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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.
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).
- 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