Janet Lien Principal St. Bernadette School Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

Essential Question “How can we design problem/passion-based professional learning to engage our teachers for 21st century learners?”

My Local Context Small Suburban School 20 Teachers on our Faculty 5 Teachers are in the PLP Cohort Wide range of skills and needs

Objectives To create a personalized professional development plan for each teacher. To engage teachers in the Project/Passion Based Learning process. To model self directed learning in order to transfer this process to our classrooms/students. To foster collaboration among teachers. To engage in more powerful use of technology in our school.

Assessment Self reflection and evaluation of goals Participation in on-line discussions Collaborative project with a colleague Demonstrated use of web 2.0 tools for student learning

Implementation Plan September 2012 Faculty Meeting – discussion and presentation of Project-Based Learning/Review of TPaCK model Each teacher creates a personal learning contract for the year, which includes reflection on the TPaCK model Each teacher reads about project based learning Teachers post on our faculty wiki a sharing of what they have read and learned about project based learning and questions this poses for them

Implementation Plan (continued) October 2012 – Teachers brainstorm and p0st in the wiki topics that they are personally and professionally passionate about Each teacher will meet with the principal to review their personal learning contract Each teacher will comment on one other teacher’s post from September in the wiki

Implementation Plan…. November 2012 – Teachers will engage in activities designed by their personal learning contracts Teachers will research means for greater integration of web 2.0 tools in their classroom Sharing of ideas and research at faculty meeting

Implementation Plan…. December 2012 – Teachers will post in the wiki an example of how they are using project based learning in their classroom and reflections on their use of the TPaCK model Teachers will post a video of their students engaged in project based learning January/February 2013 – Teachers will again brainstorm topics they are passionate about in the classroom Based on this brainstorming teachers will identify a colleague to work with on a collaborative project across grades/subject areas

Implementation Plan March/April 2013 – Teachers will carry out collaborative project with another class in the school Artifacts will be posted to teacherweb pages Review of teacher learning contracts will be shared May/June 2013 – Reflective summaries of personal learning will be posted to the wiki Documents of student learning and projects will be shared at faculty meeting

Evaluation/Assessment Teacher reflections and sharing Review of personal learning contracts Discussion regarding progress towards goals