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Getting Teachers to Innovate How do we reach every teacher ( and student)?

Getting Teachers to Innovate How do we reach every teacher ( and student)?. Wendy Cotta Director of Technology Integration and Library Services Dana Huff Technology Integration Specialist. Worcester Academy. Private, independent school Grades 6-13

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Getting Teachers to Innovate How do we reach every teacher ( and student)?

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  1. Getting Teachers to InnovateHow do we reach every teacher (and student)? Wendy Cotta Director of Technology Integration and Library Services Dana Huff Technology Integration Specialist

  2. Worcester Academy • Private, independent school • Grades 6-13 • 660 students (160 middle school; 550 upper school) • 100 boarding students in upper school • 5-day and 7-day boarding program • 81 Providence Street, Worcester, MA 01604 • http://www.worcesteracademy.org

  3. Get to know your teachers and their curriculum!

  4. Listen and communicate effectively!

  5. Use positive peer pressure!

  6. Create learning events and challenges!

  7. Engagement

  8. Connected Educator Challenge

  9. Be flexible!

  10. Be comfortable with the law of reciprocity!

  11. Learn about pedagogy and standards!

  12. Let go, and grow your capacity and budget to accept teacher-driven tech purchases!

  13. Be more realistic than others about the pace of technology integration! • Year 1: Introduction, exploration/play, piloting, inconsistent compliance, invite examples and peer sharing, get feedback! • Year 2: Extension and more accountability, evidence of systemic compliance, insist on examples and sharing, get feedback! • Year 3: Refined examples with assessment. If not, explore other tools/software/devices/initiatives! Communicate!

  14. Broad approaches to PD.. • Face-to-face, online, blended • Actively recruit teachers to “share” at PD offerings, to present and co-present workshops • Research and share relevant external PD offerings, encourage group attendance • Don’t forget the food at face-to-face workshops!

  15. Targeted approaches to PD… • Tool-specific workshops, leveled by proficiency • Discipline-specific workshops • Smaller groups by district, school, division, departments • One-on-one by appointment • Actively recruit specific teachers to “share” at PD offerings, to present and co-present workshops • Research and publicize relevant external PD offerings that connect specifically to district goals

  16. Use communications as an extension of professional development! • Email about updates, highlighting positive new features that can benefit specific interests • Tips and tricks in small batches (Lunch & Learn, Tweets w/ hashtag, Tech in Ten, 21 modules, Did you know?) • Newsletters or blogs • Collect teacher support links with mixed media—video tutorials, textual explanations (Post on a wiki, webpage, paper.li) • Use Twitter and/or Facebook • Digital Badges in Professional Learning • New Milford High School • Credly.com

  17. Golden Circle by Simon Sinek

  18. Approaches: The Tipping Point and Early adopters • Focus on strategies for sustaining their engagement; lots of positive feedback • Publicize the “more” of advanced tools; challenge them to keep learning! • Invite them to share what they know, formally and informally

  19. Approaches: Ways to reach “laggards”! • Connect with them professionally through content. • Maintain an open door policy. • Learn about their curriculum and pedagogy. • Learn about their students. • Learn about their peer relationships. • Learn about their personal technology use. • Allow an institutional policy and initiative to bring them on board. Then, welcome them and acknowledge their engagement and progress!

  20. It takes courageous learning.

  21. Be realistic about your role!

  22. Watch the garden grow!

  23. Cofer, D. (2000). Informal Workplace Learning. Practice Application Brief. NO 10. U.S. Department of Education: Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education.Dobbs, K. (2000). Simple Moments of Learning. Training 35, no. 1 (January 2000): 52-58.Knowles, Malcolm S. (1950). Informal adult education: a guide for administrators, leaders, and teachers. New York: Association Press. Resources

  24. For conference materials, go to: http://bit.ly/1a6jrhU Or, contact us: wendy.cotta@worcesteracademy.org Twitter: @edtech2innovate (Wendy Cotta) dana.huff@worcesteracademy.org

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