1. Professional Learning in Northwest ISD
Stephanie Espinosa, Ed.D.
Robert Thornell, Ed.D.

2. The Professional Learning Framework
Comprehensive guide to professional learning opportunities and expectations in Northwest ISD.
The framework differentiates expectations for new and returning NISD educators.
The framework differentiates between courses, contents, and positions within NISD.
The framework is aligned to the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS)

3. Aligned to T-TESS Domains

4. Learning Levels Level 1 – Application Level 2 – Analysis and Synthesis
The professional learning opportunities listed under Level 1 are all annual required professional learning sessions that teachers must complete each year.
Level 2 – Analysis and Synthesis
The professional learning opportunities listed under Level 2 are designed to enhance teacher pedagogy or instruction in their classroom. Teachers are not required to attend all of the offerings listed under Level 2.
Level 3 – Transformation
The professional learning opportunities listed under Level 3 are designed to help transform the educator, campus and district. Teachers are not required to attend the sessions under Level 3 and the offerings will not apply to every teacher. Many offerings under Level 3 are leadership opportunities or trainer of trainers’ modules.

5. Summer Professional Learning Focus
Content Literacy
Content Knowledge
Differentiation
Reading and writing to learn
Interacting with text
Identifying content vocabulary and language skills
Meeting the needs of all students

6. Annual Institutes 4 Core Contents Areas Dual Language World Languages
Special Education
Interventionists
Creating meaning, and
The ability to use the content (from informational and literary texts) to ascend the pyramid of cognitive demand (engage in a rich and rigorous, evidence-based conversation about the text through reading, writing, listening, and speaking)

7. Notable Learning Opportunities
Training with Teacher’s College on Writer’s Workshop
Balanced Literacy
Ethics training
Behavior Intervention and Support
Response to Intervention
Book studies
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
Technology Integration
Technology and classroom management
What does productive struggle look like?
Project Wild
Depth & Complexity

8. Summer Book Study 16 Different Book Studies went on during the summer
Modeling the importance of literacy in all contents
Meeting the needs of our teachers

9. 2 Keynotes + Evening parent event
219 Sessions offered
2 Keynotes + Evening parent event
Marcia Tate
Mark Perna
Additional outside experts
Over 1000 attendees
Over 75 from surrounding districts

10. Professional Learning Effectiveness
Today’s training will help me be more effective in my job.
Today’s training will help me successfully implement district initiatives or instructional expectations.
Please let us know how well the presenter conveyed the material.
4 point Likert scale
761 Responses
91% said they would like to see more sessions like this.
5% would like support from a coach
3.82
3.80
3.86
97.6%
97.1%
97.%

12. Back to School Schedule
New to NISD Schedule
Monday
August 13, 2018
Tuesday
August 14, 2018
Wednesday
August 15, 2018
New Teacher Breakfast
Curriculum Overview
New Teachers
New Teachers and Mentors on campuses
All Teachers Schedule
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Campus Professional Learning Day
Friday, August 17, 2018
Teacher Work Day
Monday, August 20, 2018
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Campus Professional Learning Day – a.m.
Convocation – begins at 12:30
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
District Professional Learning Day
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Teacher PLC Day
Ethics Training (1/2 day) - Secondary
Friday, August 24, 2018

13. Ongoing Support New Teacher Academy Instructional Coaching
Targeted Professional Learning
Professional Learning Dashboard
3 Professional Learning days during the year
Curriculum Content Webpages

14. Leadership Learning Leadership Academy Protocol Training
Principals/AP PLCs
Leading and Learning Sessions
Learning Cycles & Teams

15. Challenges Teacher growth Changing student needs
Meeting the varying needs of teachers

16. Questions