The Quality Teaching and Learning Program

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The Quality Teaching and Learning Program

• A Professional Development Program that blends
  researched-based practices with curriculum,
  content and technology to build and sustain
  professional learning communities in schools.

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The Centers for Quality Teaching Learning
School quality is directly related to two key
factors teacher quality and instructional
leadership.
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The Original Theory of Change
Theories of Change
TEACHERS ATTEND WORKSHOP on reading strategies
for below-level students.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INCREASES on monthly
school-based reading assessments and district and
state reading tests.
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QTL Theory of Change
QTL Theory of Change
TEACHERS ATTEND QTL PROGRAM
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INCREASES on monthly
school-based assessments and district and state
assessments.
Teachers rehearse strategies in the model.
Teachers use the strategies at least three times
a week.
Teachers have access to classroom materials
required to implement the new strategies.
Students apply new strategies to individual and
group learning.
Teachers have planning time each week to design
new lessons and instructional materials for
integrating the new techniques.
Teachers receive coaching visits during the
months following the program.
Teachers apply strategies in their classrooms.
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Managing Complex Change
Vision
Skills
Incentives
Resources
Action Plan
CHANGE

Day 6
Day 7-10
Skills
Incentives
Resources
Action Plan
CONFUSION

Vision
Incentives
Resources
Action Plan
ANXIETY

Skills
Vision
RESISTANCE

Vision
Skills
Action Plan
Incentives
Resources

Vision
Skills
Incentives
Action Plan
FRUSTRATION
Resources
TREADMILL
Vision
Skills
Incentives
Resources
Action Plan

Level II
National Staff Development Council
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The QTL Process

• The QTL Process includes
• Teacher Focused Programs
• Instructional Leadership Programs
• School-Wide Programs

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Teacher Focused Programs

• The Quality Teaching Learning Program
• Quality Teaching Learning Centered Schools
• New and Emerging Teacher Institute
• Teacher Coaching

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Instructional Leadership

• Instructional Leadership Seminars
• Topical Leadership Seminars
• Fish-bowl Coaching
• Leadership Coaching

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School-Wide Programs

• Focused Collaborative Project
• Whole Faculty Study Groups
• Instructional Practices Assessment

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Quality Teaching Learning

• Researchers conducted studies to identify
  instructional strategies that have a high
  probability of enhancing student achievement.
• TOP NINE!!!
• Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock
  identified the TOP 9 strategies that have a
  strong effect on STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

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TOP STRATEGIES THAT WORK
Percentile Gain
Category
45 34 29 28 27 27

• Identify similarities and differences
• Summarizing and note taking
• Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
• Homework and practice
• Nonlinguistic Representation
• Cooperative Learning

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Impact on Student Achievement

• Brain-Based Learning
• Theory that uses neurological research on how
  students receive, process and interpret
  information to change the way learning is
  structured for students

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Brain-Based Learning

• Making Connections to previous learning through
• -Cues, questions, Advance Organizers
  22 pts.
• -Graphic Organizers 27 pts.
• -Summarizing and Note taking
  34 pts.
• -Identifying Similarities/Differences
  45 pts.
• (Marzano, Pickering, Polloch, 2001)

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Delivery of the QTL Model
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QTL Session FCC
Days 1-5
Day 6
Day 7-10
Level II
Day 7,8,9,10 Establish baselines, action
research cycles, model protocols
Day 11 Share the work, reflect
Day 6 Analyze data target student need
Cycle 1 (16)
Cycle 1 (16)
Cycle 1 (16)
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Why QTL Works
Research-Proven Teaching Strategies
Content
Technology
Instruction
QTL
Collaboration
Leadership
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Model Classroom Environment
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What Teachers Say

• "It was wonderful. It opened doors. It showed
  so many different ways to do things we were
  already doing in the classroom and just didn't
  know how to integrate a computer into. Everything
  we did was based on our curriculum. Everything we
  did was usable. Every school should have it.
  Every instructor, teacher, assistant, any staff
  member should be given the opportunity.
• Anne Waters
• Elementary Teacher
• Perquimans County, NC

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Case Study

• Teachers
• Increased technology usage in day-to-day
  curriculum
• Increased effective use of best instructional
  practices
• Increased professionalism

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New Emerging Teachers Institute

• Session One Elements of the Teaching Profession
  and Student Learning
• Session Two Elements of Lesson Design
• Session Three What does research tell us about
  how students learn?

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New Emerging Teachers Institute

• Session Four Content Area Reading Skills
• Session Five Essential Elements of Instruction
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• Session Six Essential Elements of Instruction II

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WHY Does QTL Work?

• ENABLES teachers to reach every student, every
  day
• It is a PIECE of an overall district or school
  plan that continues to be supported
• It makes teaching fun and it makes LEARNING fun

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What Teachers Tell US

• 96 of teachers reported an increase in
  confidence and ability due to participation in
  QTL.
• 96.4 reported acquiring new skills and/or
  knowledge through participation.
• 87.9 report believing that their participation
  in QTL will have a positive impact on student
  academic performance.

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Theresa BellDirector of Partnership Development
tbell_at_qtlcenters.org
919 218-2024www.qtlcenters.org