Since working at T/TAC, I have been proficient in multiple
professional developments for educators on how to utilize all components of
SIM™. A copy of the professional
development I have helped lead in both Learning Strategies Curriculum and
Content Enhancement Routines with other colleagues is in the Excel file linked
at the bottom of this document. Additionally,
we have had long-term commitments with most sites, where we were available for
shoulder to shoulder coaching to help monitor impact with what they had received
professional development in. In addition
to coaching teachers, we utilized teacher leadership teams and met with them to
help with sustainability once our commitment had been completed. A sample copy of the agenda we utilized at
every teacher leader meeting has been provided in the link below. Sometimes coaching visits were canceled due
to holidays, snow days, and/or testing days.
We made every attempt to reschedule, but not possible at all sites. A sample copy of coaching dates for a middle
school has been provided in an Excel format. Furthermore, we utilized the implementation checklists
for Content Enhancement Routines and strategy checklists for specific Learning
Strategies to visit in classrooms while providing instruction, and we would work
with administrators on their use of the checklists when conducting walk
throughs. We helped monitor student
impact by meeting with teachers during their planning periods and providing
feedback with their management charts and student folders they would bring to
the meeting. Finally, we created teacher
surveys and student surveys to monitor impact with any Content Enhancement
Routines and/or Learning Strategies implemented. We gathered this information and shared it
with the teacher leadership team, which in return, helped to developed the
upcoming school year’s action plan.
Links to documents mentioned in paragraph 1:
https://drive.google.com/a/vt.edu/folderview?id=0B4lEgx9hs7rHbjFLaWxSY2RmWkk&usp=sharing
Readiness Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-HLX6QMPR/
End of Year 1 Teacher Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-THYHSMPR/
End of Year 2 Teacher Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-69VBRMPR/
Links to documents mentioned in paragraph 1:
https://drive.google.com/a/vt.edu/folderview?id=0B4lEgx9hs7rHbjFLaWxSY2RmWkk&usp=sharing
Readiness Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-HLX6QMPR/
End of Year 1 Teacher Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-THYHSMPR/
End of Year 2 Teacher Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-69VBRMPR/