Professional Learning In Georgia

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Professional LearningIn Georgia

• State Board Rule Update
• and Professional Standards
• October 2003

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Transforming Staff DevelopmentInto
Professional Learning
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Georgias definition...
Professional Learning is the means by which
teachers, administrators and other school and
system employees acquire, enhance and refine the
knowledge, skills and commitment necessary to
create and support high levels of learning for
all students. Optimal professional learning is...
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High Quality School Improvement

• Results-driven
• Standards-based
• Job-embedded

• NCLB
• NSDC GSDC
• Georgias Choice
• Success by Design
• PSC - performance based certification
• P-16 Teacher Quality Initiative (BOR)

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Assertions

• High levels of learning for all students are at
  the center of what we do.
• Every student has the right to a competent
  teacher.
• Every teacher has a right to high quality
  preparation, ongoing professional learning, and
  other support.
• All of that requires a new and better form of
  professional development.

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State Wide Strategies

• Collect and Analyze Data
• Train Professional Learning Specialists (PLSes)
• Adopt Quality Standards
• Support Local Initiative

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Professional Learning Standards

• Specify the Vision and describe Goals
• Diagnostic tool
• Benchmarks
• Accountability

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Standards-Based PL
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Standards-Based PL
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Standards-Based PL
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Standards-Based PL
Support
CONTEXT
PROCESS
CONTENT
How
What
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Standard 1 organizes adults into learning
communities whose goals are aligned with those of
the school and district.
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Learning Communities are consistent with...

• No Child Left Behind (esp. Title IIA)
• Georgias Choice process model
• RESA Success by Design
• PSC - performance based certification
• P-16 Teacher Quality Initiative (BOR)
• Georgia Educational Personnel Evaluation

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Learning Communities are required by or supported
in

• State Board Rules on Comprehensive School
  Improvement Plans (CIP) and Professional Learning
• No Child Left Behind
• The State Title 1 School Improvement Plan
• Marzanos Factors Affecting Student Achievement

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The Georgia ProfessionalLearning Collaborative
(GPLC)

• Vision GPLCs vision is to forge new paths for
  learning.
• Mission GPLCs mission is to advance
  professional learning for education excellence in
  Georgia
• Action 1 Build capacity to initiate high quality
  collaborative learning communities.
• Action 2 Sustain high quality collaborative
  learning communities.

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State Wide Strategies

• Collect and Analyze Data
• Train Professional Learning Specialists (PLSes)
• Adopt Quality Standards
• Support Local Initiative

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State Board Rules

• Annual Continuous Improvement
• Professional Learning Plans
• Focus use of stipends
• RESA Annual Plan
• Alternative Professional Learning
• Improvement Plan
• Restrict earned SDUs
• Recertification Incentives

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Annual Continuous Improvement Plans

• Three-year plan, annual updates
• Formative assessments
• Require school SIPs aligned with system SIP
• School level staff planning opportunities
• Identify annual, measurable student outcomes

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Focus the purpose and allowable use of stipends.

• Stipends may be awarded only if
• aligned with an individual plan, a school or
  system improvement plan
• implemented in the classroom/work site

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RESA Annual Plan

• RESAs can approve their own PLUs
• Plan submitted to DOE for approval
• Formative assessment

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Alternative Professional Learning Improvement Plan

• Professional Learning Communities
• Standards Based
• Job Embedded - Action Research
• Performance Based Certification
• Annual Personnel Evaluation

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Restrict earned SDUs

• Field of Certification
• District/School/Professional Improvement Plan
• Annual Personnel Evaluation
• State/Federal Requirements

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Recertification Incentives

• Standard PLU
• Use in classroom/worksite double PLUs
• Use in classroom/worksite, student impact
  triple PLUs

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QUESTION?
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Professional Learning
Licensure Certification
Effective Schools with High Quality Teachers
Personnel Evaluation
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Data Driven
Standards Based
Job Embedded
Measurable Results
Action Research
Change Oriented
Systemic
High Quality Professional Learning