Building Capacity Moving Toward Sustainability

1. Building Capacity Moving Toward Sustainability Lara Hebert, Ph.D. Community Facilitator Literacy in Learning Exchange lhebert@ncte.org Professional Development Specialist National Council of Teachers of English

2. 2012 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher • Teacher satisfaction has declined 23 percentage points since 2008, to its lowest level in 25 years. • More than half of principals (53%) and teachers (56%) report that their school’s budget has decreased in the past 12 months. • Less satisfied teachers are more likely to be located in schools that had declines in professional development (21% vs. 14%) and in time for collaboration with other teachers (29% vs. 16%) in the last 12 months.

3. Multiple Reform Initiatives Have Significant Impact on Teacher and Leader Effectiveness

4. Remodeling Frameworks Institute Changing the Public Conversation about Social Problems Southern Living Kitchen Makeovers

5. Four-A’s Protocol Assumptions Agree Argue Aspire “Two Different Approaches to Reform“ from Linda Darling-Hammond’s Keynote at 2011 NCTE Convention Protocol adapted from the New School Reform Faculty’s Critical Friends Group Protocols

6. Capacity Building Focus Doing What is Right Doing it Right Compliance Commitment

8. Sustained improvement in literacy teaching and learning occurs when literacy is a shared responsibility, professional learning is rooted in collaboration and inquiry, and organizational conditions sustain ongoing learning for everyone.

10. Framework for Capacity Building Using Evidence Deprivatizing Practice Collaborative Culture Inquiry Stance Shared Agreements

12. Asset Inventory Results

13. Framework for Capacity Building Using Evidence Deprivatizing Practice Collaborative Culture Inquiry Stance Shared Agreements

14. Taking “Learning with and from One Another” to Scale Mentor/Coach Cohorts CCSS Implementation Teams Family/School Partnerships COPs Formative Assessment Teams

15. How might NCLE and the Literacy in Learning Exchange support your work?

16. Next Steps

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