LEADERSHIP & TEACHER DEVELOPMENT Teacher Educator Enhancement Program Workshop 1 – Day 2 Facilitators: Professor Sharon F. Rallis Professor Gretchen B. Rossman Center for International Education University of Massachusetts Amherst 1

OBJECTIVES – Day 2 By the end of the day, we hope you will be able to….. Articulate what you have learned about conducting AR Articulate remaining questions you have about AR Identify supports and barriers to implementing Learning Circles and AR with in-service teachers Define and describe the PoPP Adapt the modules 1 and 2 of the PoPP to your own practice Describe the next steps for conducting your AR projects Understand your assignments in the intersession Teacher Educator Learning Circles 2

AGENDA – Day 2 9amObjectives, Agenda 9:10amRegrouping – Reviewing AR Projects 10:15amApplying to in-service teacher training 11amBREAK 11:15am- 1pm Learning – Portfolio of Professional Practice 1-1:30pmLUNCH 1:30-2pmPlanning Intersession Assignments 2-3pmAMIDEAST & NIET 3

Sharing Activity in Your LCs Guiding questions: – What did you do for the mini-AR activity? – What did you learn? – What remaining questions do you have? 4

Continuing the AR Inquiry Cycle Implementing Assessing Evaluation 5

What instructional strategies will I use to facilitate this learning? What happens in the class? (collect data) What happens in the class? (collect data) What do students learn? How do I know? (collect data) What do students learn? How do I know? (collect data) What do I want my students to learn? What did I learn? (reflect and interpret) How will I know? What do I do next? (action planning) OBJECTIVE IMPLEMENT ASSESS EVALUATE PLAN NEXT STEPS 6

Modeling UMass Teacher Educator workshops Curriculum coordinators Curriculum committees Teacher Educator regional Learning Circles Delivering training to in-service teachers Everyday instructional practice 7

Thinking ahead to training the in-service teachers In pairs, identify: – Supports or resources that can help you implement training – Barriers you may face while implementing training  Report out 8

BREAK – 15 minutes 9

What is a Portfolio of Professional Practice? The portfolio is a intentional collection of documents that I create to highlight my teaching philosophy, goals, expertise, and experience and to demonstrate my growth as a professional. The PoPP is the receptacle for collecting evidence that illustrates and encourages reflection on improvement in my practice over time. 10

What can go into a PoPP? My professional background Description of my goals Description of my context Lesson Plans / Workshop Agendas Students’ or trainees’ work / assignments Completed ART projects LC Discussion Summaries Photos of classroom / documents Classroom Observation Forms Videos of my practice Colleague’s Critical Feedback Reflections on my practice 11

PoPP – Module 1 Professional Background Teaching Philosophy & Methodology Immediate Learning Goals 12

Portfolio Module 1 Who am I as a professional and what are my immediate professional goals? 13

In Learning Circles Brainstorm what kinds of artifacts might go into Module 1  List on flipchart paper  Gallery 14

PoPP Modules 2, 3, 4 …. Evidence of my growth as a professional My Action Research 15

In your Learning Circles What kinds of artifacts will document your AR projects – brainstorm  Questions? 16

LUNCH – 30 minutes 17

Intersession Assignments  Formed into LCs based on region and discipline  Meet F2F two times before March 15 – once before teacher training begins, once after first module  Individual assignments o Complete Module 1 of the PoPP o Complete AR 1 – write up o Conduct AR 2 (same topic/issue or new one) – write-up  Intersession LC meetings o Face-to-face 1 – bring module 1 of PoPP and AR 1 write-up – submit to Moodle o Face-to-face 2 – bring AR 2 write-up and share first experiences in training teachers – submit to Moodle o Virtual meetings?  Next TEE Workshop - ~March (PRELIMINARY DATES) 18

Thank you. We will stay in touch through Moodle. 19