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Professional Learning is part of the field of education. Despite the effort the principals put in, and it has been verified that they do not have the expected success and that a change is needed. To have a change, we need, in this case, all teachers, principals, and administrators to work together to be successful.

We need to learn about The Key Principles of Effective Professional Learning to have meaningful Professional Learning.

It is essential to find The "Why" that I want to change PL at my school.

 

“WHY” 

Every organizational field has some form of professional development, whether healthcare, hospitality, business, or education. Corporate leaders are always trying to find ways to help develop their employees. However, unlike in other fields, an educator's purpose is to educate and inspire students to learn. A truly effective teacher must create a significant learning environment where students can develop as learning as they use their imagination and explore their passions. Students are not the only ones who must learn. Teachers also need an opportunity to build and grow in a significant learning environment. By providing teachers with meaningful professional learning in blended learning, they will be able to use 21st-century skills to increase student engagement.  

 

Call to Action

To ensure that the implementation of blended learning is successful; we must provide teachers with quality professional development. This type of professional development is engaging, collaborative, and specific to teachers’ needs. Through teacher-led collaboration, teachers can explore creativity through choice, ownership, voice, and authenticity, allowing them a first-hand experience in which they can relate to the students and grant them a similar opportunity.

By providing meaningful professional learning, teachers can explore creativity through choice, ownership, voice, and authenticity, allowing them a first-hand experience in which they can relate to the students and grant them a similar opportunity.

 

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BLUEPRINT

We divided our Professional Learning into two phases. Phases 1  Building Background Knowledge is to inform and bring awareness of the new pilot. Within this phase, the purpose, call-to-action, and we share blended learning information with administration and staff administrators and staff.

Phase 2 is when we put our plan into action. In the implementation phase participating teachers will create a blended learning environment in the classroom. After teachers have begun implementing Blended Learning, they will continue receiving ongoing support.

As time progressed, teachers could share their strengths and work towards strengthening their weaknesses. Teachers will also share areas of success. 

To implement the plan, I proposed to the administration the need for disruptive innovation and the purpose of creating a Blended Learning environment. Once approved, we made a blending learning team that included reading coaches, an instructional technologist specialist, and a blending learning leader. We used the Call of Action video to introduce it to teachers.  Teachers will know that a growth mindset is essential for students and themselves. Teachers collaborated with teams about personal growth mindset and how to incorporate it in the classroom. Educators looked at pre-kindergarten guidelines and Frog street content to align blended learning activities to the curriculum. We set up BHAG / WIG as a team based on student needs. After each PLC, teachers will fill out a Blending Learning Support Google form where they will input their areas or strengths and weaknesses. The google forms we designed are proper because teachers need support and feedforward. 
 

Audience

Change is not easy; it requires great effort and dedication to make small changes in our work routine. To start making changes at work, we need to start step by step, so I will help my fellow teachers by giving support when they need it to be successful in this new project. Working as a team is more likely to succeed, so I included my teachers because our main goal is for our students to be both academically successful and lifelong learners.
 

Fostering Collaboration

To foster collaboration, teachers will receive support from curriculum coaches or Blending Learning Leaders; they can also utilize their professional learning community for additional support. Teachers will be able to observe each other and provide feedforward with Glows and Growth. Teachers will be able to collaborate during PLC and conference time and will be encouraged to pair collaborate. Educators can adjust their lessons according to their student's learning abilities and provide an authentic learning experience. 
 

Fostering Self-Directed Learning

The impact of technology forces us to make changes in how we learn. As a teacher, we need to learn the skills of self-management, active learning, and flexibility. In PL meetings, we will have the opportunity to develop the ability of Self Directed Learning -a strategic and self-reflective learning process where the teacher takes the initiative to diagnose learning needs, formulate goals and identify the necessary resources to learn. One strategy to implement in PL meetings is encouraging teachers to set goals for themselves, providing them with the resources and support required to reach the established goals. I will also implement the COVA approach, where teachers have choice, ownership, and voice in an authentic learning environment. Another strategy to implement is self-assessment through Google Forms to know responsibly and honestly that I am doing well. What do I need to improve? And so make changes to be successful.

