Our Teaching & Learning Center: Five-Plus Years of Innovation, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Our Teaching & Learning Center: Five-Plus Years of Innovation, Learning, and Community Building Do Now Activity: Regardless of the current PD practices at your school, what do you believe are characteristics of effective and high quality
Do Now Activity: Regardless of the current PD practices at your school, what do you believe are characteristics of effective and high quality professional development?
Our Teaching & Learning Center: Five-Plus Years of Innovation, Learning, and Community Building
Ruth Aichenbaum Coordinator of Teaching & Learning Center David Brightbill Academic Dean for Curriculum and Professional Development
Meetings (2 days)
Our Own Penn Charter Teaching & Learning Center
CONVERSATION…COLLABORATION…CREATION
coaching
collaboration
Educational Leadership, November 2018 edition. When Teachers Lead Their Own Learning Edutopia: Why Don’t We Differentiate Professional Development: https://tinyurl.com/y9btu49j Teaching the Teachers: Effective Professional Development: https://tinyurl.com/ydz7syg4
Mission
To promote excellence in teaching by providing meaningful and ongoing
develop as reflective practitioners and to advance their professional practice. This will be achieved through differentiated instruction and varied modes of learning to support teachers as they strengthen their
empower teachers, administrators, and staff to further their individual professional growth to ensure that students receive an
Link to TLC Website: https://tinyurl.com/y3nvnpk4
Monthly ○ PCPD ○ This Month at the TLC Email ○ New Faculty Email ○ List of sessions on SignUp Weekly ○ Divisional Emails ○ Coming Attraction Posters in Division Mailrooms Daily ○ Signup Genius Email (day before session) ○ Email Morning of Session
What you want to learn:
What you want to teach:
Parents/ Alumni/ Board Members/ Visitors
TLC PROGRAMMING LED BY STUDENTS, ALUMNI, AND PARENTS
OneVideo Project: Help Make Your First Educational Video / Recording Session Zendoodle: Meditative Drawing Filmmaking Discussion with OPC J.D. Dillard, Writer/Director of Sleight
Travel to Bolivia
Lunch with Author Christopher Scotton: How I Conquered Fear, Eliminated Excuses, Stopped Procrastinating and Published a Best Selling Debut Novel
Political Climate as Quaker Educators?
Student
Go to four TLC sessions of your choice over the year. They can be any session - even sessions you create! Last year’s record - 38 sessions!
Meditation Class
Insecurity
with the Chess Club Captains
Student Action Participatory Research- led by Philly U. Professors One of 20 offerings during an In-Service Day
○ meaningful ○ ongoing ○ adaptable ○ easily accessible ○ fits into the school day- great use of time ○ personalized to meet needs of our faculty - in terms of content and delivery
The TLC is my go to place for just-in-time tools and techniques, as well as a great think tank where I can exchange ideas with my colleagues. The TLC offers an
passions as teachers and nurture the network of fellow educators. When I tell people about the place where I work, one of the first items I mention is the TLC. A space to share, collaborate and think with coworkers on an given day is possibly the most invaluable tool you can provide teachers with.
I love that the TLC allows me to learn from and interact with faculty in all areas of the school, many of whom I wouldn’t otherwise encounter day-to day.
the professional development they want and need at your current school?
envision implementing at your school?
development at your school?
Link to TLC brochure: http://tinyurl.com/yyql4bv3
Ruth Aichenbaum raichenbaum@penncharter.com Coordinator of Teaching & Learning Center David Brightbill dbrightbill@penncharter.com Academic Dean for Curriculum and Professional Development