CPUMS
Week of September 19
Teacher Efficacy
From training with Steve Venture, "From Outdated to Outstanding: Retooling Your Professional Learning Communities" he listed the following characteristics of teachers with a strong sense of efficacy:
- Tend to exhibit greater levels of planning, organization and collaboration
- Are more open to new ideas and are more willing to experiment with new methods to better meet the needs of their students
- Are more persistent and resilient when things do not go smoothly
- Are less critical of students when they make errors
- Are less inclined to refer a difficult student to special education.
What Is Collective Efficacy?
"When teachers believe that together, they and their colleagues can impact student achievement, they share a sense of collective efficacy. Collective efficacy refers to “the judgments of teachers in a school that the faculty as a whole can organize and execute the courses of action required to have a positive effect on students” (Goddard, Hoy, & Woolfolk Hoy, 2004, p.4). Collective efficacy is high when teachers believe that the staff is capable of helping students master complex content, fostering students’ creativity, and getting students to believe they can do well in school. When efficacy is high, educators show greater persistence and are more likely to try new teaching approaches. Educators with high efficacy encourage student autonomy, attend more closely to the needs of students who are not progressing well, and are able to modify students’ perceptions of their academic abilities (Ross & Bruce, 2007).
Bandura (1993) demonstrated that the effect of perceived collective efficacy on student achievement was stronger than the link between socio-economic status and student achievement. More recently, Hattie ranked collective teacher efficacy as the number one factor amongst all of the influences that impact student achievement (personal communication, November 19th, 2015). Eells (2011) meta-analysis demonstrated that collective efficacy and student achievement were strongly related with an effect size of 1.57 (more than double the effect size of feedback)."
Article: Collective Efficacy: Together We Can Make a Difference
Calendar
Monday 9/19/16
- Professional Learning
Tuesday, 9/20/16
- All day Professional Learning at GWAEA-Writing Quality Assessments with Student Feedback
Wednesday,9/21/16
- Work with staff
- Faculty meeting
- Work with staff
- Grade Level Team Meetings
Friday, 9/23/16
- Working with students and teachers
- Meeting with ICs-PM
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