Professional Development

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THEORY OF INSTRUCTIONAL CHANGE

TEACHER EVALUATION & ENHANCED TEACHER PRACTICE & EFFECTIVENESS

  • => Improved Student Learning & Achievement<=

  • Four Essential Questions

  1. What do we expect our students to learn? (Goals and Expectations)

  2. How will we know they are learning? (Assessment)

  3. How will we respond when they don't learn? (Intervention)

  4. How will we respond if they already know it?

INSTRUCTIONAL ALIGNMENT

Marzano, Focused Teacher Evaluation Model

Marzano Taxonomy

MN Statue (122A.60)

INSTRUCTIONAL PHILOSOPHY

“The greatest thing you can do for another man is not just share your riches, but reveal to him his own,” Benjamin Disraeli

Distributive Leadership: Management style that combines delegation, collaboration and teamwork through the use of Mentorship and Peer Coaching programs.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK

ImPACT is Pine City Schools Educational Framework for teaching and learning. The district's focus is on the five specific areas that directly align to student learning. Instruction, professional development, assessment, curriculum, and technology integration make up the foundational areas of this educational framework. ImPACT is driven by research, a set of foundational beliefs formed from the research, and action steps to implement best practice is all areas across the district with the goal of positively impacting student learning to have the greatest impact on the long-term success in preparing students for their future.

INSTRUCTIONAL ALIGNMENT

Dufour, "Learning By Doing"