PERSONALIZATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (November 2007)

 

Activity/Series:   Revitalizing Teaming to Improve Student Learning

Changes in Instruction:  What will teachers do to ensure students learn and develop the learning behaviors identified in the first column?  (Be sure that the instructional practices you identify will address every student learning behavior and connect to the Rhode Island Beginning Teacher Standards.)  Include all Changes in Instruction from the School Improvement Action Plan Template that this activity/series will impact.

 

·         Work collaboratively with their colleagues to create a learning community that benefits all students

·         Create highly effective teams that support students academically, emotionally, socially, and behaviorally

·         Organize topics, themes, and structures that support the developmental needs of early adolescents (social/emotional)

·         Communicate clear behavioral expectations

·         Promote positive student-teacher interactions

Professional Development (PD) in support of Changing Instruction: For each change in instructional practice, detail the PD that will support making those changes. Include:

1.        Describe the PD.

2.        Who will facilitate the PD?

3.        When the PD is scheduled to take place.

4.        How will the professional development implementation be monitored?

Collaboration and Support: For each major PD program, describe how teachers will be provided opportunities for ongoing collaboration and discussion regarding their PD and putting it into practice.

 

Resources, School and District: What school-wide and district supports and resources will be necessary to implement the PD? Indicate the source of funds for each program of PD. (e. g., Article 31, Title I, etc.).

 

 

Evaluating Results/Reporting to Families and Community:

1.        What evidence will the school use to draw conclusions about the impact and effectiveness of each major PD program? 

2.        Who will be responsible for organizing the evaluation? 

3.        When will the evaluation activities take place and when will they be completed?

1.      A full day of training for a committee of administrators and teachers to work with a consultant from the New England League of Middle Schools (NELMS) to build a training module on teaming to be un-rolled to the entire staff in the Fall of 2008.  The focus areas will be understanding personality styles, conflict resolution, and consensus building.  Committee members will work with either Dr. Almeida or Tracey Whitehead and distribute the professional development to their respective teams (Each administrator is assigned to 7 teams).

2.      A consultant from the NELMS.

3.      Late April 2008

4.      The implementation of the module will be monitored through observations of team meetings, changes in teacher behavior reported in common planning time logs, informal mini-observations, and parent and student feedback.

During action team meetings every other month and on a full in-service day used to develop the module.

 Article 31 Funds-$1,500.00

1.  Common Planning Time logs, mini-observations in classrooms, observations of team meetings, and parent and student feedback.

 

  1. The NELMS Consultant and administrative staff.
  2. September and November of 2008