The creative professional learning approaches in Aldine and Sumner County have been earning cheers in social media, and we want to learn more! Each district is refining a model that we can all borrow.
In Aldine ISD, grade level teams have been doing Lesson Rehearsals, allowing each teacher to try out his or her instructional approach and receive feedback from the group. Everyone benefits from this modeling; the Aldine team has been refining the approach for a year, and they’ll detail both their model and learnings.
Sumner County coaches are using Swivl to record lessons in action, which are then reviewed with teachers for truly tangible feedback. Coaches also record their coaching sessions, then coaches debrief their coaching moves with each other! By capturing exemplary lesson and coaching videos, the Sumner team is building a library with many potential uses. Team Sumner will give us a glimpse of this work.
Each these approaches fosters powerful “on-the-job” professional learning, with a healthy dose of community-building!
On October 21st, we heard from the Aldine and Sumner teams. Watch a recording below, and join our Slow Chat on this topic on October 25th in Twitter.
Speakers
- Demedia Edwards, Director of Literacy, Aldine ISD
- Gloria Guerrero, Literacy Coach, Aldine ISD
- Kyle Craighead, Student Growth Coordinator, Sumner County
- Rachel Sowder. Lead Educator, Sumner County
