2. Purpose of presentation:
• Discuss what instructional supervision means
to our schools
• Facilitate changing mindsets and replacing
behaviors using 2.0 tools
• Showcase best practices in the school
• Showcase of 2.0 tools and their application to
better communication, building new practices
6. ‘.., work with teacher in ways to
promote lifelong learning skills;
inquiry, reflection, collaboration
and a dedication to professional
growth and development.’
“Glickman [1981].., ‘the goal of
instructional supervision is to
help teachers learn how to
increase their own capacity to
achieve professional learning
goals for their students“
“a supervisor’s style either
enhances or diminishes
teacher’s abilities to engage in
learning that is developmentally
appropriate”
Sally J. Zepeda 2007
7. what we do in terms of monitoring and
providing feedback to staff to promote
desired/ needed behaviors and what
we do to change and replace behaviors
that aren't conducive to student
learning and growth
8. Key Factors of Changing Teachers’ Behaviors
• Provide replacement behavior options
• Apply cognitive coaching strategies
11. Twitter
• Microblogging
• Learn the best from others
• Exposure to great
educators
• Exchange of ideas
• Connection to like minded
thinkers
• Inspiration
• Models of best practice
• Validation
14. Twitter
Lessons Learned
• Lead training
• Host a chat party
• Follow up
• Don’t feel pressure
to read everything
• Its ok to lurk and
learn [at first]
• Praise your deep
divers
17. Lessons Learned
• Download the toolbar
• Set up groups via Teacher Console
• Don’t pressure yourself with a quota
• Readers/Subscriptions
• Follow up
• Praise your deep divers
29. • Share your thoughts
• Your message/vision
• Create an archive of
important points
• Showcase best practices
• Place for creativity
• Let them read your vision
30.
31.
32. Lessons Learned
• Write the best way for you
• Read/subscribe to some blogs
• Share good blogs with others
• Encourage others to blog
• Not about length, quality vs quantity
33. • Place for creativity
• Great features
• Online archive of videos
• Archive for best practices
• Use special features, annotation
• Embed in your blogs, websites
39. Citations/Resources
• Blog – A Tempered Radical, Bill Ferriter
• Blog – The 21st
Century Principal, J. Robinson
• Blog – A Principal’s Reflection, Eric Sheniger
• Tweetdeck
• Instructional Supervision, Sally J. Zepeda 2007
• Tools: Twitter, Blogger, Diigo, Youtube
• Communicating and Connecting with Social
Media, Ferriter, Ramsden, and Sheninger
Notes de l'éditeur
Principal, West Middle School, MCS
Director of Curriculum and Innovation
Assistant Principal 6 – 12
Instructional Facilitator
6 – 8 Math Teacher
Social Media Diver
The more you observe, the more validity you can provide in feedback
What does instructional supervision mean to you?
Part of our support process, not just corrective
Today’s talk is as much about my journey as it is about tools
All these tools are free! Educator accounts give a couple of great perks!
Instructional Supervision just like other practices in education, traditionally NOT collaborative. These tools are opportunity reach out and get the best ideas from others
Connection
If you don’t have a great model in your building – TWITTER DOES
Twitter for educators is game changing PD
Exposure to good practices
Exposure to good models
Replacement behaviors
Support
Collaboration
Engage in chats, see good stuff – Midleved, Choice in middle grades classes
FIND AN ARTICLE AND OPEN IT – LATER FOR DIIGO
#edfocus – book study, Marzano – Leaders of Learning
#atplc – regular chat, won book
Discuss the potential here
Collaborative bookmarking of websites
Share story about overloading information at beginning of year
Break to actual website
Show Comm Group
MAKE SURE YOU BOOKMARK WEBPAGE FROM EARLIER
Share resources
Share thoughts
Be collaborative; share with others where your school CAN go – Opportunities
Show of hands, who has been on Google+
Combination of Facebook, Twitter and Skype
Show of hands, who has been on Google+
Encourage
Share a vision
All kinds
This talk is about instructional supervision; don’t overlook the need for blogging in classroom
Videos to show – Waln Data conn
Videos to show – Waln Data conn
Invaluable experience getting connected
Talk about PLN
Beyond 21st administrators
Effective at a skill set that was valuable 10, 20, 30 years ago
Are you using different devices/tools to the same thing you were doing years before [walk thrus on Ipads/tablets]