Essential Conditions for Implementation of...

1. Essential Conditions for Implementation of... Local Professional Development Programming

2. Guiding Questions • How are education stakeholders working toward a shared understanding of a commitment to their respective roles and responsibilities to support implementation? • How are education stakeholders fostering a culture of learning to optimize learning for all students?

3. GuidingPrinciple Successful implementation is possible in an environment where education stakeholders are committed to sharing the responsibility for supporting implementation within a culture of learning.

4. 7 Essential Conditions

5. Characteristics of Successful Implementation Research shows that successful implementation— • is a shared responsibility among stakeholders; • is developmental and contextual; • is systematically planned, systemic, and sustained; • is meaningful, purposeful and focused on key priorities;

6. Characteristics of Successful Implementation, cont’d… • involves learning opportunities that focus on enhancing professional practice and leadership capacity among educators; • involves a variety of learning opportunities by and for all stakeholders, including support staff, students, parents, school councils and community members; and • involves change at both organizational and individual levels.

7. System Coherence

8. Addressing the Essential Conditions Intentionally addressing the essential conditions requires that education stakeholders collaborate to: • answer several guiding questions as they develop their implementation plans; • employ strategies, procedures and/or processes that identify who will be responsible for what, by when and at what cost; and • establish what evidence will be accepted that the essential conditions have been addressed.

9. Essential Conditions for Implementation:Local Professional Development Program • Shared Vision • Leadership • Research and Evidence • Resources • Teacher Professional Growth • Time • Community Engagement

10. Self-Assessment • Turn to page 11 of the document and complete the Self-Assessment. • Be honest—this is the time to consider the complexity of the task and assess resources and issues. • You may wish to consider an initiative already underway for the purposes of reflection.

11. Self-Assessment Tool • How could I use this tool in my local? • For collaborative planning on PD? • With my committee?

12. Collaborative Task • Work within your table group. • You will be assigned an essential condition to focus on. • Assume you are attempting to implement a professional development program that supports a pedagogical initiative. • Brainstorm and record on the wall poster. • Be prepared to present ideas to the group.

13. Teacher Leadership How could you use this document to: • stimulate conversation? • include new collaborators? • focus meeting time? • clarify responsibilities? • assure clear communication? • form working groups?

14. Considering Strategies PD can be so much... ... and more! Individual professional growth plans Integrated curriculum planning Internet research Journaling Lesson study Mentoring a colleague Online curriculum network Online PD programs Peer coaching Pod-casting Post-secondary courses Professional books and journals Professional learning community • Action research • Book study • Case study review • Classroom/school visitation • Collaborative curriculum development • Conference audio tapes • Conferences • Curriculum mapping • Curriculum symposium • Data analysis • Examining student work • Focused conversations • Hosting a student teacher…

15. Last Thought— Professional Development is like a time-release capsule. Its contents cannot be absorbed in a single day or week, but must be infused into the system over time. Hirsch and Killion, 2008.