PART 2 OF A TWO-PART WEBINAR SERIES Professional Development Redesign: Lessons From the Field

1. PART 2 OF A TWO-PART WEBINAR SERIES Professional Development Redesign: Lessons From the Field May 13, 2015 2:00 – 3:00pm

2. Welcome! Thank you for joining us for today’s webinar. Vera Turner AASA Project Manager and Webinar Host

3. Logistics: • Access the audio for today’s webinar either via your computer or phone.

4. Webinar Participation: • We have allotted time for Q&A, but you can submit questions at any time. • Please use the chat window to submit questions. In the dropdown menu, select “All Participants”and then type your question in the chat box.

5. Agenda: • Overview: • iPD Challenge Grant Initiative • iPD Theory of Action • District Case Studies: • Syracuse City School District • Fulton County Schools • Miami-Dade County Public Schools • Panel Discussion and Q & A • Additional Resources • Wrap Up

6. Presenters: PANELISTS: Syracuse City School District (NY ) Paula Shannon, Chief Academic Officer Margaret Wilson, Director of Professional Development Fulton County Schools (GA) Lydia Conway, Executive Director, Professional Learning Miami-Dade County Public Schools (FL) Tricia Fernandez, Administrative Director, Evaluation MODERATOR: Vera Turner, Project Manager AASA, The School Superintendents Association (VA)

7. Critical Question: • Superintendents and teachers agree that current professional development systems are not operating at peak effectiveness. How do we reimagine professional learning experiences to engage teachers and improve student achievement?

8. Innovative Professional Development (iPD) Challenge Helps districts redesign their teacher professional development systems to better support teachers in increasing student success. • 23 districts & charters • 8 networks (includes AASA’s Superintendent Leadership for iPD Assessment and Redesign Initiative) • 52,000 teachers in pilot work • Free Resources availalbe at www.pdredesign.org Initiative is made possible by the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

9. iPD Theory of Action:

10. Margaret Wilson Director of Professional Development Paula Shannon Chief Academic Officer

11. The Struggle for a World Class School District • 37 Schools/Programs High: 6 Middle: 6 K-8: 5 Elementary: 16 Alternative Programs: 4 • One of the largest in New York State K-12 : 19,500 students Pre-Kindergarten:1,500

12. SCSD Strategic Plan 2012-2017 Vision To become the most improved urban school district in America

13. Adopted by Syracuse City School District Board of Education August 22, 2012 • An educational community that graduates every student as a responsible, active citizen prepared for success in college, careers, and the global economy.

14. SCSD Targeted Outcomes College and technical school enrollment Graduating from high School in 4 years Ready for college and career success at the end of 11th On track to graduate at the end of 9th Prepared for HS at the end of 8th Prepared for MS at the end of 5th Reading to learn at the end of 3rd

15. SCSD Professional Development Systems Structure: Summer Leadership Academy Summer Teacher Institutes Leadership Academy • Department-driven • Assortment of offerings and structures • Priorities from each division – Office of Shared Accountability, Talent Management, Teaching and Learning • Six sessions through year focusing on operational and instructional leadership Saturday Academy Job Embedded • Department-driven • Assortment of offerings and structures • Coaching, school-based, Superintendent Conference Days, technical assistance

16. SCSD PD Assessment Process: Goal: Maximize stakeholder input and buy-in for redesign plan. • Administered to Four Key Groups: • Central Office Leadership (Teaching & Learning Staff) • Building Leadership (Principals & Vice-Principals) • Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Council (Teacher Reps.) • C3 Work Group (Teacher Content Leaders) • Assessment debrief participants: • Superintendents Senior Leadership • Syracuse Teachers Association Leadership • Syracuse Association for Administrators and Supervisors Leadership

17. SCSD PD Challenges: • PD Process • Lack of evidence-based framework to identify individual PD needs • Limited delivery models • Student feedback nonexistent in informing teacher PD • Leadership Capacity • Inadequate internal capacity to manage major change initiatives • Lack of clarity around PD structures, supports, and initiatives • Data and Delivery Infrastructures • Data capture and access • Ease of access to online and offline training and content • Digital PD Platform Capability

18. Best Practices • Supportive Policies • Multi-year focus on CCSS and purposeful links within PD structures • Teacher choice • High Quality Content and Tools • Systems aligned to CCSS instructional shifts and college, career-ready bar • CCSS has been adopted and strong CCCS specific PD has been made available to all our staff.

19. SCSD Professional Development Systems Structure: Digital Badges Targeted, virtual, self-driven opportunities for learning Knowledge, Community, Tools

20. Lydia Conway Executive Director, Professional Learning

21. District Overview: • 4th largest school system in Georgia • More than 10,500 full-time employees, including more than 7,500 teachers and other certified personnel • 101 schools • Approximately 96,300 students • 58 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, 17 high schools (includes two open campus high schools) and 7 charter organizations • Became the state's largest charter system in July of 2012 • Charter system status allows for flexibility beyond the one-size-fits-all state education requirements and supports our schools in developing strategies to support the unique needs of their students

22. Professional Development Systems Structure:

23. Professional Development Systems Structure: • Provide professional learning for all employees • A blended approach to PD (i.e., on-line, on-demand, face to face, cohort, and job embedded) • A solid PD structure – people and tools to meet the needs • A shift from “one and done” to ongoing learning • PD is a part of the performance management conversation

24. PD Assessment Process: Highlights of Our Readiness Assessment Process: • A diverse cross-section of principals, teachers, curriculum leaders and support staff were invited to participate • We received full participation • After survey was closed participants convened in small group and large group discussion • Participants completed a “current state vs Future State” PD activity • Commonalities Emerged

25. PD Challenges: • Teacher Engagement- extent to which teachers work together as a professional community to share responsibility for the group’s performance • PD Process- lack of an evidenced based framework to identify individual needs and feedback from students does not inform PD

26. Best Practices • Leadership Capacity- innovative vision and internal capacity to manage change • Resource Optimization-use of time, money and staff • Supportive Policies-policies that support PD implementation • DeliveryInfrastructure-easy access to PD and a technology platform • Data Infrastructure-access to data to inform PD

27. PD Redesign Plans • Reinforce- PLC as PD via school based Professional Learning Facilitators • Identify student feedback that informs PD • Provide PD to leaders that supports continuous feedback to teachers that addresses school wide as well as individual PD goals

28. Tricia Fernandez, Administrative Director, Evaluation

29. District Overview:

30. Professional Development Systems Structure: • Teacher Growth and Development • Evaluation • Leadership Development

31. PD Assessment Process:

32. PD Challenges: • PD Process • Resource Optimization • High-Quality Content and Tools

33. Best Practices • Leadership Capacity • Data Infrastructure

34. PD Redesign Plans STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

35. Q & A: Panel Discussion Join in the conversation using the chat feature.

36. Resources: Contact Information: • Lydia Conway conwayL@fultonschools.org • Tricia Fernandez tfernandez1@dadeschools.net • Paula Shannon pshannon@scsd.us • Margaret Wilson mwilson@scsd.us • Vera Turner vturner@aasa.org

37. Resources: Additional Resources: AASA Superintendent Leadership for iPD Assessment and Redesign Initiative www.aasa.org/iPD.aspx Courageous Leadership Conversation video Professional Development Redesign Website www.PDRedesign.org MDRC Innovative Professional Development www.mdrc.org/project/innovative-professional-development-ipd#overview

38. Thank you!