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The 3 R's Of Learning Time

Rethink, Reshape, Reclaim

By Learning Forward
February 2012
Vol. 33 No. 1
As a Learning School Alliance facilitator, I have had the opportunity to work with schools nationally and internationally, and one of the biggest challenges that school teams face is finding time for collaborative learning. The Learning School Alliance is a network of schools collaborating about professional practice. The network embodies Learning Forward’s purpose to advance effective job-embedded professional learning that leads to student outcomes. A key component of Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning is a focus on collaborative learning, typically in learning communities. These learning communities are committed to collective responsibility, goal alignment, and ongoing job-embedded professional learning. However, collaborative learning must be job-embedded and connected to teaching and learning (Killion & Roy, 2009). Traditionally, most professional development has taken place outside the school day or

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Becoming a Learning School

By Joellen Killion & Patricia Roy

NSDC, 2009

From setting the stage to engaging the community in understanding the purpose of collaborative professional learning teams, this book covers what leaders need to know to implement more effective professional learning. Chapter 5 focuses on scheduling time for both formal and informal learning opportunities. Included are 12 tools to guide schools and districts through the steps outlined in the chapter.

www.learningforwardstore.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=ea3d95e2be26d8a2e15b5d7446e7f441&Store_Code=The_Learning_Forward_Store&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=B423

Ambassadors of learning: Teachers’ enthusiasm builds momentum for district’s long-running program

By Valerie von Frank

JSD, Spring 2009, Vol. 30, No. 2

A long-term commitment to job-embedded professional development creates a culture of continuous learning in one Michigan district. Every Wednesday, students’ day is shortened by two hours to make time for teachers’ professional development in Holt Public Schools. Many of the articles in this issue of JSD are devoted to time for professional learning.

www.learningforward.org/news/articleDetails.cfm?articleID=1833

Bargaining time: Union contract spells out how and when professional learning will happen

By Joan Richardson

The Learning System, March 2007, Vol. 2, No. 6

A district undergoes a cultural shift to more job-embedded, results-driven, and standards-based professional development. The new approach was made possible in large part because the teachers union and the district shifted to an interest-based bargaining model rather than the traditional adversarial model. The newsletter also includes a tool, “Strategies for finding time.”

www.learningforward.org/news/issueDetails.cfm?issueID=197

School’s out. It’s time to learn!

By Karel Holloway

Tools for Schools, April/May 2003, Vol. 6, No. 5

This article outlines six steps to creating a summer professional learning program: Choose your planning team, look at the data, set goals, decide how to achieve them, determine funding and location, and plan follow-up. Included in the newsletter are four tools and a list of resources for planning a summer learning program.

www.learningforward.org/news/issueDetails.cfm?issueID=124

References

Fullan, M. & Stiegelbauer, S.M. (1991). The new meaning of educational change. Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Hord, S.M. (2004). Learning together, leading together: Changing schools through professional learning communities. New York: Teachers College Press.

Killion, J. & Roy, P. (2009). Becoming a learning school. Oxford, OH: NSDC.


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