International Center for Leadership in Education

1. International Centerfor Leadershipin Education PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement

2. Fullan and Steigelbauer "Educational change depends on what teachers do and think - it's as simple and as complex as that."

3. Activity What is a professional learning community?

4. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY A “professional learning community” engages the entire group of professionals in coming together for learning within a supportive, self-created community.

5. Activity What is the climate of daily professional learning? Survey Checklist-p. 12

6. Activity Review Suggestions How many are your school involved in? p. 13

7. Common Mistakes • Too much complacency • Not a powerful and passionate leadership team • Underestimate the power of the team • Failure to celebrate and recognize short-term gains • Neglecting the culture

8. Teacher Benefits • Less Isolation • More Buy-in to the Goals of the School • Shared Responsibility for Students’ Successes • New Knowledge about Teaching and Learning • More Informed; Renewed • Higher Morale, Greater Satisfaction, Improved Attendance

9. Student Benefits • Decreased Drop-out Rate • Less Absenteeism • Improved Academic Results • Decreased Achievement Gap between Students from Different Backgrounds

10. PLC vs. TRADITIONAL • Students Learn vs. Students Taught • Culture of Collaboration vs. Culture of Isolation • Capacity of Staff Together for Improvement vs. Improvement • Results vs. Activities • Assessment for Learning vs. Assessment of Learning • Widespread, Dispersed Leadership vs. the Charismatic Leader • Success Depends on Effort vs. External Forces Determine Success

11. Activity Powerful Designs for Professional Learning-pp. 6-11

12. Activity Who? What and Why? When? How? Cost?

13. Book Study Group • Peer Teaching • Peer Review • CORR (Collaborating Online for • Rigor and Relevance) • Personal Growth Plan Activities

14. C O R R http://rigor-relevance.com

15. Professional Development Levels of Evaluation • Participant Feedback • Change in Teacher Practice • Impact on Student Achievement • Systemic

16. Professional Development Rubric

17. We oftenface theunknownwith fearand uncertainty.

18. Learning Activity Retention Amount of Transfer Teach Others/Use Learning 90% Practice & Real Application 75% 50% Discussion Group 30% Demonstration 20% Audio Visual 10% Reading Lecture 5%

19. -National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, 1996- “The bottom line is that there is just no way to create good schools without good teachers.”

20. Your Reaction?????

22. Margaret Mead Never doubt that a small group of citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

23. Staying on the Cutting Edge • Focus on the real goals • Keep yourself learning • Share with others • Don’t follow others blindly

24. Staying on the Cutting Edge • Recognize the need for change

26. Staying on the Cutting Edge • Recognize the need for change • Focus on the real goals

27. Look into the future through the eyes of a child?

28. Staying on the Cutting Edge • Recognize the need for change • Focus on the real goals • Keep yourself learning

29. Sometimes, I feel like I know less today than I did yesterday.

30. Staying on the Cutting Edge • Recognize the need for change • Focus on the real goals • Keep yourself learning • Share with others

31. Are you still making allof the decisions?

32. Staying on the Cutting Edge • Recognize the need for change • Focus on the real goals • Keep yourself learning • Share with others • Don’t follow others blindly

33. Lovers never send form letters.

34. Further Information ICLE at www.LeaderEd.com

35. International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc. Helen M. Branigan Senior Consultant 1587 Route 146 Rexford, NY 12148 Phone (518) 399-2776 Fax (518) 399-7607 hbranigan@aol.com