Singapore Leadership Cadre Preparing a successful induction program for the ICT Mentor Initiative. Before we get started, join the MOE Leadership Wiki

Singapore Leadership Cadre

Preparing a successful induction program for the ICT Mentor Initiative.

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Professional Development and Consultancy BranchEducational Technology Division, MOE

JANUARY 6-12, 2010

Day One – ICT Mentor Program Overview

8:30 AM – 10:15 AM Welcome, Introductions, Overview of the Initiative, Teaching and Learning Framework for Self Directed and Collaborative Learning

10:15 – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Characteristics and Essential Conditions for the Framework

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

ICT Mentor Framework for Teaching and Learning

2:30 PM-2:45 PM

Break

2:45 PM - 5:15 PM

School Leadership Resource Development

TASK Pick One Think of an experience using

technology within the classroom

Fill out the survey provided in the Wiki and we can get a quick picture of the leaders we have with us today!

Introductory Activity“Fave, Slave or Crave?!”

http://moeleadership.iste.wikispaces.net/

The ICT Mentor Initiative is Part of the Master Plan 3 Initiative

1. Students need to possess competencies for self-directed and collaborative learning through the effective use of ICT;

1. Teachers need to have the capacity to tailor and deliver ICT-enabled learning experiences for students to develop these competencies;

1. School leaders need to provide direction and create the conditions to harness ICT for learning and teaching; and

2. ICT infrastructure needs to support learning anytime, anywhere.

Five Days Together in Singapore and Twelve Months Online

1. Understand the ICT Mentor Program and develop program resources for teachers

1. Explore the teaching and learning framework and develop framework resources for teachers

1. Review the role of an effective coach/mentor and develop resources for implementation of the program

1. Analyze and develop additional needed resources for ICT Mentors

2. Present, transfer resources online, and reflect upon personal learning as well as next steps for ICT Mentor preparation

Activities and Assumptions

• Model the curricular, instructional and assessment approaches which result in student directed learning and collaborative learning

• Carry Out a project based, authentic task throughout the professional development experience

• Develop resources which will support the ICT Mentor Initiative and their learning experience

Regardless of your role or background, we assume that:

1. You are open to new ideas

2. You are willing to fully participate

3. You like learning!

Activities Will

Assumptions

Objectives and Outcomes for Day One

OBJECTIVES1.Participants will be able to articulate what collaborative learning and self-directed

learning looks like in the classroom when it is integrated with ICT skills; and

2.Participants will understand the roles students, teachers, key personnel and school leaders need to play in order for the ICT Mentor Initiative to be successful.

OUTCOMES1.Participants will use a project-based approach to:

• Launch a wiki designed to enhance and customize the ICT Mentor teaching and learning framework; and

• Develop materials for mentors to use to share with school leaders and faculty to acquaint them with the ICT Mentor Initiative and to articulate the value they can expect it to bring to their school and in reaching the goals of Masterplan Three.

Professional Development Model

40

MEMBER

LEADERSHIP CADRE +300

ICT MENTORS

+1200

TEACHERS IN

MENTOR SCHOOLS

A Leadership Cadre Members Role: Lead, Support and Facilitate Transition

Teacher directed, memory-focused instruction

Student-centered, performance-focused learning

Isolated work on invented exercises

Collaborative work on authentic, real-work projects

Factual, literal thinking for competence

Creative thinking for innovation and original solutions

Primary focus on school and local community

Expanded focus including digital global citizenship

Isolated assessment of learning

Integrated assessment for learning

Traditional Environments Emerging Learning Landscape

Knowledge from limited, authoritative sources

Learner-constructed knowledge from multiple information sources

and experiences

Driven by a Teaching and Learning Framework

PROJECT BASED

LEARNING

ICT SKILLS

EIGHT CORE VALUES AND

SKILLS

GLOBAL DIGITAL AGE

SKILLS

WEB 2.0 SKILLS


PROJECT BASED

LEARNING

ICT SKILLS


SKILLS

GLOBAL DIGITAL AGE

SKILLS

WEB 2.0 SKILLS

SELF-DIRECTED AND

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING


PROJECT BASED

LEARNING

ICT SKILLS


SKILLS

GLOBAL DIGITAL AGE

SKILLS

WEB 2.0 SKILLS

SELF-DIRECTED AND

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

Standards, Frameworks and Essential Conditions

• What Self Directed Learning and Collaborative Learning Looks Like Through the Lens of Multiple Learners• Students

• Teachers

• School Leaders

• Parents and Community

• Employers

A Window Into Self Directed Learning

A systemic initiative invoking self directed and collaborative learning in a digital age setting.

TASK Team Lens

Team and Observe:http://flatclassroomconference.ning.com/At your tables…

35 minutes to investigate

2-3 minute report out by group Investigate and Report

Review site and videos

TAKE A BREAK

Report out key findings through directed activity

Attributes of Self Directed and Collaborative Learning

10:45 AM – 12:00 PMAttributes and Essential Conditions for Implementing Change

• Report Out – Attributes from the Flat Classroom Conference

• Essential Conditions

TASK Tally Time Essential Sightings:

Review the Essential Conditions

Keep a tally of where you see the conditions in action during the video

Group Share:When prompted, you will participate in an interactive response exercise with your tally

Wrap up with an individual affinity for a particular condition with a response in the Leadership Cadre Wiki

Leadership and Support:A Mainstay for Innovation

Leadership and Support:A Mainstay for Innovation

Despite the breadth and depth of equipment and technology you will find at varying schools, systemic leadership is a constant with schools experiencing success.

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

LUNCH

1:00 PM – 2:30 PMUnpacking the Framework

• The ICT Mentor Framework will essentially guide the work of the ICT Mentors.

• That’s a BIG IDEA!

• It prompts an ESSENTIAL QUESTION…

TASK Mini Project-Part A

Leadership and Support:Unpacking the Framework

Your job is to develop a guide or supporting materials for your mentors so they can understand the framework – You have permission to adapt the framework providing you provide adequate rationale for doing so.

In interdisciplinary groups of 2 or 3, conduct an analysis on how the elements within the framework work together – How are they alike or different? What will you need to create in order for them to understand how to use it? Are there redundancies that can be eliminated?

You will have 30 minutes to create a map for the framework based upon that analysis.

TASK Mini Project-Part B


Perform a Gallery Walk and 1. provide feedback 2. ask questions to deepen understanding

After the walk review your feedback and discuss.

TASK Mini Project-Part C


Now, merge two groups together and blend feedback to create a guiding document for the framework.

It needs to be something that mentors and teachers will understand and find useful.

2:45 PM – 5:15 PMSchool Leadership Resource Development

• Group Presentations of Guiding Documents

• Building Resources for Today’s Learning

TASK Mini Project


Upon group consensus half of the teams will continue to refine framework resources. A list of needed resources will be generated upon completion of the presentations.

The other half of the teams will develop presentation materials for mentors to use with school leaders and fellow teachers to inform them of the goals of the program and how they plan to benefit from its implementation.

Presentations or works will be shared at the beginning of Day two activities as a recap and reflection of what we learned on Day one.

5:00 PM – 5:15 PMWrap Up and Reflection

• Sign up for Web 2.0 Learning Groups for Day 2 Morning Sessions

• Before you leave, use your reflection wheel and write some brief notes as to the three most significant things you learned today, and drop any suggestions you have for the presenters into the suggestion box.