Purposeful Professional Learning (Professional Learning That Shifts Practice- Part 1) -... - 10 views
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allow learners to solve relevant issues that matter to them
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anonymous on 25 Apr 17If it doesn't seem to matter to the learners, it will be wasted time for them. Sometimes teachers are only in a PD session for the hours. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the facilitator to make sure there is at least one nugget of info that matters to them.
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the team determined a specific goal that they wanted to accomplish by the end of the day
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To guide the work time, we observed some classrooms and discussed what we noticed. Based on our goals, we set clear targets and some time boundaries to check in on progress.
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each teacher shared what they had learned, what they had created, and their actionable next steps.
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The more you empower learners, the more they will be invested in the work.
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society evolves and schools work to meet the needs of learners
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I think one of the keys here is to acknowledge that society is evolving and we need to evolve to meet the needs of society - for example, just because research shows that, for some things, handwriting helps people remember something better or reading a hard copy is easier for comprehension than a digital copy - just because research at this point confirms these concepts, that doesn't mean we don't need to provide opportunities for practice and teach learners to recall digitally written info or comprehend digital text. If that is the trend the world is moving toward, we have to move in that direction as well - or be left behind.
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purposeful