In the past, my campus attempted to have a microcredentials professional learning opportunity for the teachers. Due to hastily development and lack of follow-through, it was forgotten after the first session. When pitching this idea, I need to make it very clear that this time around developing this professional learning will be a process and that there will be structures in place to ensure that this is not “forgotten” once again. The outline of this microcredentials professional learning, Power Up¸ is only one of many resources that will be shared with potential leaders of this initiative and participating teachers. The other resources embedded in this blog post will be shared with the appropriate audience at the appropriate time. I do not want to overwhelm my colleagues with information, however I do want to ensure them that there has been a lot of thought put into this. Another important message I want to get across to them is that the ideas presented are not final, they can all be adapted to best fit our needs as a campus, and that their ideas are highly valuable. The first step will be to bring this idea to the administrative team.
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When I saw the microcredentials format for professional learning, I knew that this was a format worth looking into to. At first glance it seems rather simple but once you start looking into the specific aspects of it more questions surface. The first step to creating this year-long professional learning was creating an outline to guide the planning and developing process. Just creating this outline alone brought up so many questions that I had honestly not considered before; it was great to be able to write down my thoughts and begin to organize them. Below you will see the professional learning outline that I developed which is by no means a finished product, rather it is a starting point.
If you are a teacher, I’m sure it’s not difficult for you to think of a time you found yourself complaining about professional development or found yourself listening to a colleague complain about PD. How is it that the people that always pushing others to be the best learners they can be are the same people that loathe their own learning process? It simply should not be this way. Teachers should be wholeheartedly embracing and modeling the process of being a life-long learner. I’m tired of giving and listening to complaints, I’m ready for a change. I have a vision in which teachers are passionate about learning again, a vision in which a collective groan is not heard when professional learning opportunities are mentioned. View the video below to gain more insight into my vision for professional learning.
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