PIIC Mentors

" prerequisite for doing more complex, and more interesting"

How to find entry points for introducing the SPL

Meet the promise of content standards: Investing in Professional learning

From the Learning Principal: 5 principles for reviving problematic groups

Entire issue

After you read the article, use this presentation to share what you have learned with your team or colleagues.

"When school system leaders succeed in developing a culture of data use and analysis to improve professional learning, educators use data to monitor and evaluate the short-term, intermediate, and long-term effects of professional learning."

From Ellen: If you haven't had a chance yet, please read Learning Forward's article, "A New Game Plan - Professional learning redesign makes the case for teacher voices" published in The Learning System. I think many of the ideas captured here will resonate with you and your work. This article may be appropriate for your monthly coaches' networking meeting discussions.

June's SPL topic was Learning Communities

Topic: learning communities

The August topic was data.

This month's SPL topic is data

Learning Forward Journal - This month's topic is Outcomes

This month's SPL topic is Outcomes

Really like the use of Word Clouds hear for some higher order thinking in regard to the debates.

Robert Baker, from Cincinnati Country Day School, wrote a recent article for AALF, Removing Constraints. Here is a video of a presentation I saw him do - the one that sold me on digital ink and tablet PCs.