Personalized Professional Learning
Much like students, the best teachers are continually learning and growing. Distinctive Schools provides non-traditional professional development paths designed to recognize teachers' current development, help them set goals, and coach them toward achieving those goals, for the sake of all stakeholders!
Distinctive Schools Teaching FrameworkObjective :: To improve student learning through the use of a reflective tool that provides leveled descriptors about high-quality instruction
Desired Qualities :: Reflective, growth oriented, concise, targeted, improves instruction, uses coaching tools, foundational, schematic, formative |
Distinctive Schools Coaching SupportObjective :: To improve student learning by empowering staff to develop and sustain a reflective growth mindset that is supported through the use of a professional growth plan, participation in staff learning cycles, and frequent coaching aligned to the transfer of training model
Desired Qualities :: Personalized, growth oriented, motivational, teacher-driven, balanced, supportive, reflective, data-driven, collaborative, frequent, meaningful, transformative, insightful, safe, formative, professional, respectful |
Transfer of TrainingObjective :: To improve student learning, a multi-dimensional training approach (theory, co-planning, practice, modeling, and feedback is used as a basis for coaching support and professional growth plans to achieve mastery of teaching skills
Desired Qualities :: Supportive, intentional, designed, focused, transformative, purposeful, collaborative, frequent, demonstrative, illustrative, clarifying, job-embedded, practical, implemented |
Distinctive Schools Professional Growth PlansObjective :: To improve student learning through personalized instructional coaching that is grounded in staff voice and intrinsic motivation to improve instructional skill
Desired Qualities :: Collaborative, reflective, revisable, sustainable, co-owned by coach and staff member, meaningful, growth-focused, impactful on students, transformative |
Distinctive Schools Staff Learning Cycles
Objective :: To improve student learning by ensuring that staff is engaged in a collaborative effort to continually improve instructional skill and implement high-impact strategy
Desired Qualities :: Collaborative, frequent, group-owned, job embedded, impactful on students, outcome-driven, focused on analysis of student assessment, based on school/class/student needs, meaningful and transformative to teachers |