Presented at: 2014 Conference on Teaching: Supporting Great Teaching Presented by: Stephanie Hirsh, Ph.D. Executive Director Learning Forward Chicago, IL November 2014 Transforming Professional Learning to Support Great Teaching 1 www.learningforward.org
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Presented at:
2014 Conference on Teaching:
Supporting Great Teaching
Presented by:
Stephanie Hirsh, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Learning Forward
Chicago, IL
November 2014
Transforming Professional Learning to Support Great Teaching
Counting hours for credit Awarding credit for documenting impact
Low expectations for application of new learning
High expectations for application coupled with coaching and other support
Protocol #4: Transforming Professional Learning
• Support comprehensive systems that are
grounded in Standards and assess for impact.
• Encourage innovative schedules, school
structures, and roles that allow teachers
more time to learn from one another and
collaborate.
• Invite accomplished teachers to share ideas
and perspectives on professional learning.
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What can you do?
What the best and
wisest parent wants
for his own child,
that must be what
the community wants
for all its children.
-John Dewey
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Commitment
Next actions
Remaining questions
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What will you do?
“The quality of our nation’s teacher corps will
largely determine the success or failure of our
public education systems and affect the future of
our democracy for years to come. If we really want
to continue to improve student achievement we
have no choice but to improve teaching.”
Vartan Gregorian
President
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Milgrom-Elcott, Talia. The Elusive Talent Strategy: An Excellent Teacher for Every
Student in Every School, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Winter 2011
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“After 30 years of doing such work, I have
concluded that classroom teaching is perhaps the
most complex, most challenging, and most
demanding, subtle, nuanced, and frightening activity
our species has ever invented….the only time a
physician could possibly encounter a situation of
comparable complexity would be in the emergency
room of a hospital during or after a natural disaster.”
Lee S. Shulman, The Wisdom of Practice: Essays on Teaching, Learning,
and Learning to Teach, Jossey-Bass, 2004.
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The Complexity of Teaching
Questions
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Definition of Professional Development w/video examples
http://www.learningforward.org/standfor/definition.cfm Policy Points http://www.learningforward.org/news/policypoints/policypoints4-09.pdf Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development in the United States and Abroad (Phase 1)
http://www.learningforward.org/news/NSDCstudy2009.pdf Professional Development in the United States: Trends and Challenges (Phase 2)
http://www.learningforward.org/news/NSDCstudy2010.pdf Teacher Professional Learning in the United States: Case Studies of State Policies and Strategies, Summary Report (Phase 3)
http://www.learningforward.org/news/2010Phase3Report.pdf Building Professional Development to Support New Student Assessment Systems
http://www.acarseries.org/papers/Stephanie_Hirsh-Building_Professional_Development.pdf Standards for Staff Development
JSD – Examining Evidence http://www.learningforward.org/news/issueDetails.cfm?issueID=245 JSD – Leadership http://www.learningforward.org/news/issueDetails.cfm?issueID=302 JSD – Working with External Partners http://www.learningforward.org/news/issueDetails.cfm?issueID=319 Becoming a Learning School
Why Professional Development Matters http://www.learningforward.org/advancing/Why_PD_Matters_Web.pdf Examining the Evidence: A database of research and reports on the links between professional learning and student success http://www.learningforward.org/evidence/search.cfm