Partners in Learning UK: Next Steps Kristen Weatherby UK Programme Manager Partners in Learning

1. Partners in Learning UK: Next StepsKristen WeatherbyUK Programme ManagerPartners in Learning

2. Partners in Learning Innovative Learning ICT Skills Professional Development Collaboration Leadership The Developing World

3. Three Key Initiatives Partners in Learning

4. Your Vision… Partners in Learning What is your vision for ICT in the classroom?

5. Vision Partners in Learning • Used effectively, ICT has the power to… • Show students real-world problems • Empower student to reach real-world audience • Student actively involved in learning • Develop communications skills • Build critical thinking skills • Help form collaboration skills

6. Realities Partners in Learning Are most teachers you work with engaged in activities consistent with your vision? What is keeping you from reaching your goals?

7. Realities Partners in Learning • Not enough time • Not enough access to ICT • Software isn’t useful • Budget doesn’t allow me what I need to do the right work • Inadequate teacher preparation, including both • Instructional strategy and • ICT skills • As a result, we’re finding worldwide • Isolated pockets of excellence • Most teacher are still not comfortable using technology • Professional development is still too little, too basic • Training model doesn’t model what we know about effective CPD

8. Professional Development Partners in Learning Describe the most effective professional development experience you’ve had. What made it effective?

9. Professional Development Partners in Learning • Research shows that the best professional development has these characteristics: • On the job, job embedded training • Long term, on going • Focused on classroom activities • Highly collaborative environment • Structured to offer chances to learn from others

10. Why Peer Coaching? Partners in Learning • What we were doing wasn’t working • Teachers look first to peers for help • Research demonstrates peer coaching is effective

11. Coaching is not a new idea… Almost every teacher feels like they have coached another teacher at some point in his/her career.

12. Peer Coaching Programme Goals Partners in Learning Train coaches to help other teachers: Plan and implement instructional activities that integrate technology into a standards-based curriculum. Plan and implement a Peer Coaching programme that aligns with their school’s improvement plan. Use communication skills to promote discussion about instruction. Collaborate with their school’s leadership and colleagues to ensure that coaching is part of their school’s professional development plan.

13. Peer Coaching Around the World Partners in Learning • Peer Coaching is running through Partners in Learning in 43 countries around the world. • Examples of Success: • Canada: Government in Manitoba recognises the success of PC and uses it to help with province-wide literacy with ICT programme • Australia: PC is adopted by teacher training institute as part of Masters programme for teachers • US: In one Washington district serving 20k students, 80 coaches work with 1200 teachers to improve lesson design, integrating ICT

14. How it works… Partners in Learning

15. Your Feedback Partners in Learning Share with me… Reasons you think coaching might meet your needs Questions you have about coaching