Redesigning Professional Development to Empower Educators and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Redesigning Professional Development to Empower Educators and Increase Student Achievement February 26, 2015 1:15 -2:15pm

Presenters: Fulton County Schools, Atlanta, GA Lydia Conway, Executive Director, Professional Learning, Ron Wade, Chief HR Officer Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL Anna Rodriguez, Administrative Director, Leadership Tricia Fernandez, Administrative Director, Evaluation Wandarece Ruan, Administrative Director, Teacher Growth and PD Syracuse City School District, Syracuse, NY Paula Shannon, Chief Academic Officer Margaret Wilson, Director of Professional Development AASA, The School Superintendents Association, Alexandria, VA Vera Turner, Project Manager, Education and Communications

Critical Question: Superintendents and teachers agree that current professional development systems are not operating at peak effectiveness. How do we reimagine professional learning experiences to engage teachers and improve student achievement?

Innovative Professional Development (iPD) Challenge Helps districts redesign their teacher professional development systems to better support teachers in increasing student success. 23 districts & charters • 8 networks ( includes AASA’s • Superintendent Leadership for iPD Assessment and Redesign Initiative) 52,000 teachers in pilot work • Free Resources availalbe at • www.pdredesign.org Initiative is made possible by the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

iPD Theory of Action:

Fulton County Schools .

District Overview: • 4 th largest school system in Georgia • More than 10,500 full-time employees, including more than 7,500 teachers and other certified personnel • 101 schools • Approximately 96,300 students • 58 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, 17 high schools (includes two open campus high schools) and 7 charter organizations • Became the state's largest charter system in July of 2012 • Charter system status allows for flexibility beyond the one-size-fits-all state education requirements and supports our schools in developing strategies to support the unique needs of their students

Professional Development Systems Structure:

Professional Development Systems Structure: • Provide professional learning for all employees • A blended approach to PD (i.e., on-line, on-demand, face to face, cohort, and job embedded) • A solid PD structure – people and tools to meet the needs • A shift from “one and done” to ongoing learning • PD is a part of the performance management conversation

PD Assessment Process: Highlights of Our Readiness Assessment Process: • A diverse cross-section of principals, teachers, curriculum leaders and support staff were invited to participate • We received full participation • After survey was closed participants convened in small group and large group discussion • Participants completed a “current state vs Future State” PD activity • Commonalities Emerged

PD Challenges: • Teacher Engagement- extent to which teachers work together as a professional community to share responsibility for the group’s performance • PD Process- lack of an evidenced based framework to identify individual needs and feedback from students does not inform PD

Best Practices Leadership Capacity- innovative vision and internal • capacity to manage change Resource Optimization -use of time, money and staff • Supportive Policies -policies that support PD • implementation Delivery Infrastructure- easy access to PD and a • technology platform Data Infrastructure -access to data to inform PD •

PD Redesign Plans Reinforce- PLC as PD via school based Professional • Learning Facilitators Identify student feedback that informs PD • Provide PD to leaders that supports continuous • feedback to teachers that addresses school wide as well as individual PD goals

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

District Overview: School District Miami-Dade County Public Schools Type of District Urban Grade Served PK - 12 Student Population 350,000 % FRM Students 75 % Caucasian 10 % African American 28 % Hispanic/Latino 61 % Asian 1 % Other 1

Professional Development Systems Structure: • Teacher Growth and Development • Evaluation • Leadership Development

PD Assessment Process:

PD Challenges: • PD Process • Resource Optimization • High-Quality Content and Tools

Best Practices • Leadership Capacity • Data Infrastructure

PD Redesign Plans Instructional Rounds CATT Action Plans IPEGS PD Plans Tiered PLC’s Support

Syracuse City School District

SCSD District Overview: School District Syracuse City School District Type of District Urban Grade Served PK - 12 Student Population 21, 800 % FRM Students 78 % Caucasian 28 % African American 55 % Hispanic/Latino 15 % Asian 2

SCSD Professional Development Systems Structure: Summer Leadership Summer Teacher Leadership Academy Academy Institutes • Department-driven • Priorities from each • Six sessions through year division – Office of Shared focusing on operational • Assortment of offerings Accountability, Talent and instructional and structures Management, Teaching leadership and Learning Saturday Academy Job Embedded • Department-driven • Coaching, school-based, Superintendent • Assortment of offerings Conference Days, and structures technical assistance

SCSD PD Assessment Process: Goal : Maximize stakeholder input and buy-in for redesign plan. Administered to Four Key Groups : Central Office Leadership (Teaching & Learning Staff) • Building Leadership (Principals & Vice-Principals) • Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Council (Teacher Reps.) • C3 Work Group (Teacher Content Leaders) • Assessment debrief participants : Superintendents Senior Leadership • Syracuse Teachers Association Leadership • Syracuse Association for Administrators and Supervisors Leadership •

SCSD PD Challenges: PD Process • Lack of evidence-based framework to identify individual PD needs • Limited delivery models • Student feedback nonexistent in informing teacher PD Leadership Capacity • Inadequate internal capacity to manage major change initiatives • Lack of clarity around PD structures, supports, and initiatives Data and Delivery Infrastructures Data capture and access • Ease of access to online and offline training and content • Digital PD Platform Capability •

Best Practices Supportive Policies • Multi-year focus on CCSS and purposeful links within PD structures • Teacher choice High Quality Content and Tools • Systems aligned to CCSS instructional shifts and college, career- ready bar • CCSS has been adopted and strong CCCS specific PD has been made available to all our staff.

SCSD Professional Development Systems Structure: Digital Badges Targeted, virtual, self-driven opportunities for learning Leadership Academies Principal Saturday T&L Cohort Academies Meetings Summer Spring Leader & Leadership Knowledge, Community, Tools Teacher Summit Institutes Formative Instructional Classroom Coach Walkthroughs Academies Collaborative Planning Times

Q & A: Panel Discussion Join in the conversation.

Resources: Contact Information: Lydia Conway conwayL@fultonschools.org Anna Rodriguez annarodriguez@dadeschools.net Paula Shannon pshannon@scsd.us Margaret Wilson mwilson@scsd.us Vera Turner vturner@aasa.org Additional Resources: AASA, The School Superintendents Association Superintendent Leadership for iPD Assessment and Redesign Initiative www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=10536 Professional Development Redesign Website www.PDRedesign.org MDRC Innovative Professional Development iPD http://www.mdrc.org/project/innovative-professional-development-ipd#overview

Upcoming Events: AASA WEBINAR Professional Development Redesign – Lessons From The Field, Part 2 Date: May 13, 2015; Time: 2:00-3:00pm ET Featuring: Fulton County Schools, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Syracuse City School District and AASA Register at https://knowledgecenter.webex.com

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