Essential Conditions for Implementation of... Local Professional Development Programming.

Essential Conditions for Implementation of...

Local Professional Development Programming

Guiding Questions

1. How are education stakeholders working toward a shared understanding of a commitment to their respective roles and responsibilities to support implementation?

2. How are education stakeholders fostering a culture of learning to optimize learning for all students?

Guiding Principle

Successful implementation is possible in an environment where education stakeholders are committed to sharing the responsibility for supporting implementation within a culture of learning.

7 Essential Conditions

Characteristics of Successful Implementation

Research shows that successful implementation—

• is a shared responsibility among stakeholders;• is developmental and contextual;• is systematically planned, systemic, and sustained;• is meaningful, purposeful and focused on key

priorities;

Characteristics of Successful Implementation, cont’d…

• involves learning opportunities that focus on enhancing professional practice and leadership capacity among educators;

• involves a variety of learning opportunities by and for all stakeholders, including support staff, students, parents, school councils and community members; and

• involves change at both organizational and individual levels.

System Coherence

Addressing the Essential Conditions

Intentionally addressing the essential conditions requires that education stakeholders collaborate to:•answer several guiding questions as they develop their implementation plans;•employ strategies, procedures and/or processes that identify who will be responsible for what, by when and at what cost; and•establish what evidence will be accepted that the essential conditions have been addressed.

Essential Conditions for Implementation:Local Professional Development Program

• Shared Vision• Leadership• Research and Evidence• Resources• Teacher Professional Growth• Time• Community Engagement

Self-Assessment

• Turn to page 11 of the document and complete the Self-Assessment.

• Be honest—this is the time to consider the complexity of the task and assess resources and issues.

• You may wish to consider an initiative already underway for the purposes of reflection.

Self-Assessment Tool

• How could I use this tool in my local?

• For collaborative planning on PD?

• With my committee?

Collaborative Task

• Work within your table group.• You will be assigned an essential condition to

focus on.• Assume you are attempting to implement a

professional development program that supports a pedagogical initiative.

• Brainstorm and record on the wall poster.• Be prepared to present ideas to the group.

Teacher Leadership

How could you use this document to: • stimulate conversation?• include new collaborators?• focus meeting time?• clarify responsibilities?• assure clear communication?• form working groups?

Considering StrategiesPD can be so much...• Action research• Book study• Case study review• Classroom/school visitation• Collaborative curriculum

development• Conference audio tapes• Conferences• Curriculum mapping• Curriculum symposium• Data analysis• Examining student work• Focused conversations• Hosting a student teacher…

... and more!• Individual professional growth plans• Integrated curriculum planning• Internet research• Journaling• Lesson study• Mentoring a colleague• Online curriculum network• Online PD programs• Peer coaching• Pod-casting• Post-secondary courses• Professional books and journals• Professional learning community

Last Thought—

Professional Development is like a time-release capsule. Its contents cannot be absorbed in a single day or week, but must be infused into the system over time.

Hirsch and Killion, 2008.