Voices From the Field

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Rick Pardo & Donna Norley

Board: Thames Valley DSB

Learning Team Facilitator (Professional Learning Cycle)

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Our Board’s JourneyOur Board’s JourneyK-8

2007- 2009TLCP’s in some schools, Literacy focus

2009 - present Professional Learning

Cycles mandated, Literacy and Mathematics focus

7-122009 – present

Secondary English and Mathematics Learning Cycles mandated, with the expectation that Principals participate in one Learning Cycle

Facilitators and Support StaffFacilitators and Support Staff

• Learning Coordinators

• Teachers on Special Assignment

• Differentiated Instruction and Assessment Task Force members

Preliminary ChallengesPreliminary Challenges

• Mandated cycles – time away from classroom and reticent teachers

• Understanding of the process– e.g. Moderation of student work

Effective ToolsEffective ToolsAbility to meet teams where they are –• Facilitation philosophy

• Excellent facilitating skills– Learning Coordinators, T.O.S.A.’s– Task Force members

Learning Cycle Release Time Structure – 4 half days

Kick-off Meeting Team Meeting Team Meeting Wrap-up Meeting(½ day) (½ day)(½ day) (½ day)

•Weeks of Oct. 17th & 24th •Regional Sites

•School Based•Scheduled at team’s discretion

•Weeks of Nov. 28th & Dec. 5th •Regional Sites

•Choose evidence-based curriculum area of need

•Select a learning cycle focus

•Plan assessments (diagnostic, summative)

•Determine educator learning

•Introduce STUDENT PATHWAYS JOURNAL

•Moderate diagnostic•Use diagnostic feedback to finalize S.M.A.R.T. goal and summative assessment plans

•Collect and/or create a pool of instructional strategies based on assessment feedback

•Develop and administer formative assessments (moderate, if possible)

•Administer and moderate summative assessment

•Bring student samples from your learning cycle, such as: Moderated student work

that you found challenging, valuable or surprising.

Student feedback - the impact of this learning cycle on their learning

•Reflect on process and product

•Work on Student Pathways Journal

•Set next steps

Web Resources:

www.edugains.ca

www.tvdsb.ca Programs Student Pathways for Success

Effective ToolsEffective Tools

• Leveled flash cards for teacher moderation

Ongoing ChallengesOngoing Challenges

• All cycles – to change practice– Area of focus based on need– Select appropriate strategies– Follow through

Effective ToolsEffective Tools• Expanding facilitating skills

– Learning Coordinators, T.O.S.A.’s– Task Force members– Team Led meetings– Coordinated Administrator involvement

• Pathways Journal Reflections• Posting of Learning Cycle artifacts• Teacher exit surveys

Pathways Journal

Sustainable?Sustainable?

Questions?Questions?

Supplementary Materials

Learning Cycle – Kick-off MeetingKick-off Meeting

(½ day)•Weeks of Oct. 17th & 24th •Regional Sites

• Class/school/anecdotal data

• Reference curriculum expectations in planning

• Alignment with Dept. and School Improvement Plans

• Leads to development of S.M.A.R.T. goal

• Limit area of focus to 1-3 curriculum expectations

• Check that assessments reflect expectations

• Check correlation of diagnostic to summative

• Assessment tools: rubrics, checklists, …

• Plan with the end in mind

Sharing expertise:• between team members• other teams• program staff• other school staff (resource,

SST, guidance, administration)

Learning Cycle – Team Meetings

• Moderation process

• Outcomes of the process

• Program staff involvement

Team Meeting Team Meeting(½ day)(½ day)

• Assessment FOR Learning

S – SpecificM – MeasurableA – AchievableR – Results-basedT – Time-bound

Learning Cycle – Team Meetings• Sharing instructional

best practices

• Other learning resources Learning Classroom Learning Classroom 2.0 Program staff TVDSB & EduGains

websites

• Monitor alignment of strategies and student needs

• Assessment FOR/AS learning

• Reflect on the effectiveness of formative strategies

• Summative moderation

• Analyze student progress

• Start reflections

• Complete before Wrap-up meeting

Learning Cycle – Wrap-up Meeting

Wrap-up Meeting Date: Wed. Nov. 30th, 8 – 11 AM

Other items to share:• Effective instructional strategies• Developed Lessons

• Posting of Learning Cycle materials

Wrap-up Meeting(½ day)

•Set next steps

• Share teacher and student experiences impacting teacher practice

• S.M.A.R.T. goal results

•Set next steps

• Learning Cycle Team form(Student Pathways Journal)

• Release-time funding forms (Secondary Learning Cycle PD Form & Cross-panel Elementary Pd Form)

•Set next steps

• Impact of learning cycle on future work with students and teachers

• Completion and submission of Pathways Journal by principal, Wednesday, Dec. 21st

•Set next steps

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