Personal Development -Instructional FocusHaving a commitment to working in a learning organization and someone who engages in learning to lead transformation t, my own personal development is critical to having competence in high impact instructional practices to prepare our learners for a unknown, changing future. All change, regardless of how large or small, depends on the capacity of yourself to act in accordance with the change.
2018
The Art of Coaching Teams WI DPI Open Educational Resources Grant Work- NGSS Shifts Universal Mathematics Instruction-RTI Network ISTE Chicago Poverty Simulation 2017 Buck Institute PBL 101 Recharge Ed- Embracing Collaboration Foundations of Literacy UDL Study Team - District Leaders PLC (Facilitator) Ed Leader 21 PLC (21st Century Skills) HSSD Research Academy- Personalized Learning 2016 Transformational Leadership Certification with Initiative One Next Generation Schools with Barabra Bray Design Thinking Co-Teaching with Susan Hentz ASCD Teaching Excellence Conference EdLeader 21 PLC (21st Century Skills) 2015 Personalized Learning with the Institute for Personalized Learning Cohort 1 and Administrative Universal Design for Learning Academy with CAST Math Recovery: AVMR Course I and AVMR Course II Administrative #51 Educational Leadership Growth Mindset EdLeader21 PLC (21st Century Skills) Leading InstructionA key role and responsibility of the work in the Teaching and Learning Departments is that of serving as a facilitator who assists groups with common objectives in completing tasks, planing how to achieve these objectives, and deepening the capacity to collaborate. I have effectively work with several team to influence and facilitate thinking and collaboration.
Personalized Learning Cohort 1 and 2 (Developing our Scouts to Lead)
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Example Teacher Personalized Learning Plan
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Building a Coaching Framework to Transform InstructionCoaching is an essential component of any professional learning system . The hard work of implementation new learning requires onsite and job-specific coaching over a sustained period of time. Research from nearly four decades reinforces that coaching dramatically accelerates application of new learning in authentic work situation to solve problems related to practice. With this I have been part of the implementation of our district-wide coaching framework. Below is a sample coaching cycle artifacts implemented as a Teacher Mentor.
Coaching in Action Sample: Interactive Peer Coaching Cycle (professional learning, collaboration, communication skills)
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