Transcript From Compliance to Coherence

From Compliance
to Coherence
Establishing a Culture for Collaborative
Professional Learning and Support
Meriden Public Schools
Joy Baker
Miguel A. Cardona, Ed.D.
Melissa Lambo
Stacy Whittington
Engaging teacher leaders to improve
teaching and learning through the Meriden
Educator Evaluation and Support System
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Developing plan
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Communicating to teachers
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Training materials and time
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Support networks
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Presenting and attending conferences together
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Promoting growth mindset and collaboration
Start with trust and growth mindset
Continue with trust and growth mindset
End with trust and growth mindset
Evaluation Plan amplifies climate
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How I first became involved in the revising of the evaluation
system almost 6 years ago
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The collaborative nature of developing our current system with
the MFT, MAA, and Central Office
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Connecting the Dots conferences run through AFT in Providence,
RI in the winter of 2012 and Houston, TX in the fall of 2013.
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The collaboration between Miguel, myself, and the 4
representatives from the 4 piloted schools.
Stacy Whittington
Vice President, Meriden Federation of Teachers
Teachers are our best teachers…..
The Meriden Teacher Sharing Success
program was developed to empower
teachers to contribute to the
development of the profession in
Meriden.
Miguel A. Cardona
Performance and Evaluation Specialist
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Steering Groups (MFT Steering, Teacher Steering Cmte.)
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Educator Survey with follow up action plan (Need time and training)
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BloomBoard Superusers
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SLO Experts
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Support Resources
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Teacher Videos
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LiveBinder
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MPS Cares Staff Request
(http://www.meridenk12.org/Departments/Performance-and-Evaluation-/)
Miguel A. Cardona
Performance and Evaluation Specialist
Building Capacity by Recruiting Teacher
Leaders in the Evaluation Process
Our Journey:
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Received Bloomboard and SLO training to be experts
in our building
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Attended optional workshops in Bloomboard and SLO
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Created an overview cheat sheet of expectations and presented during data
teams in the spring of 2013 for the upcoming school year
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Produced Bloomboard/SLO guide-introduced during an October Professional
Development day hosted by building experts
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During PD day, teachers had the ability to log on to Bloomboard and
collaborate with teammates on SLO, while Superusers fielded
questions and provided guidance
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Created a mini guide for mid-year conference time: describing
directions on Bloomboard and samples to the mandatory questions
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Communicate with staff daily to provide
guidance and answer questions through
one-on-one meetings, emails and texts
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Establishing relationships with teachers (formal and
informal)
Build on trust and collaboration (formal and informal)
Let go
Three basic human needs for growth are
autonomy, belonging, and a sense of competency.
Deci, E. and R. Ryan (2000). The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the
self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry 11(4), 227-268.
What could you take away
from today’s presentation that
you can use in your district?