors - Core Mentors joined instructional coaches in facilitating the asynchronous course, "iPad U - Getting Personal." (See Goal 2 Activities)
Core Mentors commented on assignment posts and discussions of course participants.
Core Mentors evaluated lessons created by participants.
Course ran through June
March '23
PD - Building model lessons
Core Mentors leverage their knowledge of personalized learning and what they did during the coaching cycle to build model lessons.
April '23
Core Mentors facilitated an after-school professional development session on accessibility.
Mentors facilitated the following stations/topics:
Online Discussion Prompts -
What changes did you make to the Accessibility Settings?
How can we change the Accessibility settings to help students with and without learning disabilities?
Online Discussion Prompt - "Briefly discuss when this could be useful in your classroom. Are some students more likely to benefit from this more than others?"
May '23
Core Mentors facilitate an after-school session for building administrators.
The session is based on leveraging the iPad to personalize learning.
Mentors facilitated multiple stations for administrators to work through.
June '23
Eleven Core Mentors accepted into the Apple Learning Coach Program (APL)
APL is a professional learning program that trains instructional coaches to help teachers get more out of tech in the classroom.
APL is a 50 hour program to be completed over the summer.