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Understanding Teacher
GrowthVicki Weseman
Learning Coach, Lawrence Public Schools
TEACHER GROWTHIt takes a deep commitment to change and
an even deeper commitment to grow.- Ralph Ellison
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TEACHER GROWTH
Teacher
Student
Teacher
In a learning organization, one person’s growth influences the
growth of another.
In a learning organization, everyone grows together.
A Model Of Growth
Comfort Zone
Zone
of p
roxi
mal
dev
elop
men
tZone of proxim
al development
You do not experience growth
within your comfort zone.
Within your comfort zone, you feel success.
Emer
ging
Be
liefs
Emerging
Skills
Within your zone of proximal development are skills and understandings that have
not yet emerged but could if you engaged with
knowledgeable others.
Curre
nt
Belie
fsCurrent Skills
LIMITS TO GROWTH
Current
Beliefs
Current Skills
Comfort Zone
Your growth is restricted by your current beliefs and your current skills.
A Closer Look Within the comfort
zone…Be
liefsSkills
Teacher Comfort Zone
Student Learning
Security
Complacency (often while unaware of some potential weakness)
Sense of well being
Present State
Satisfaction with an existing condition
Status Quo
No Change
Students
A Closer Look Outside the comfort
zone…Cu
rrent
Bel
iefs
Current Skills
Comfort Zone
Student Learning
Teacher Zone of disequilibrium
Hesitation
Inconsistency Uncertainty
Anxiety
Unreliability Ineffectiveness
Students Students
Personal GrowthExpanding the Comfort Zone
Examining
BeliefsNurturing Skills
Nurturing Your Skills
Develop Expertise
Increase Compete
nce
Expand Capabiliti
esWhat does it mean to nurture skills?
Examining Your Beliefs
Inquire
Reflect
Dialogue
What does it mean to examine beliefs?
Rock Your World…
Comfort Zone
Student Learning
Challenge what you believe about your students and about
yourself.
Increase your skills and the precision with which you
apply your skills.As you grow, you increase your realm of influence, your success, and therefore, your impact on student learning.
Misc
once
ptio
nsFear
As you push against your beliefs and skills, your fears and misconceptions will push
back-----you will feel resistance, but remember…
Examining Beliefs
Nurturing Skills
Profound ChangeBeliefs Skills
Through multiple opportunities to:• Demonstrate
skill• Interact with
feedback• Revise
performance
Through multiple opportunities to… • Examine multiple
perspectives• Reflect • Revise thinking
What am I doing?
What are others doing?
What am I thinking about what I am
doing?What are others
thinking?
How does that change what I am doing?How are others
changing?
What am I now thinking?
What are others now thinking?
How are reflective practitioners developed?
How are skillful practitioners developed?Through
conversations based on…• Dialogue• Inquiry• Theory• Considerations
Through a gradual release of support:• Modeling• Shared practice• Guided practice• Independent practice
The potential for growth in your practice depends on the quality of interaction between
what you are trying in your practice and how you are
thinking about it.
Quality Interaction
Quality InteractionsPeople
• Learning Coach
• Principal
• Grade Level Teams (school and district)
• Professional Learning Community
Practice
• Action Research
• Peer Observation
• Dialogue, Feedback, Reflection
• Curriculum
Professional Learning Network
• Share documents, presentations, ideas via services like google docs or Tumbir
• Find new blogs and resources to connect with other by leaving comments and starting conversations
• Social Media Tools:
• Google reader, Classroom 2.0, Twitter, Quora, Google+, AddThis, Slideshare, Facebook, LinkedIn
Teaching and Learning Together
It’s a journey not a destination