Competency-based

Professional Learning

Committee

Designing Systems to Empower

What we have learned1. Develop a shared vision focused on outcomes related to teaching and learning, rather than

outcomes related to use of devices or particular technology tools.

1. Professional development for teachers and school leaders needs to be differentiated both by content area and by comfort/experience with technology.

1. Teachers desire time to

● Engage in ongoing, differentiated professional learning

● Integrate what they learn in PD into their curriculum immediately after PD sessions

● Collaborate and plan with other teachers at the team and school levels, and perhaps form relationships and collaborate with teachers across schools, to support changing their practice

● These activities should occur during paid time during the workday, rather than during personal time.

Research

PL

HISD Global Teachers

Micro-Credentials

Based on each of the desired competencies, we are

developing a set of Micro-credentials for HISD teachers.

Teachers can select what THEY want to work on and earn

micro-credentials based on how they implement what they

have learned.

Evaluation begins with USD ( the granting institution) and

will move to a peer review process.

Micro-Credentials

1. Clearly define expectations of what we want

teachers to know and do

2. Incentivize application of learning over where

teachers learn

3. Provide multiple entry points for learning

4. Pilot with teacher leaders

5. Build an ecosystem to support learning and

innovation