1. Developing Teacher Leaders By Manley Midgett North Carolina Teacher Academy 909 Aviation Parkway, Suite 700 Morrisville, NC 27560 manley.midgett@teacheracademy.org

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4. North Carolina Teacher Academy Started in 1994 Funded by the General Assembly Connected to Department of Education Offer 35 different modules Served 78% of schools (1,783) Served over 45,000 teachers in extensive professional development experiences Provided 300 literacy coaches

5. The North Carolina Teacher Academy Professional Development Standards are aligned with the National Staff Development Council’s Standards for Staff Development and are designed to assist schools in outlining school improvement goals. All professional Development is results- driven, standards-based, and job-embedded.

6. Why Develop Teacher Leaders? Doing what we’ve always done,

7. Why Develop Teacher Leaders? Still gets us what we’ve always gotten!

8. Why Develop Teacher Leaders? We don’t like what we’ve always gotten!

9. Why Develop Teacher Leaders? We can try to change everybody at once

10. Why Develop Teacher Leaders? or, we can start with some key leaders!

11. Why Develop Teacher Leaders? We are not trying to get teachers to leave the classroom.

12. Change on “three fronts” Objectives THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM Evaluation Instruction

13. Change on “three fronts” The written curriculum (Standards) The taught curriculum The tested curriculum

14. 1. The Written Curriculum Converting standards to classroom objectives

15. 2. The Taught Curriculum What we do day-to-day in the classroom

16. 3. The Tested Curriculum Are they getting it?

17. 1. Standards “It is worth it to spend time converting state standards into objectives that include student behaviors and science process skills matched with content.” (Typically, there is a tendency to jump directly on the content.)

18. 2. Old Instructional Model The 2E Model Explain-Evaluate

19. One Major Change Implement the “5E+” Model Even our best teachers still wanted to “explain” before “exploring”. We matched activities to the classroom objectives and used the expected skills and content.

21. 3. Evaluation Typically, we expect the students to tell us back that which we have been saying. They like this deal! They don’t need to think, just repeat after us.

22. 3. Evaluation What do we get? A “false sense” of security

23. Question? Are we really evaluating for understand?

24. Solution So, we matched the evaluation to the classroom objectives, which were also matched by the 5E+ activities.

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26. Getting Started Selected a focus a level

27. Getting Started Sent out applications Got over 300 back Selected 35-40 teachers Who did we select?

28. Provide three things 1. Deeper understanding of science 2. Learn how to improve objectives, lesson cycles, and evaluation for understanding 3. How to become a provider of professional development Bonus: Camaraderie

29. 1. Deeper understanding of science 6 days of in-depth training with a national expert in the field

30. 2. The Science Curriculum (Written-Taught-Tested) Tasks to try in classroom, share with each other, discuss, revise and receive feedback (met for extend times) Wrote objectives Wrote & tried 5E+ cycles Wrote evaluations & discussed them

31. Communications Tried activities over time Got feedback from me and Got feedback from team leaders Emailed and phoned feedback Worked as Grade Level Teams Met regularly to share

32. 3. Professional Developers Modeled professional development Chances to practice Coaching 2 days of planning for a summer academy Worked in grade-level teams

33. 3. Professional Developers Week-long academy by grade level Worked in pairs Got daily and end-of-week feedback by peers and me Got feedback from participants

34. 3. Professional Developers 2-day follow-up provided help with all things related to their professional development On-line follow-up with participants provided feedback for PD as well as the lesson cycles

35. It’s Not Over! Seems like a lot to do for a one-week academy? They can now provide PD for their school and district and we support PD by them for other LEAs and future summers. Some are in their 15 th year of doing this.

37. Elementary Earth Science

38. Questions?