The Haverford School2009 PLP Project

“You don’t think your way into a new kind of living; you live your way into a new kind of thinking.”

Parker Palmer

Big Picture OverviewPLP Project

LEARNING

COMMUNITY21st Century Tools and Skills

Three Components

• Learning– Preparing our teachers to become learners– Offering our students meaningful learning opportunities

• Community– Building an understanding that learning is a shared value– Engaging all members of the community to become life-long

learners– Maintaining transparency and an openness in the process that

creates a safe environment for risk-taking, questioning, and growth

• Tools and Skills– Developing facility with tools– Using tools to teach 21st Century skills

Learning

• Adult learners– How do you learn?– Identify passions– Learn to unlearn– 21st century skills

• Students– Project-based learning– Collaborative learning– Authentic assessments– 21st century skills

Community

• Transparency of process to achieve alignment with all constituencies (Administrative team, Trustees, Parents, Teachers, Staff, Students)

• Cultural shift• Building Community of learners• Develop PLN with each participant• Collaborate with other schools (Shipley?)

to “build out” the learning community

21st Century Tools and Skills

• Teach Tools– Continue tech training with emphasis on applications

of tools to curriculum– Ensure that students are learning to use the tools

• 21st Century-izing the Curriculum– Challenge faculty to introduce tools and skills in their

classes– Analyze curriculum maps– Continue mapping PLP

Goals

• Incorporate 21st century literacies into curriculum • Introduce Project-based learning• Accept that we are all learners• Understand that each of us learns differently• Educate Faculty and Staff on the nature of a

“Learning Community”• Build a learning community• Recognize, that in meeting these goals, we are

changing the culture of the school

Outcomes

• Each PLP team member will mentor 3 Haverford teachers, Fall 2009, with assistance of PLP team

• Those 3 teachers in turn will mentor 3 Haverford teachers, Spring 2010, with assistance of PLP team

• Change culture of the school

• Transform teaching and learning

Assessment

• 80/20 rule – 80% go on to mentor

• Curriculum maps– Tag 21st century learning

• Ning activity

• Rubric for participation

Transparency

• ADVIS PLP Wiki – not – our project is not here (our reflections on the process are there; the project will be.)

• Google Notebook

• Presentation to Admin Council

• Curriculum Map – PLP Map

• Haverford Ning (already up)

Use Google Notebook - transparency

Big Take Aways from PLP

• It is possible to create an online presence• Others, who are more experienced and

knowledgeable, want to share their knowledge with you

• Humility is a good thing; it’s the basis for a “learning posture”

• Building a personal learning network is fun• Never stop learning• Year-long embedded PD is transformational