building confidence and competence through personalized professional learning #iste2016

DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE THROUGH PERSONALIZED PROFESSIONAL

LEARNING

About Us

Annie Wolfe

Officer of Secondary Curriculum, Houston Independent School District

Katie Martin

Director of Professional Learning, University of San Diego

@Awolfeinnovate@KatieMTLC

Awolfe@Houstonisd.orgmartin@sandiego.edu

Overview• Connect with your table

• How teachers want to learn & implications for you and your context

• Redesigning the system to support new models of learning & implications for you and your context

• Next Steps & Closing

Designer of Powerful Learning Partner in Learning

ConnectorCommunity Developer

The Role of the Teacher

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How do you learn best? How do you want to learn?

Create a list at your table & share #ISTE2016 #ISTEPL

(5 minutes)

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TABLE TALKWhat similarities exist in your system?

What are your thoughts about competency-based professional learning?

#ISTE2016 #ISTEPL

Determine Needs of the Group

Professional Development Event

Implementation

Traditional Professional Development

•Culture of Control

•Compliance

•Minimal change in learning (TNTP, 2015)

If we want to change how students learn, we must change

how teachers learn.

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Shared Vision Personalized Professional Learning

Resources to Design Powerful Learning

Experiences

Reciprocal Accountability

Marketing

Coaching

What Teachers Want Systems that Empower

Competency-based Learning for Teachers

On Your Own Integrated Learning Experiences

Job a LikesCommunities of Practice

Job-embedded

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Collaborating in PLCs

Checking for Understanding

Communicating with Guardians

Facilitating Classroom Meetings

Developing Digital Portfolios

Using Exit Tickets

Effectively

Seeking Student Input

Connecting with Students

Creating Flexible Learning

Environments

Using Research to Inform Teaching

HISD Micro-Credentials

Personal Growth Recognition

ChallengesStructure

Implications for Teachers

Gives teachers the ability to make ourselves more

marketable and build portfolios

Teachers are always looking to improve so this is a good way to obtain new skills or refresh on old ones.

Changing the system to reimagine professional learning, rather than an

add on.

The resources help identify what I need to focus on and will help do my PD hours on my own pace and space.

TABLE TALK

What are your next steps?

#ISTE2016 #ISTEPL

LEARNING IS A PROCESS, NOT AN EVENT

LESSON DESIGN

ANALYZE IMPACT& DEVELOPNEXT STEPS

REFLECTION & REVISION

COACHING & FEEDBACK

SAFE PRACTICE

VISIONGOAL

SETTING

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

DESIGN

MODELS OF PRACTICE

COLLABORATION

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PERSONALIZED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CYCLE

USD MTLC, 2015

Thank You!