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!
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |