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Title Body Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation Source: Armstrong, A. (2013, Fall). Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation. Tools for Learning Schools

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Source: Armstrong, A. (2013, Fall). Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation. Tools for Learning Schools. 17(1). (p.1, 4-5). Available at www.learningforward.org/publications/tools-for-learning-schools.

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Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation

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This presentation is a supplement to the full article. Download more information, resources, and tools to help you implement these ideas in Tools for Learning Schools (2013, Fall). Available at www.learningforward.

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Inside
  • Tool: A dozen reasons to celebrate, pp. 4-5
  • Tool: Celebration brainstorming, p. 6
  • Tool: Planning celebrations, p. 7
Fall 2013
  • Vol. 17, No. 1
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eVery eduCATor eNgAges iN effeCTiVe ProfessioNAl leArNiNg eVery dAy so eVery sTudeNT AChieVes By Anthony Armstrong

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he teachers at Hogg Middle School (Hous- ton, Texas) are accustomed to celebrating each other’s professional learning. “Cel- ebrations are a non-negotiable collabora- tive compact, or norm, for us,” said Mina Schnitta, the school’s principal. “Adults need to support each other in their learning. We need to focus on each
  • ther’s strengths and celebrate them.”
A large bulletin board, their “Honk Board,” sits prominently in their stafg lounge. Tie board provides a place for teachers and stafg to post compliments about each
  • ther. “Tie compliments are on things we see in improving
instruction,” explained Schnitta. “Tiey are not the usual ‘I saw someone doing something nice’ type of compliments. Instead, they have a more instructional focus.” Schnitta’s teachers can also earn PRIDE tickets. “Tie instructional leadership team passes these out to teachers who are exhibiting politeness, intelligence, discipline, and engaged behaviors,” said Schnitta. “Tie teachers can accrue these and trade them in for things like new supplies or 30 minutes where I teach their class.” According to Kent Peterson, celebrations are an im- portant component for high-quality learning communities. “Celebrations are critical to efgective change. Celebrations bring people together at important times during the life of a Continued on p. 2

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“Celebrations are critical to efgective change. Celebrations bring people together at important times during the life of a school and reinforce the social fabric.”

  • Kent Peterson

Co-author of Shaping School Culture (2009)

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Source: Armstrong, A. (2013, Fall). Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation. Tools for Learning Schools. 17(1). (p.1, 4-5). Available at www.learningforward.org/publications/tools-for-learning-schools.

Too much of a focus on following procedures turns change efgorts into mechanical procedures and often misses opportunities to connect the change to core values. Use ceremonies, informal or formal, to sustain stafg commitment and motivation during change efgorts and connect school improvement to core values.

Build a sense of purpose

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Source: Armstrong, A. (2013, Fall). Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation. Tools for Learning Schools. 17(1). (p.1, 4-5). Available at www.learningforward.org/publications/tools-for-learning-schools.

Educators are so overwhelmed with things to do, slowing down and making time to acknowledge small successes can be a signifjcant challenge. The fjrst step to planning celebrations is to look for natural transitions within the change efgorts.

Plan ahead

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Source: Armstrong, A. (2013, Fall). Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation. Tools for Learning Schools. 17(1). (p.1, 4-5). Available at www.learningforward.org/publications/tools-for-learning-schools.

“We set aside time at each meeting to invite celebrations large and small, and we build in structures to acknowledge great work. When the rituals of an organization emphasize its values, the culture shifts in ways that support both gratitude and collaboration.”

  • Stephanie Hirsh

Executive Director, Learning Forward

Plan ahead

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Source: Armstrong, A. (2013, Fall). Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation. Tools for Learning Schools. 17(1). (p.1, 4-5). Available at www.learningforward.org/publications/tools-for-learning-schools.

Any efgort to bring in new skills or techniques inherently has critical transition points that should be recognized and celebrated. “If you don’t mark the beginning of a major change efgort, such as using data for decision making, people won’t see it as important.”

  • Kent Peterson

Mark transitions

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Source: Armstrong, A. (2013, Fall). Celebrate professional transitions and successes to drive and sustain implementation. Tools for Learning Schools. 17(1). (p.1, 4-5). Available at www.learningforward.org/publications/tools-for-learning-schools.

Bring everyone on board

Making teams comfortable with celebrations starts with consciously planning time during daily activities to take a moment and focus on their strengths. When it is important to recognize the individuals, show how those contributions couldn’t have been accomplished without the support of the team.

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Learn more about professional learning at all levels of education with Learning Forward, an international nonprofjt association of learning educators: www.learningforward.org Membership in Learning Forward gives you access to a wide range of publications, tools, and opportunities to advance professional learning for student success.