 

Professional Learning Instructors

Mrs. Carreon and I will lead as the Blended Learning Leaders and will give help at all times to the teachers either through email, google form, by phone, or during PL meetings. Mrs. Alvarez and Ms. Wood provide curriculum support. These coaches will assist throughout the year in aligning curriculum and blended learning. Mrs. Ramirez will write the agreements reached in each session.

 

5 Key Principles of Effective Professional Learning

• Time-It is vital that we respect teachers' time to ensure that the time we use is not wasted; we are punctual, precise, and engaging. Teachers' time is valuable because there is always something to do, so the time spent on each PL will be short but significant. Where doubts are objectively resolved in each meeting, some surveys will also be implemented through google Forms to use the PL's time shortly and aimed at clarifying doubts and supporting those teachers who need it.

• Support- Throughout this pilot will ensure that teachers have the support they need through PL and 1:1 support. Teachers will have weekly check-ins to ensure they have the support they need to feel supported. Throughout the implementation and learning process of the BL approach, teachers will receive support at all times, either during the PL meetings or through the google form.

• Engagement -Teachers will be collaborating and sharing. This will not be a sit-and-get sort of PL. Teachers will be moving from group to group to fuel their creative minds with ideas from others. Engage teachers in an active way where they feel comfortable learning

• Modeling-Teachers will observe Blended Learning Leader videos of how blended learning and station rotations were implemented.Observing strategies implemented in this case BL approach is the best situation for teachers to have highly qualified teaching practice. In my PL meetings, the teachers will watch videos where the BL approach is implemented, and there will also be a BL expert who will support the modeling of the BL approach.

 

• Specific content - Content will be tailored to prekindergarten guidelines on the subject -reading-.The content will be exclusive to prekindergarten teachers. Also, the BL approach and prekindergarten guidelines will be integrated into all planning for a better result.

 

 

Timeline

Date: November 28, 2022, to May 05, 2023

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Resources and Media

The innovation plan is the purpose and the plan to create 21st-century learning. The Why, The How, and the What are to bring into focus and create urgency for change. The four disciplines of execution help us focus on the wildly important goal, the ability to focus on creating change by holding teachers accountable through weekly meetings and scoreboards for motivation. The influencer strategy is to know the vital behaviors. The Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG), the 3-Column table, and UbD will be used to Create Significant Learning Environments. Growth Mindset resources will be available for teachers because it takes hard work to overcome challenges. it also takes failure because every time you fail, you learn a lesson.Some resources to use during PL are Google Form to do the surveys. Google calendar to schedule the dates, time, place, and moderation of PL meetings. Google Documents to write the objectives, agreements, goals, doubts, in short, to have a PL file. Google Slides to make presentations during meetings. The Youtube platform to watch videos that are scheduled in the outline. The smartboard will also be used as a technology tool. It is important to have a good internet signal to avoid setbacks and thus respect the valuable time of the teacher.

Aditional Resources: 

Mindset Resources- The “Mindset” Mindset by Alfie Kohn

Carol Dweck Book Summary Video

Growth vs. Fixed Mindset 

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Summary

My goal for this PL, is to provide teachers with meaningful professional learning where they feel comfortable expressing their ideas and doubts; teachers and students benefit when helping teachers. In addition, teachers will have the opportunity for creativity as they use COVA to create an authentic learning environment.

 

In this course, I have learned much about the need for efficient and professional learning. I have grown to understand several things about blended learning with station rotations. One essential item is teachers' time is valuable and limited. They must receive PL, and it must be beneficial. If we follow the five principles of effective professional learning, we can create an environment to motivate and engage teachers to embrace change. The five principles are implemented throughout the PL outline. This PL outline provides a detailed plan to bring structure and confidence in creating a significant learning environment. In professional learning, teachers will not be simply ‘sitting and getting’; they will be active participants. Teachers will have an opportunity to learn and collaborate.