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Things to consider when planning professional learning opportunities...
Survey Teachers
Survey Teachers
Survey teachers and provide open response opens for feedback. Options should focus on teacher wants, need, and interests.
Offer Choice
Offer Choice
Provide self-selected topics that align with teacher's professional learning goals. Adults are internally motivated and self-directed.
Facilitation Opportunities
Facilitation Opportunities
Allow teachers to utilize their experience and build capacity in facilitating professional learning opportunities. This ensures that topics will be relevant and timely.
Allow Self-Care
Allow Self-Care
Give teachers permission to take care of their needs (taking a call or participating in calming activities) during the session.
Incorporate Collaboration
Incorporate Collaboration
Teachers should be respected as experts in their field and allowed adequate time to collaborate.
Include Extension
Include Extension
Include additional resources and choices of platforms for teachers who master new strategies
Requirements for effective professional learning...
Requirements for effective professional learning...
1) Teachers must engage in the content and participate in active learning
2) Professional learning opportunities must be provided to all staff
3) Activities are intended to help grow professional knowledge and practice
These factors determine if Professional Learning produces improvements and consistency in practice, enhancing teachers' send of efficacy
While Professional Learning should address the individual needs of teachers, it must also remain aligned with campus and district priorities, goals, and improvement plans.
There must be a positive Professional Learning culture within the campus and district to maximize learning transference.
Leaders must convey the desire for Professional Learning to significantly change and improve instruction.
Leaders must be:
strategic in planning resources
willing to identify the implications the learning will have on the campus
become familiar with concepts and topics regarding new approaches to teaching
active in setting up procedures and support for implementation
Teacher must be:
Transparent with Professional Learning and acknowledge that the consequences of ineffective teaching effect a greater body of people outside of themselves
Aware of the impact Professional Learning can have on campus
Willing to take accountability for implementation and improvement
Ready to encourage others to take up new teaching strategies and practices
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