BUILDING AN INSTRUCTIONAL TRANSFORMATION COMMUNITY

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BUILDING AN INSTRUCTIONAL TRANSFORMATION COMMUNITY
Professional Instructional Collaborative

• A Proposal
• Mark Arnold, Morrisville School District
• Peter Drescher, Vermont Institutes

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ABOUT US
MARK ARNOLD
PETER DRESCHER
Michigan (raised) Coach/Teacher for 8
years Masters Educational Technology and
Instructional Design Unite Ed VTango VEN Morristow
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Vermont Institutes Technology Integration
Specialist Teacher Social Studies, Technology12
years Masters Education Technolgy Vermont
Institutes
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A State-Wide Community

• Instructional Development Focus
• Technology Integration Specialists
• Librarian/Media Specialists
• Curriculum Coordinators
• Teacher/Leaders (Ed-Tech Endorsement)
• Schools of Education
• Working toward the means to impact educational
  practice
• Initiative Driven (Common Purpose)
• Support from State, VITA Learn, VI

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Common Purpose?

• Professional community of practice (expanded
  capacity and opportunity for membersROI).
• Quality Resources synthesized into Instructional
  Assets (Looks like)
• Aligning Instructional Assets to State Standards
• GEs
• Framework
• Unitedstreaming
• TechPaths
• VEN

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Shaping Opportunities for Student Engagement

• Community can open up more opportunities
• www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape
• Global Challenge
• Diversity of Implementation Strategies for
  Instructional Assets
• Instructional Design Flexibility (Small Wins
  ROI)
• Refining quality not quantity of resources
• Leadership, Review Process, Community Resource
  Management
• Communication and Connections with State
  Community
• Teacher Workplace?
• Moodle Environment?
• ILN?

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Digging Deeper

• More concentrated focus on standards alignment
  with high quality instructional resources
• Deeper understanding of effective communication
  school-wide to state-wide
• Where do we meet change?
• Who will help promote and sustain efforts?
• How will resulting assets be accessed?
• Models of Instructional Cooperation
• www.morrisville.org
• Instructional Asset Builder (progressive)

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Goal of Proposal

• Create Framework of Community
• Establish Common Purpose
• Summer Design Seminar with Stipends
• Integration Specialist/Library Media Specialist
• Teamed with Teacher from school
• 3-day Instructional Assets Workshop
• Begin development refinement of instructional
  assets
• Involved review process
• Scope of adaptable examples Repository

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The Synergy for Change through the Unity of
Professional Educators
Unit 6 Meteorology
Unit 5 Oceanography
Unit 4 Historical Geology
Unit 3 Forces Within
Unit 2 Earth's Surface
Unit 1 Earth's Materials
Promotion
Standards
Access
InternetResources
LocalResources
Assessment
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YOUR INPUT

• Think about this proposal
• Indicate your interest
• What do you envision for this community?
• Let us know
• Peter Drescher
• pdrescher_at_vermontinstitutes.org
• Mark Arnold
• mark.arnold_at_morrisville.org
• www.aweduserve.org/veta