North Carolina Quality Educators through Staff Development and Training

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North Carolina Quality Educators through Staff
Development and Training
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The Eternal QUESTion

• Why are we here?

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The Answer

• To increase teacher quality/retention and to
  affect student achievement by focusing on Key
  Capacities for Increasing Quality Instructional
  Effectiveness
• Focus on increased content knowledge, inquiry
  approaches, mentoring skills

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Teacher as Assessor of Learning
Teacher as Instructional
Leader/ Facilitator
Teacher as Challenger for Learning

• Anticipated Behavior Outcomes
• Learner responsible for own learning
• Ability to self-assess and reflect
• Utilization of inquiry-based teaching and
  learning
• Application of standards-based instruction
• Ability to make instructional decisions based on/
  supported by data
• Ability to teach students application of key
  concepts
• Ability to integrate new strategies and alter
  assumptions
• Willingness to reflect and dialogue with
  colleagues
• Ability to accurately assess and analyze data to
  measure learning
• and improve instruction
• Utilization of flexible thinking and responsive
  teaching techniques to meet diverse learner needs
• Increased depth of critical content knowledge
• Increased use of reasoning and investigative
  approaches
• Utilization of technological tools to increase
  reasoning and problem-solving skills

Teacher as Collegial Partner
Teacher as Content Master
Teacher as Learner Self-Assessor
Teacher as User of Technology Tools
Teacher as Inquirer Researcher
Teacher as Reflective Practitioner Decision
Maker
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A Year of Learning

• Our journey together
• NC Quest Fall Institute
• School-based instructional sessions
• Peer collaboration in study groups
• Virtual community of learning

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Fall Institute Day 1

• Orientation
• Met in breakout groups to discuss professional
  development goals
• Engaged in Dancing Raisins activity as an
  example of inquiry science and math

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Fall Institute Day 2

• Visited UNCWs Center for Marine Sciences
• Conducted 4 modules of hands- on experiments
• Focused on low-cost activities easily replicated
  in the middle grades classroom

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Fall Institute Day 3

• Breakout session for Spring syllabus review
• TaskStream training
• Analyzing Student Work Activity
• Study group orientation

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School-Based Instructional Sessions Math

• Pacing Guidelines
• Alternative Assessment through lab/project
• Graphing Calculators

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School-Based Instructional Sessions Science

• Physics of Toys
• Using Probeware to teach science
• Science Notebooks

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Mentor-Led Study Groups

• Reflective study groups including both math and
  science teachers
• Groups negotiated topics, dates and times
• Mentors led sessions and analyzed results

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Online Collaboration

• Lesson Plans
• Study Group results
• Reflective Journals
• Threaded Discussions

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The Result No pain no gain

• Blended learning model
• Integration of participant groups
• Constructivist approaches to increasing student
  achievement

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Pulling it all together

• Celebrating your growth through sharing
• Professional development for teachers
• Increased achievement for students

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Portfolio of your learning

• How does a portfolio demonstrate your growth?
• Presents artifacts that clearly relate to the
  goals of NC Quest
• Shows connections between activities and learning
  Makes clear your thoughts about how your work
  relates to your learning, and student learning in
  the classroom
• Balance Represents growth across multiple key
  capacities

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Presentation Part 1

• Tell us how you have grown this year
• Identify the Key Capacities that NC Quest has
  impacted the most

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Presentation Part 2

• Share some artifacts
• What is it?
• What process did you engage in?
• What was the learning benefit to you and your
  students?

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Presentation Part 3

• Where will you go from here?
• What will you implement next year?
• What new professional development goals do you
  have?
• What are your plans for continued learning?

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Have a great summer!