Teacher Learning
Maximizing Professional Development Time
If you had 10 minutes with staff...
What would you choose to teach them? What would you want them to take back to their classroom?
What if....
- Teacher learning was done in small, manageable chunks
- Teachers left meetings energized
- We had a common language and understanding of new strategies and tools to engage students
- We implemented what we learn about increasing student engagement and learning
- We created spaces to share, collaborate about, and celebrate student work
The Ten-Minute Inservice
Things to Consider
- Stories matter
- Always be prepared to facilitate
- Model, model, model
- Relevance drives action
- Audience participation is critical
- Think "PD Snacks" = I can do attitude!
- Professional learning can occur anytime/anywhere
(Adapted from the "Ten Minute Inservice" Pg 190-193)
What effective methods do you use to reach teachers?
- Electronic (Just in Time) Media
- Meetings
- Coaching support
- Department/Team Leaders
- ...add to this list