Session 1: Professional Learning State and District Planner
Slide presentation
Melinda George
Learning Forward
Join us in this breakout session to explore Learning Forward's new Professional Learning State and District Planner. The planner was developed through a pilot of four SEAs and multiple districts in each state. We will discuss the implications for using the Toolkit for in person and virtual professional learning planning.
Session 2: Adding Teacher Voice in the Coaching Observation Process and Increasing Data Collection Opportunities Through Teacher Reflection Protocols
Recording
Slide presentation
Paula Crawford; Laura Marsden; Carol Moffitt; Melanie Sharpe; & Marty Erskine
North Carolina SPDG
Faced with the conundrum of data collection in the time of Covid-19 shutdowns, the NC SIP team had to ponder this problem of practice and identify a measure for data collection. This problem of practice became an opportunity to develop a tool that ensures teacher voice in the observation process and meet the need of data collection that informs coaching. The teacher is no longer a passive participant but rather, one that actively reflects on their practice and student responsiveness to instruction.
Handouts
- Reading Research Observation Tool
- Reading Research Self-Reflection Tool
- Foundations of Math Observation Tool
- Foundations of Math Self-Reflection Tool
Session 3: Meeting High-Quality Professional Development Indicators in Virtual Workshops
Recording
Slide presentation
Amy Gaumer Erickson; Cindy Medici; & Kimberlee Oakes
Florida
Join us to learn about the recently released HQPD Checklist-3 and how the SIM professional development transitioned from multi-day face-to-face institutes to virtual workshops while maintaining adherence to adult learning methods and creating numerous opportunities for meaningful engagement, practice with feedback, reflection on learning, and planning for classroom application.
Session 4: Supporting Sustainability with District Capacity Coaching
Recording
Slide presentation
Janice Creneti; Sheila Ward
Florida
In order to sustain the initiatives implemented, Florida's SPDG works with each of its counties to develop District Capacity Coaching (DCC). As SPDG gradually releases responsibility for technical assistance and coaching to in-district personnel and district partners, DCC guides the development and execution of sustainability plans and processes. Designated district personnel within DCC participate in professional learning to gain the skills and knowledge to provide coaching and other supports. In this session, learn about the structure of DCC in Florida and discuss the tools used to roll out the program in districts.
Session 5: Implementation Zones
Recording
Slide presentation
Ronda Jenson; Stephen Barr
Missouri
Informed by implementation science, the concept of implementation zones was developed as a data-driven approach to describing district-wide implementation of the Missouri SPDG project (District Continuous Improvement). Implementation zones provide a visual representation of implementation process and outcome data across the school district. Based on the implementation zone, districts are matched with a coaching support team who is specializing on the types of PD needed by districts in that zone. This has become a data-driven way for matching implementation needs with targeted expertise, while maintaining consistency of the statewide system of support.
Session 6: A pandemic evaluation strategy: Asynchronous and virtual stakeholder focus groups
Recording
Slide presentation
Jason Torres Altman
Missouri SPDG
Participants in this session will leave with an idea about how to run asynchronous and virtual focus groups with busy stakeholders, like educators or building administrators. Using an app like "Viber", evaluators and other state personnel can moderate a dynamic discussion around key topics that you might have discussed while sitting around a table in a pre-pandemic world, without having to balance participant calendars. Users can log-on, as available, using their phones, do not need to set up a formal account, and can type, speak, take pictures, and send video. Preparation for analysis is low-cost as most entries are already transcribed. Perhaps this is one technology-supported strategy to launch this year as we look to collect data from educators that are busier, and harder to reach than usual.
Session 7: Peer Coaching
Recording
Slide presentation
Debbie Hartwig; Stephanie Van Dyke; & Chris Rauscher
Ohio Department of Education
A Peer Coaching handbook was designed for teachers in participating SPDG districts who do not have a Literacy Coach. Peer coaching offers a supportive, collaborative framework for teachers to bring professional learning to life in their classrooms.
Session 8: Leadership Team Reflection and Planning Tool
Recording
Slide presentation
George Tremblay; Michelle Lewis; & Christina MacDonald
New Hampshire SPDG
Purpose of the tool is to promote sustained impact of an innovation. Organized around 6 key processes and designed to be completed by leadership teams at implementation sites and community collaboratives, the tool presents optional discussion prompts followed by a few survey questions in each of the six sections. Annual administration is facilitated by a process coach who regularly works with the team, and timed to immediately precede the new cycle of action planning. Local use is to focus and inform action planning; State use is to monitor sustainability factors and guide implementation support for the coming year.