From our own experience, and research bears this out, teacher evaluation/supervision systems that rely on long list of teaching standards and periodic observations have little impact on student learning. We have taken a different approach to professional growth. We built culture agreements expressed as principles then we turn those into agreed practices. We express those in terms of learner impact so we described learner practices first. Then we provide teachers with the tools to create those classroom cultures. Instead of each teacher writting multiple goals we focus together on one Collective Impact Goal. Since we know that collective teacher efficacy has the biggest impact on student learning, we build teacher efficacy... collectively.
FROM SUPERVISION TO SHARED VISION
THE COLLECTIVE GROWTH SYSTEM : WEBINAR SERIES
We offer a complete 5 part-webinar series with special guests to help schools and school systems design their own Collective Growth System.
PART ONE: SO, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? Defining the issue and using Human-Centered Design to create a complete alternative model.
PART TWO: What makes a Culture? Co-creating our shared culture and using it to guide and drive our growth.
PART THREE: How do we build buy-in from Everyone? Focusing on the First Teacher, our Parents and the Third Teacher, our learning environment.
PART FOUR: How does the Collective Growth System work? Examining examples of the Cultural Continua and their supporting Tools and Templates.
PART FIVE: How does it all come together? Examining the complete COLLECTIVE GROWTH SYSTEM and making plans for testing and implementing.
SO, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Defining the issue and using Human-Centered Design to create a complete alternative model.
EXPLORE THE CULTURE COMPONENTS
Cultures share aspirations so we work together to develop A Portrait of a Learner, which serves as the "End in Mind" for everything we do in the culture.
Cultures share a language so we provide a shared learning definition that describes learning in terms of conceptual, competency and character growth.
It's only a culture if everybody belongs and can be successful so we work with schools to create systemic Student Success Services to make sure that everybody learns.
Cultures share celebrations so we have highly developed approaches to Learning Exhibitions.