1. McLendon 20081 Minnesota Summer Institute 2008

2. McLendon 20082 Creating A Learning Culture What is a Learning Culture? A Learning Culture Audit http://www.agelesslearner.com/assess/ cultureaudit.htmlhttp://www.agelesslearner.com/assess/ cultureaudit.html

3. McLendon 20083 Creating a Learning Culture Leaderships Role –Expectation –Guidance –Structure –Access –Incentives

4. McLendon 20084 Creating a Learning Culture Why to we need a Learning Culture?

5. McLendon 20085 Sideways There is no front door! How did YOU get here?

6. McLendon 20086 Activity At your tables, share how you got into adult education

7. McLendon 20087 Cris Smith How Teachers Change Two factors that positively affect teacher change (Smith, 2002) are: Involving teachers in the decision making process Teachers working together to solve problems—collegiality Involve teachers/tutors in the process of analyzing student persistence data and recommending program improvement strategies

8. McLendon 20088 Wisdom of Crowds A group of informed individuals give better advice and wiser recommendations than experts. People will not argue with things they help develop. Advice: Involve as many of your staff as possible in program improvement activities.

9. McLendon 20089 Objectives Explore Learning Options You Can Create—Structure & Process Explore Tools and Resources You Can Adapt

10. McLendon 200810 Part I Structure & Process Options for Learning

11. McLendon 200811 Structure & Process What Does a Professional Development System Look Like? What Do Teachers Need to Know and When Do They Need to Know it?

12. McLendon 200812 Content New Teacher Orientation Core Training Responsive Training –T–Their skills –P–Program Improvement Initiatives

13. McLendon 200813 The Variables AccessAccess IncentivesIncentives FulfillmentFulfillment

14. McLendon 200814 The Matrix ContentAccessIncentivesFulfillment New Teacher Orientation Core Training Responsive Training Page 5

15. McLendon 200815 Tools & Resources

16. McLendon 200816 Tools & Resources New Teacher Orientation.

17. McLendon 200817 New Teacher Orientation What are you doing now?

18. McLendon 200818 New Teacher Orientation What Do NEW TEACHERS need to know? NC New Teacher Self AssessmentNC New Teacher Self Assessment –Page 77

19. McLendon 200819 New Teacher Orientation History, Philosophy, and Contemporary Nature of Adult Education –ABE background reader –ESL background reader

20. McLendon 200820 New Teacher Orientation Free Online New Teacher Orientation Resources. Page 27

21. McLendon 200821 New Teacher Orientation Mentoring “We get by with a little help from our friends” Pages 29 & 50

22. McLendon 200822 New Teacher Orientation Guidance & Expectations –Access –Incentives –Fulfillment

23. McLendon 200823 Core Training What Do ALL TEACHERS need to know? Tools and Resources –Your Program Procedures –Priority State ABE Content Areas Page 55

24. McLendon 200824 Core Training Guidance & Expectations –Access –Incentives –Fulfillment

25. McLendon 200825 Responsive PD What do SIDEWAYS teachers need to know and be able to do?

26. McLendon 200826 Responsive PD Tools –Teacher Self Assessments Page 62 –Priority State ABE Content Areas Page 55

27. McLendon 200827 Responsive PD Guidance & Expectations –Access –Incentives –Fulfillment

28. McLendon 200828 Individual PD Plan Staff Meetings (New Teacher Orientation) Core Training Responsive PD Your Recommendation –Observations –Program Improvement Initiatives

29. McLendon 200829 Final Reflections Wisdom of Crowds & Cris Smith Presenting Findings –YESM –Quarterly Staff Meetings

30. McLendon 200830 llmcl422@netscape.net