Have a Good Life: Job-Embedded PD with Connie Hamilton Transformtaive Principal 191

Job-Embedded PD with Connie Hamilton Transformtaive Principal 191

Sunday, September 10, 2017 by jethrojones

Part time curriculum director in a rural school district and part time consultant.

How to stay on top of so many content areas.
Framework for quality curriculum
Instructional priorities.
Looking at research and finding what’s current.
Best practices
Nearly all PD was sit and get.
Spiraling themes of professional development.
Able to provide effective supports
Gradual release of responsibility.
I do, we do, y’all do, you do.
Practice feedback reflection
That’s what we’ve always done.
Peer observation isn’t always received very well.
Timeline of job-embedded PD.
August 1/2 day with 60 teachers as a pilot on classroom questioning
Cohorts of 4-6 teachers in each cohort - meet for 1/2 day with that cohort. Host teacher presents lesson. Facilitator asks questions.
Review of data points that people collected after observing a lesson.
Scripting - What did the teacher say, what did the kids say?
Share data, review host teacher’s goals and visit a new one each month.
Don’t invite administrators to take part in the process
Walkthroughs at the end of the year. Leadership team looks for strengths and growths for that teacher.
Need to make sure your professional development is making it to the classroom.
Effective to have a coach position be able to support the group.
Give principals patterns in aggregated data.
Principals engage in final conversation in the year.
How to be a transformative principal? Be intentional about supporting teacher’s growth.

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