My current
position at the Virginia Department of Education T/TAC at VT helps me to
continue to grow with applying professional learning principles both in the
office setting, as well as in each of the schools myself and a colleague
provide shoulder to shoulder coaching. We
are continuously staying abreast of the latest approaches and research that has
proven to show improvements in education.
We have various memberships to professional organizations such as ASCD,
Ed Leadership, and Learning Forward. We have
attended conferences of well-known researchers such as J. Hattie, M. Fullan,
and J. Knight. Additionally, we have at
least 1 to 2 book studies a year within our office, where we are collaborating
and discussing how the information studied may be applied to our roles in
education.
My colleagues and I have participated in Corwin’s eCourse Instructional Coaching with Jim Knight, and we have completed book studies on all of his published books. We have utilized this information within our own Monday meeting group by integrating the partnership principles during our meetings, utilized these with our teacher leadership teams at our school sites, as well as incorporated them into Day 1 of PPDI agenda. Furthermore, our director adapted the Coaching Tool #9: Partnership Communication Self-Assessment for each of us to use as a discussion tool after we have visited and provided shoulder to shoulder coaching with a site.
Link to documents mentioned in paragraph 2:
https://drive.google.com/a/vt.edu/folderview?id=0B4lEgx9hs7rHQXdSREp2ajlsbHc&usp=sharing
My colleagues and I have participated in Corwin’s eCourse Instructional Coaching with Jim Knight, and we have completed book studies on all of his published books. We have utilized this information within our own Monday meeting group by integrating the partnership principles during our meetings, utilized these with our teacher leadership teams at our school sites, as well as incorporated them into Day 1 of PPDI agenda. Furthermore, our director adapted the Coaching Tool #9: Partnership Communication Self-Assessment for each of us to use as a discussion tool after we have visited and provided shoulder to shoulder coaching with a site.
Link to documents mentioned in paragraph 2:
https://drive.google.com/a/vt.edu/folderview?id=0B4lEgx9hs7rHQXdSREp2ajlsbHc&usp=sharing