1. Vision: Every child in every district receives the instruction that they need and deserve…every day. Oregon Response to Intervention Vision: Every child in every district receives the instruction that they need and deserve…every day. Professional Learning Leadership Launch 2015 Salem, Oregon

2. Data-Based Decision Making with Decision Rules Training Coaching Fidelity Training Coaching Fidelity Standards of Practice Standards of Practice Culture Leadership Teaming/Data- Based Decision Making Professional Learning & Support RTI Essential Components Core Screening Interventions Progress Monitoring SLD Decision Making

3. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org ORTIi To increase student achievement for ALL students Today’s objective To assist districts in understanding the impact of their professional learning & support Begin to develop a vision of professional learning. Professional Learning Objectives

4. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Is your PL increasing achievement for ALL students? 1.What are your professional learning needs? 2.How do you provide professional learning in your district? 3.What funding are you using to support it? 4.How do you know it is effective?

5. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Effective Interventions Actual Supports Years 1-3 Outcomes Years 4-5 Every Teacher Trained Fewer than 50% of the teachers received some training Fewer than 10% of the schools used the CSR as intended Every Teacher Continually Supported Fewer than 25% of those teachers received support Vast majority of students did not benefit Aladjem & Borman, 2006; Vernez, Karam, Mariano, & DeMartini, 2006 Longitudinal Studies of a Variety of Comprehensive School Reforms What do we know about professional learning?

6. Increasing the effectiveness of professional learning is the leverage point with the greatest potential for strengthening and refining the day to day performance of educators. Learning Forward

7. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Capacity

8. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org What is professional learning?

9. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Professional Learning “the process of bringing a person to an agreed standard of proficiency, by practice and instruction” http://www.thefreedictionary.com/training “the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies.”knowledgeskills competenciesvocational http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training

10. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Professional Learning "Professional development... goes beyond the term 'training' with its implications of learning skills, and encompasses a definition that includes formal and informal means of helping teachers not only learn new skills but also develop new insights into pedagogy and their own practice, and explore new or advanced understandings of content and resources.” Modified from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2prof.htmhttp://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2prof.htm

11. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Professional Learning (cont.) “... [This] definition of professional development includes support for teachers as they encounter the challenges that come with putting into practice their evolving understandings about the use of new skills and technology.” Modified from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2prof.htmhttp://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd2prof.htm

12. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Create your definition What resonates with you for your district? –What are key aspects that you want to capture?

13. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org 1.) What are your professional learning needs? Data-Based Needs Assessment –Outcome data –Implementation data (fidelity) –Capacity assessment –Staff perception

14. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org 2). How do you provide professional development?

15. Time for Professional Learning

16. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org 3). What funding are you using to support PL? How do you have these conversations? –Funding sources Title 2A ESEA General Funds –Coordinating the funding sources Sped Title

18. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org 4). How do you know if your PL is effective? Standards of practice? Sufficient training& support? Data? –Outcome data –Implementation data (fidelity) –Capacity assessment –Staff perception

19. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Challenges

21. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Guidelines for Success 1.Recognize change as both an individual and an organizational process 2.Think big, but start small 3.Work in teams to maintain support 4.Include procedures for feedback on results 5.Provide follow up, support, and pressure 6.Integrate programs

22. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org What is your context? Individual teacher/school initiated vs. district driven Gradual vs. immediate & drastic

23. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Discussion Question What professional learning strategies can you use/refine to develop the necessary competence in participants to skillfully use the most effective educational approaches to accomplish the goal of improved outcomes for students?

24. Oregon Response to Intervention www.oregonrti.org Next Steps 1.Review your PL document 2.Begin to develop your PL vision 3.Think about what knowledge and resources are needed to fulfill your vision