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Get Your PL in Gear: Reimagine Meaningful Professional Learning

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113C

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Associate Pricipal
Garden City High School
@DrGinnyD
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Dr. Virginia Duncan has been an Associate Principal in the Arts & Communications Academy of Garden City High School since 2021. Prior to that, she was an Instructional Technology Coach for 10 years. Before coaching teachers full time, Ginny taught English, History, and Drama at the middle level. Ginny is most passionate about helping teachers through their individual professional journey and helping them become teacher leaders. Ginny works to transform professional learning by implementing flexible and personal PL models and strategies that change the way teachers learn and grow. She continues to refine PL plans with innovative ideas and environments.

Session description

Discover practical ways to implement personalized professional learning (PL) environments that support teachers through changes in schools. Using various PL structures, reimagine HOW PL happens, empowering teachers and students to be learning leaders. Flexible PL encourages ongoing growth/leadership even during times of change in education.

Purpose & objective

Presenter will share example PL plans; session attendees will gain examples, tools, ideas, and structures for promoting and developing a flexible and personalized professional learning model that maintains momentum and supports teachers through structural changes in districts/schools. Presenter will share personal experiences about reimagining PL including ongoing, year-long leveled professional learning; novice teacher orientation structures; PL “events” that excite adult learners; as well as marketing strategies to engage adult learners.

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Outline

After a brief introduction (10 minutes), session participants will have an opportunity to explore examples through an interactive Gallery Walk of Professional Learning models and examples and interact with other session attendees (35 minutes), followed by a reflective wrap-up and action step exit ticket (10 minutes).

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Supporting research

- Theory of Innovation Video - https://youtu.be/9QnfWhtujPA
- Jump Start the Adult Learner by Laurie Materna
- Andragogy: The Adult Learning Theory of Malcolm Knowles: https://elearninginfographics.com/adult-learning-theory-andragogy-infographic/
- 8 Important Characteristics of Adult Learners: https://elearningindustry.com/8-important-characteristics-of-adult-learners
- The Art of Coaching by Elena Aguilar
- Do We Really Need PD? by Katie Martin https://katielmartin.com/2018/04/22/do-we-really-need-pd/
- Moving PD Forward Beyond Videos by Shelly Blake-Plock https://www.edsurge.com/news/2013-12-16-opinion-how-to-move-pd-forward
- Turning the Tables on Professional Learning by Keith Janelli https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-04-18-turning-the-tables-on-professional-learning
- How Teachers Are Learning: Professional Development Remix https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides/how-teachers-are-learning-professional-development-remix

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Session specifications

Topic:
Professional learning
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Professional developers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
ISTE Standards:
For Coaches:
Professional Learning Facilitator
  • Design professional learning based on needs assessments and frameworks for working with adults to support their cultural, social-emotional and learning needs.
  • Build the capacity of educators, leaders and instructional teams to put the ISTE Standards into practice by facilitating active learning and providing meaningful feedback.
  • Evaluate the impact of professional learning and continually make improvements in order to meet the schoolwide vision for using technology for high-impact teaching and learning.