on-site professional learning communities: one center’s experience with site-directed learning
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On-site professional learning communities:
One center’s experiencewith site-directed learning
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Our setting
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Winnemucca Adult Learning Center
o Small, rural site, 113 studentso Seven part-time staff memberso 200-plus miles for professional
developmento Limited time for improvements
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Where we are
Winnemucca, Nevada
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Our students and staff
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Our problem:
How can we: Make professional development
relevant to OUR needs? Find time for improvements? Do this without burdening staff?
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Our answer: learning communities
Combine study with action… Focus on our specific needs Spend extended time on topic Collaborative Credits earned decided by each
instructor
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Our format
Meet monthly Examine research Share lesson plans Support each other Develop improvements
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Our topics…first semester
Nevada Content Standards…
How can we: Become familiar with standards? Use our new textbooks? Include standards in lesson plans?
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What we did:
Studied the standards Created monthly lesson plans Shared experiences with peers Made it a habit Built in social time
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Our topics…current semester
Student goal-setting, achievement:
o Integrate goal work into classroomo Encourage student ownership of
goal process
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Student goals
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What we’re doing now…
Reading what research says Assessing our current program Creating monthly questions Creating lesson plans to try-- then
share
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Student goals
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Learning communities are: Site specific Flexible Staff-friendly Practical
Conclusion
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Site specific
Focus on Winnemucca Use materials we already have Solutions work with OUR students
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Flexible
Respond quickly to changes. Snowstorm stopped technology LC Goal-setting quickly took its place!
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Staff-friendly
Puts teachers in the driver’s seat Topics generated by instructorso Builds in time for study, reflection Gives “excuse” to get together
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Challenging
Deeper learning over period of time Instructors as collaborators Active process “feels” like more
work Actually, time spent is same
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Who benefits?