Differentiated Professional Development All Saints’ Episcopal School Fort Worth, Texas November 4, 2011 Fr. David Madison, Assistant Head of School Dr. Mike Albritton, Dean of Academic Studies

Compare Left to Right Implications?

Your Hopes for this Session Time and money aside, what are your biggest challenges in providing professional development? What would you like to learn from our story? How do you learn best? – Reading quietly by yourself – Listening to a lecture – Speaking with colleagues

Differentiated Professional Development Philosophy Mission Strengths Collaboration Data Differences

Differentiated Professional Development Style Beethoven No Armstrong Yes

Differentiated Professional Development Research Roland Barth Howard Gardner Jay McTighe Ken O'Connor Tom Sergiovanni Ted Sizer Carol Tomlinson Bill Watterson* Grant Wiggins

Differentiated Professional Development Flow Mission Accreditation Report2009 Learning Teams2010 Fall – Differentiation – Assessment – Technology Curriculum Experiments2011 Spring Curriculum Tithes Curriculum Alignment

Learning Teams Differentiation Technology Assessment Readings Discussion Questions Action Templates Report to Departments

Learning Teams Differentiation Technology Assessment Readings Discussion Questions Action Templates Report to Departments ✔ ✔ ✗

Assessment Re-Teach required since objectives not met. Shifted from small group reading and discussion to whole group lecture and follow up.

Grade Book Exercise Mission Assessment Grading Assessment is all of the ways we notice and communicate about students’ performance.

O’Connor, Ken. (2002) How to grade for learning: Linking grades to standards. (2 nd ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. p. 142.

Process Product Progress Reframing the Assessment Conversation

Internal Revenue Service! Christian Nurture at its best. …. We’re watching you!

Curriculum Experiments Choose one of the three areas of focus: – Differentiation, Assessment, or Technology. Try it in a way you never have before. Help each other. Entertaining disaster trumps a boring success. What matters is you try something new and learn from it.

Point of View / Creative Fairy Tales Jamie Powers, 3 rd

Jing for Assessment Mae Maly, 8 th Goal: Enable students to make revisions on future drafts based on individual, verbal feedback.

All-Digital Research Papers Darlene Cook, 5 th

This Year: Flexible and Fun Next Year: Flexible, Fun and TARGETED Leverage Strengths Shore Up Weaknesses ERB is Part of Decision Process Next Experiment / ERB Analysis

Curriculum Tithe Look broadly to discern need in your area. Apply what you learned in the experiment. Overhaul 4 weeks or 10% of your teaching. Help each other.

Student Needs Accreditation Reports Parent Expectations Professional Associations Assessment Data Teacher Capacities Mission Statement Outcome Statement Curriculum Experiments: Professional Judgment

Sample Table: Math

Sample Chart: Reading Comp

Curriculum Tithe! Individual brilliance and collective excellence. 10% of instruction or 4 week unit. Strengthen horizontal and vertical alignment.

Fall 2011 In-Service Differentiation, Assessment & Technology Workshops to build capacity in support of larger curriculum tithes. In-House Experts help others.

Curriculum Tithe: From Mission to Outcome Name a 4 week or 10% change. that to Mike A. by Friday. Consider the mission beginnings. Move towards the outcome endings. Mission Statement – Academic Excellence – Christian Nurture – Anglican Tradition Outcome Statement – Genius Within – Relationship with God – Engaging and Serving

Curriculum Alignment Building on the Experiments and Tithes

Tithe Alignment

Curriculum Alignment Why? When? How? – Build on great work already in progress. – Use flexible groups in protected meetings. – Do specific and time bound reflections & brainstorms. – Use template to focus conversation and record ideas. – Prioritize next steps. – Division Heads will provide details.

Planning Template Guided Reflection Suggested Action Examine –Data, Plans –Reports, Artifacts, etc. Discuss –Thought questions for group. Note Findings –Write your insights here. –Big Picture. –Wise observations. Possible Action Items –Generate ideas –Lots of ideas –Every time together –Running list online –We’ll prioritize at last session and decide who owns which tasks. –Done! Session:_______Topic: ________ Participants : ___________

Differentiated Professional Development Flow Mission Accreditation Report2009 Learning Teams2010 Fall – Differentiation – Assessment – Technology Curriculum Experiments2011 Spring Curriculum Tithes Curriculum Alignment

Discussion & Questions

Thank You! Mike Albritton and David Madison