Voices From the Field

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Voices From the Field

Rick Pardo & Donna Norley

Board: Thames Valley DSB

Learning Team Facilitator (Professional Learning Cycle)

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Thames Valley District School Board Learning Cycle

Kick-off Meeting




Our 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 Staff

• Learning Coordinators

• Teachers on Special Assignment

• Differentiated Instruction and Assessment Task Force members



Preliminary Challenges

• Mandated cycles – time away from classroom and reticent teachers

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



Effective 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


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


http://www.edugains.ca/

http://www.tvdsb.ca/


Effective Tools

• Leveled flash cards for teacher moderation



Ongoing Challenges

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



Effective 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?

We (at the board) are in the middle of a learning cycle about learning cycles – that’s why we are never done but always improving.

Next steps sustainability ??



Questions?

Thank you



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





Oct. 17th & 24th

• Regional Sites





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

• Limit area of focus to 1-3 curriculum expectations





Oct. 17th & 24th

• Regional Sites





• Check that assessments reflect expectations

• Check correlation of diagnostic to summative

• Assessment tools: rubrics, checklists, …

• Plan with the end in mind





Oct. 17th & 24th

• Regional Sites





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)


team’s discretion


team’s discretion








• Assessment FOR Learning

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



team’s discretion


team’s discretion







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



team’s discretion


team’s discretion








• Assessment FOR/AS learning

• Reflect on the effectiveness of formative strategies



team’s discretion


team’s discretion








• Summative moderation

• Analyze student progress

• Start reflections

• Complete before Wrap-up meeting



team’s discretion


team’s discretion







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)


• Regional Sites






•Set next steps




• Share teacher and student experiences impacting teacher practice

• S.M.A.R.T. goal results



• Regional Sites






•Set next steps




• Learning Cycle Team form(Student Pathways Journal)

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



• Regional Sites






•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



• Regional Sites






•Set next steps


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Voices From the Field