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Cohort Information Session
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
Will Richardson
Making the Case for Change
 The world is changing.
 Kids are using social technologies.
 No one is teaching them.
 Traditional professional development
doesn't work.
 Powerful Learning Practice takes a
different, unique approach to professional
learning.
“The research tells us that
teachers need to learn the way
other professionals do—
continually, collaboratively, and
on the job. The good news is
that we can learn from what
some states and most highperforming nations are doing.”
~Linda Darling Hammond
PLP Delivery Model
Workshops
Webinars
Two all day
workshops that build
capacity, community
and develop 21st
Century skills.
Live meetings where
teams meet, listen
and then reflect in
small groups.
Virtual Learning
Community
Where we deepen
understanding, network,
share resources and
grow as a community
of practice.
Professional Learning Teams
Job embedded teams who meet face-to-face
and work towards scale and alignment of 21st
Century skills with school improvement goals
Our basic experimental design…
 Seek out 20 schools/districts willing to invest
some time in exploring the challenge of 21st
Century Learning.
 Ask the schools to identify small teams of 5-6
educators who are ready for this exploration.
 With the support of our PLP Community
Manager, Cohort Community Leaders and
PLP Fellows, expert voices, and team
leaders we begin that exploration together.
 …With the eventual goal of "scaling up" the
exploration in each participating school.
"I didn't realize how far along
we'd come until the end. My
whole life has changed and
this whole new world has
opened up to me."
-Melanie Hutchinson,
- International Cohort
Curriculum is Emergent and Interactive
Session #1: Introduction to 21st Century
Literacies and Powerful Learning Practices
What is 21st Century learning? Why is it important?
This session introduces the context, research and
trends shaping the current shifts.
Session #2: Network Literacy
This session moves team members from talking
about 21st century learning to examining some
specific tools and how they are used to promote the
building of Personal Learning Networks for sharing,
cooperation, and collective action.
“Joining PLP has pushed me to re-examine what
I am doing in my class and how to improve it.
As a teacher I constantly ask myself: how can I
better engage my students and enrich their
experience? How can I make their learning more
meaningful? PLP is helping me find answers to
those questions.
Meeting (in person and virtually) teachers from
other schools and learning about their successes,
questions and struggles in implementing 21st
Century Skills in their classrooms has been
invaluable.
Ever since the first meeting, my mind has been
spinning. I feel there is so much to learn about
what these skills are and how to effectively teach
them to my students. I have a steep learning
curve, but I am excited to take this on.”
~Nick Romero,
Haverford School
Curriculum is Emergent and Interactive
Session #3: Network-based Inquiry
This session takes a closer look at the pedagogy
involved in using web-based strategies to support
project-based and inquiry-driven approaches to
learning.
Session #4: Project Workshop
School teams have an opportunity to get feedback
on their emerging team projects as well as
showcase, reflect, and celebrate the success and
outcomes of their learning.
Session #5: Long Range Planning
and Implementation Workshop
Working with school teams to develop a collective
vision and implementation plan to build momentum
for change in their schools and districts.
“Seeing how others use web 2.0
tools was the best part! It gathered
all of the teachers using tech
together to work on one common
goal. Otherwise, we would have
just kept working independently
on our own path. It really pushed
our district to start a plan to
implement and educate others in
our district.”
~Theresa Gray,
Curriculum Coach
Organic Collaboration
 School Teams meet face-to-face
 Expert Voices from around the globe
 PLP Live Events
 Opportunities for school team
use of Elluminate.
 International team participation
 Fellows’ collective project and
tool series
“I enjoyed meeting with
other schools from around
the world, hearing and
sharing what they are doing
in their districts and regions.
It opened my eyes to what
we are not doing in my
buildings and what needs to
be done in the future.”
~Garry Stone,
WNY Superintendent
ULTIMATE GOAL
Get the RIGHT people
on the bus and
the WRONG people off.
~Jim Collins, “Good to Great”
Collaborative Tools
 Wikispaces
 Del.icio.us and Diigo
 Twitter
 Elluminate
 NING (our VLC)
“Collaboration with others
in my district and learning
new tools was the best part
of PLP. Connecting with other
teachers in my district for new
ideas and connecting with
other schools for new ideas
made PLP the best PD ever!”
~ Science teacher in WNY
Team Projects
Your team will work as a Professional
Learning Team to co-create a project:
Develop a creative PD plan to share
what you have learned over the past year
with the rest of your school or district.
Develop a 21st Century curriculum
project that is constructivist in nature
and leverages the potential of emerging
technologies.
“The project allowed me to
work closely with other
people in my district in order
to accomplish a common
goal. Discussing projects from
the other districts was very
informative!”
~ Barbara Mocarski
Planned Outcomes
Knowledge: An understanding of the
transformative potential of Web 2.0 tools
in a global perspective and context,
and how those potentials can be realized
in schools.
Pedagogy: An understanding of the shifting
learning literacies that the 21st Century
demands and how those literacies inform
teacher practice.
“It's to the point where I
don't realize I'm using it in
my lessons with students.
It's not an add-on, it's just a
part of what we do."
-Jennifer Clark Evans,
-International Cohort
Planned Outcomes
Connections: The development of sustained
professional learning networks for team
members to begin experimenting and sharing
with other team members and online
colleagues from around the world.
Sustainability: The creation of long term plans
to move the vision forward in participating
districts at the end of the program.
Capacity: An increase in the abilities and
resources of individuals, teams and the
community to manage change.
“The best part of PLP was learning and
growing with my team. I am using tools I
didn't even know existed before this year.
I modeled in a regular meeting and
taught other staff through the process
enough for them to say they will go back
and use it in their classrooms. I want to
learn more and use it to help teachers in
the district support one another to
excellence.”
~WNY District level
curriculum coach
“PLP helped us develop a 3 year plan to
incorporate our web2.0 tools and staff
development for the entire school. Also
the connections that were made in an
inspiring and non-threatening way.”
~District Superintendent
Tough Economic Times
 Equip teachers to develop their own
ongoing professional learning.
 Invest in the development of situated,
sustainable learning communities for
your school.
 Build a technology and network literate
staff.
 Promote emerging skill literacy to parents
and community.
 Maximize your professional learning
dollars through PLP's unique model
and unrivaled expertise.
We can’t afford not
to leverage 21st
Century Change.
Menu of Services and
Graduate Credit Available
“Boy, they weren’t kidding when they said
this would be powerful! From the very
first, I’ve done nothing but learn. I would
admit, though, that a lot of what I’ve
learned I had not expected to . . .
What I’ve come to realize is that, through
PLP, we are gaining exposure to the world
that our kids already inhabit easily – and
learning in that environment is not neat
and tidy.
For those who are wondering, “what’s
next?” or “when are we actually going to
do something?” I would have to argue
that, if you really take a learning posture –
give up your control and your need to feel
industrious – you will find that you are
learning. And you have been all along!”
~Lisa Snyder, Team Leader
ADVIS Cohort
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Concerns?
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