Newport-Mesa USD Adult School

Adult Education Matters!

Building a PLC in a Web 2.0 World

We share to impart, impact, improve and empower.

Mission ~ Adult Education Matters blog

Objective 1: WHY

Objective: Define and describe a Professional

Learning Community as a site-based PD model

Learner Outcome: Understand what a PLC is and how

it can impact site-based professional development

Objective 2: How

Objective: Provide an example of a PLC in action at

Newport-Mesa USD Adult School Learner Outcome:

Learn how one adult school wrote its 2008-2009 professional growth plan to build its PLC, integrating key components such as a blog, peer mentors, onsite trainings, and PLC teams.

Objective 3: WITH WHAT

Objective: Tour our Adult Education Matters

blog Learner Outcome:

Gain a treasure trove of ideas and how-to resources from the blog

Most Important Objective

Ignite the fire for collaborative learning

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

William Butler Yeats

Words of Vision

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.

Paulo Freire

Words of Vision

Education becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.

Paulo Freire

Conserve to Preserve

Hilton Family of Brands is committed to conserving our natural resources. Every day, tons of detergent and millions of gallons of water are used to wash towels which have only been used once. Here’s how we can help: A towel on the rack means “I’ll use it again.” A towel on the floor means “Please exchange.”

Conserve to Preserve

NMUSD Adult School is committed to conserving our natural resources. Every day, tons of paper and ink are used to create memos / handouts that are read once and discarded. Here’s how we can help: http://adultedmatters.wordpress.com mrankin@nmusd.us

Preserving and Learning Together

http://AdultEdMatters.wordpress.com ACSA Presentation

Martha’s Handout Martha’s PowerPoint

mrankin@nmusd.us Martha Rankin Newport-Mesa Unified School

District

Attributes of a PLC Shared Values and Vision (Isaacson& Bambur,

1992)

Supportive and Shared Leadership (Prestine, 1993)

Supportive Conditions (Boyd, 1992; Louis & Kruse, 1995)

Collective Creativity (Sergiovanni, 1994)

Shared Personal Practice (Louse & Kruse, 1995)

Shared Values and Vision

NMUSD PD Survey ~ May, 2007

What one suggestion do you have that will help improve teacher learning?

NMUSD PD Survey Results

More staff development and technology training

More in-services on technology in the classroom

More online pro development

NMUSD PD Survey Results

Share lessons and Web sites on specific strategies in specific skills

Short strategic workshops or online courses

NMUSD PD Survey Results

Collaboration, observation of other teachers’ strategies, just dialogue

Encourage teachers to take advantage of professional opportunities

Provide more opportunities to collaborate

NMUSD PD Survey Results

We do this, but others would benefit by time together to bounce ideas and reflect among peers: e.g., at lunch, especially after class. (This isn’t really practical for night staff.)

NMUSD PD Survey Results

More collaboration time between all adult education teachers to exchange ideas, teaching strategies, assessment models, and classroom management

NMUSD PD Survey Results

Better communication between staff members as a whole group. Perhaps staff information meetings with AM and PM staff together

Share experiences

2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey

Peer coaching

More staff development by levels

More time to meet with other faculty

More training in specific areas

2007 NMUSD Staff Development Survey

I would encourage more staff meetings where we could address a topic collectively. I feel that this can improve our teaching.

Create professional learning communities.

Shared Vision / Leadership

2007-2008 Professional Growth Plan Create and sustain a professional learning

community to improve learning for all Train staff to use available technology to support

and enhance learning

2008-2009 Professional Growth Plan Continue to empower our PLC to improve student

learning, with specific focus on curriculum, assessment, and instruction.

Deepen our understanding and effective use of technology-integrated instruction

Attributes of a PLC in action…