Partners in Learning UK: Next Steps Kristen Weatherby UK Programme Manager Partners in Learning

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Partners in Learning UK Next StepsKristen
WeatherbyUK Programme ManagerPartners in
Learning
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Partners in Learning
Innovative Learning
ICT Skills
Professional Development
Collaboration
Leadership
The Developing World
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• Partners in Learning

• Three Key Initiatives

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• Partners in Learning

• Your Vision

What is your vision for ICT in the classroom?

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• Partners in Learning

• Vision

• Used effectively, ICT has the power to
• Show students real-world problems
• Empower student to reach real-world audience
• Student actively involved in learning
• Develop communications skills
• Build critical thinking skills
• Help form collaboration skills

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• Partners in Learning

• Realities

Are most teachers you work with engaged in
activities consistent with your vision? What
is keeping you from reaching your goals?
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• Partners in Learning

• Realities

• Not enough time
• Not enough access to ICT
• Software isnt useful
• Budget doesnt allow me what I need to do the
  right work
• Inadequate teacher preparation, including both
• Instructional strategy and
• ICT skills
• As a result, were finding worldwide
• Isolated pockets of excellence
• Most teacher are still not comfortable using
  technology
• Professional development is still too little,
  too basic
• Training model doesnt model what we know
  about effective CPD

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• Partners in Learning

• Professional Development

Describe the most effective professional
development experience youve had. What made
it effective?
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• Partners in Learning

• Professional Development

• Research shows that the best professional
  development has these characteristics
• On the job, job embedded training
• Long term, on going
• Focused on classroom activities
• Highly collaborative environment
• Structured to offer chances to learn from
  others

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• Partners in Learning

• Why Peer Coaching?

• What we were doing wasnt working
• Teachers look first to peers for help
• Research demonstrates peer coaching is
  effective

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Coaching is not a new idea

• Almost every teacher feels like they have coached
  another teacher at some point in his/her career.

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• Partners in Learning

• Peer Coaching Programme Goals

• Train coaches to help other teachers
• Plan and implement instructional activities that
  integrate technology into a standards-based
  curriculum.
• Plan and implement a Peer Coaching programme that
  aligns with their schools improvement plan.
• Use communication skills to promote discussion
  about instruction.
• Collaborate with their schools leadership and
  colleagues to ensure that coaching is part of
  their schools professional development plan.

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• Partners in Learning

• Peer Coaching Around the World

• Peer Coaching is running through Partners in
  Learning in 43 countries around the world.
• Examples of Success
• Canada Government in Manitoba recognises the
  success of PC and uses it to help with
  province-wide literacy with ICT programme
• Australia PC is adopted by teacher training
  institute as part of Masters programme for
  teachers
• US In one Washington district serving 20k
  students, 80 coaches work with 1200 teachers to
  improve lesson design, integrating ICT

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• Partners in Learning

• How it works

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• Partners in Learning

• Your Feedback

Share with me Reasons you think coaching might
meet your needs Questions you have about
coaching