Instructional Leadership Supporting Adult Learning

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, Name of Superintendent –Welcome & Why important? Name of Facilitator –Overview / Agenda –Enduring Understandings –Guiding Questions –Targeted Objectives –Introductions Overview & Introductions

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, Consider the current reality for supporting teacher growth and development Connect adult learning theory to effective practices to support teacher growth and development Surface and Address Levels of Concern. Create a plan of action to take back to your building to plan for quality instruction. Intended Outcomes

Proposed Norms & Expectations Stay focused and fully engaged –no competing conversations please Participate to grow –share openly and monitor your listening Be a learner –create your own meaning and application Get your needs met –ask questions that benefit the group –personal questions on breaks Housekeeping –silence cell phones –handle business later – share ONE point …then next person

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, Student Achievement Teacher Quality Instructional Leadership Implementing Monitorin g Supporting Communicatin g Advocatin g Planning Instructional Leadership Quality Instruction

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, There are effective instructional practices that maximize student academic and social learning. Quality Instruction

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved,  How do instructional leaders support teachers’ opportunities to improve their instructional practices?  How do instructional leaders support collaboration among faculty to improve instruction that maximizes student learning?  How do instructional leaders secure resources necessary to deliver high quality instruction?  How do instructional leaders allocate instructional resources to maximize the quality of instruction? Research-Based Critical Behaviors

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, By the end of this workshop you will develop an action plan focused on applying the Research-Based Critical Behaviors. In the column labeled “Current Reality” –Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5  5 = Highly effective  3 = Satisfactorily Effective  1 = Ineffective –Describe the evidence that supports your application of this concept Action Plan

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, How do instructional leaders support learning among faculty to improve instruction that maximizes student learning? Adult Learning Theory Segment Guiding Question

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, On Post- its jot down the answer to the following: How do you support teacher growth and learning? Record only 1 idea per post-it.

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, For each activity recorded consider the effectiveness. –Has this activity been effective to support teacher growth? –What evidence can you provide? Share with your table group and organize the post-its on a chart under a + for effective and – for ineffective. Evaluating Current Reality

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, Locate in your participant packet, Twelve Principles for Effective Adult Learning by Jane Vella. Read your assigned section with your group. Plan a 3-5 minute presentation for your principle. During the presentation record what the principle is and how it could be applied in your school. Adult Learning Theory Research Source: Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, Jane Vella, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1994.)

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, In your presentation, please record your key points on chart paper including the following: What is the principle? How does that principle apply in the school setting? How does that principle support teacher acquisition of effective instructional strategies? Group Presentations

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, How does your chart of Effective / Ineffective Practice align with the research on adult learning as presented in article? –What is similar? What is Different? Discuss why some of those activities you listed earlier as ineffective with consideration of adult learning theory. How does this influence your practice? Making Connections

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, On your own, make notes about three events in your school during the past year, and describe how the application of adult learning theory could improve each event. Making Improvements

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, At your table groups, consider the different ways Adult Learning Theory can be applied at your school to support your teachers’ growth and development. Each group will share a specific example. Task: Adult Learning Theory

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, Consider the guiding question Use column labeled “Strategies/Ideas” –Connect today’s discussions with the “Research-Based Critical Behaviors.” –List at least THREE things per box Pair Share ONE strategy you learned today and how you plan to use it at your school. Closure for this Segment 17

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, Review the following… –Targeted Objectives –Research-Based Critical Behaviors Next Steps –What additional data do you need? –Who will you involve in process? –What resources do you need? Action Plan –Do what? –By when? Conclusion and Development of an Action Plan

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, In table groups (in a round robin format) –Share one new learning and describe how you will apply it in your job –NO REPEATS! Workshop Closure

© AZ Board of Regents, All rights reserved, Please complete “Participant Feedback” form –Grant research –Improve future workshops Workshop Closure