newport-mesa usd adult school a professional learning community
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Newport-Mesa USD Adult School A Professional Learning Community. We share to impart, impact, improve and empower. Mission ~ Our Adult Ed Matters blog. Objective 1: WHY. Objective: Define and describe a PLC as a site-based PD model Learner Outcome: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Newport-Mesa USD Adult School
A Professional Learning Community
We share to impart, impact, improve and empower.Mission ~ Our Adult Ed Matters blog
Objective 1: WHY
Objective: Define and describe a PLC as a site-
based PD model Learner Outcome:
Understand what a PLC is and how it can impact site-based professional development
Objective 2: How
Objective: Provide an example of a PLC in action at
Newport-Mesa USD Adult School Learner Outcome:
Learn how one adult school wrote its 2007-2008 professional growth plan to build its PLC, integrating key components such as a blog, peer mentors, onsite trainings, and PLC teams.
Objective 3: WITH WHAT
Objective: Tour our Adult Education Matters
blog Learner Outcome:
Gain a treasure trove of ideas and how-to resources from the blog
Most Important Objective
Ignite the fire for collaborative learning
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats
Words of Vision
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.
Paulo Freire
Words of Vision
Education becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.
Paulo Freire
Conserve to Preserve
Hilton Family of Brands is committed to conserving our natural resources. Every day, tons of detergent and millions of gallons of water are used to wash towels which have only been used once. Here’s how we can help: A towel on the rack means “I’ll use it again.” A towel on the floor means “Please exchange.”
Conserve to Preserve
NMUSD Adult School is committed to conserving our natural resources. Every day, tons of paper and ink are used to create memos / handouts that are read once and discarded. Here’s how we can help: http://adultedmatters.wordpress.com [email protected]
Preserving and Learning Together
http://AdultEdMatters.wordpress.com CCAE Presentation
Martha’s Handout
[email protected] Martha Rankin Newport-Mesa Unified School
District
Attributes of a PLC Shared Values and Vision (Isaacson& Bambur,
1992)
Supportive and Shared Leadership (Prestine, 1993)
Supportive Conditions (Boyd, 1992; Louis & Kruse, 1995)
Collective Creativity (Sergiovanni, 1994)
Shared Personal Practice (Louse & Kruse, 1995)
Shared Values and Vision
NMUSD PD Survey ~ May, 2007
What one suggestion do you have that will help improve teacher learning?
NMUSD PD Survey Results
More staff development and technology training
More in-services on technology in the classroom
More online pro development
NMUSD PD Survey Results
Share lessons and Web sites on specific strategies in specific skills
Short strategic workshops or online courses
NMUSD PD Survey Results
Collaboration, observation of other teachers’ strategies, just dialogue
Encourage teachers to take advantage of professional opportunities
Provide more opportunities to collaborate
NMUSD PD Survey Results
We do this, but others would benefit by time together to bounce ideas and reflect among peers: e.g., at lunch, especially after class. (This isn’t really practical for night staff.)
NMUSD PD Survey Results
More collaboration time between all adult education teachers to exchange ideas, teaching strategies, assessment models, and classroom management
NMUSD PD Survey Results
Better communication between staff members as a whole group. Perhaps staff information meetings with AM and PM staff together
Share experiences
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey
Peer coaching
More staff development by levels
More time to meet with other faculty
More training in specific areas
2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey
I would encourage more staff meetings where we could address a topic collectively. I feel that this can improve our teaching.
Create professional learning communities.
Shared Vision / Leadership
2007-2008 Professional Growth Plan
Train staff to use available technology to support and enhance learning
Create and sustain a professional learning community to improve learning for all
Attributes of a PLC in action…