Day in a School Teacher Support (DiaS-TS)

Change ModelCynthia Crump

December 14, 2009

Guiding Philosophy

• Vision and Mission– Ministry of Education (MOE)

• Quality education and training• Human resource development

– Curriculum Development Unit (CDU)• Teacher Professional development• Sharing best practices• Monitoring

School Data:Teacher Competencies

Bare walls

Balancing Teaching Practice

Certified teacher

Novice teacher

An Innovative change Model

• Day in a School Teacher Support (DiaS-TS) Change Model

• To provide teachers in primary schools with needed support through monitoring to improve their planning and delivery and student engagement.

DiaS-TS

Objectives

• To plan and deliver lessons emphasizing experiential approaches;

• To observe lessons preceded by pre observation conference

• To give opportunities for reflection during post observation conference;

• To heighten student classroom and out-of-class experience by exposing them to active, student-centered learning

• To improve the classroom environment

Benefits

• Living the vision/Empowerment– Improving monitoring practices– Fostering collaboration and team work– Encouraging teacher planning– Improving teacher delivery– Heightening student engagement– Enriching the classroom environment

Change Leaders

Discussing Possible Inhibitors

Discussion: Promoting Success

Trust communicationRegular visits and

sharingthe vision and missionPurposeActive listeningdeliberation

Identifying problemsDiscussionsCollaborationPlanning TrainingCollegialityTeam workevaluation

Implementation Plan

Evaluation Methods

Formative - ongoing Summative - annual

Looking Ahead

• Developing skills set for future initiatives– action plans, – techniques and approaches – change in student learning experiences

• Initiatives– Mentoring – Coaching – Peer-coaching

References

• Anderson, D. (2010). • Colvin, G., Flannery, B., Sugai, G., & Monegan, J. (2008). • Curriculum Implementation Pilot Report. (2008). • Flett, J.D., & Wallace, J. (2005). • Harvey, A., & Kamvounias, P. (2006). • Hooker, M. (2009). • Kezar, A. J. (2001). • Knowledge Base. http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/intreval.htm• Lewis, L.K., Schmisseur, A. M., Stephens, K. K., & Weir, K. E. (2008). • McCabe, H. (2008). • National Curriculum policy Framework (2009). • Roberts, F. D., Kelly, C. L., & Medlin, B. D. (2007). • Vacilotto, S., & Cummings, R. (2007).