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Power Up Blended Learning

A Professional Learning Infrastructure to Support Sustainable Change
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By: Catlin Rice Tucker

This book provides a framework for leaders looking to implement a long-term professional learning plan that supports teachers as they move toward blended learning.


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  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781506396767
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Series: Corwin Teaching Essentials
  • Year: 2018
  • Page Count: 192
  • Publication date: September 10, 2018

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Take Blended Learning to the Next Level by Building an Effective Professional Learning Community!

Technology is permeating classrooms and offering teachers and students opportunities to reimagine teaching and learning. Many schools and districts are shifting from traditional teacher-led instruction to blended learning with the goal of placing students at the center of learning. It’s time to power up your approach to professional learning to ensure teachers feel inspired and supported as they make this shift and embrace technology. This book provides an effective and actionable framework for school leaders looking to implement a long-term professional learning plan that extends professional development beyond a handful of days each year to create “coaching culture” that supports teachers as they move toward blended learning.

Blended Learning expert Catlin Tucker provides a clear path for professional learning that is embedded in the school’s culture, blending targeted training (the “spark”), 1:1 coaching, and professional learning communities. This comprehensive approach to professional learning ensures that teachers in a blended environment work continually to improve learning outcomes for students, stay up-to-date on current technology, and learn with their colleagues. This text is full of concrete resources and strategies for leaders and blended learning coaches. It includes

  • Coaching protocols
  • Virtual coaching strategies
  • Templates for feedback
  • Lesson planning resources for designing blended lessons
  • Rubrics for evaluation
  • Stories and tips from blended learning coaches
  • Vignettes from teachers who have successfully shifted to a blended learning model
  • Reflection questions for leading book studies

This book provides the tools and tips you’ll need to support teachers as they move toward blended learning. From articulating the why behind a shift to blended learning, to creating and implementing an actionable roadmap for building a professional learning infrastructure, this must-have resource will take your PD plans to the next level!


Key features

Readers will find...

? Concrete resources for blended learning coaches to use as they move through the coaching cycle with teachers. Resources will include, but are not limited to:

? question sets

? templates for feedback

? lesson planning resources for designing blended lessons

? rubrics for evaluation

? Vignettes and tips from blended learning coaches

? Vignettes from teachers who have shifted to a blended learning model

Author(s)

Author(s)

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Catlin Rice Tucker

Catlin Tucker is a Google Certified Innovator, bestselling author, international trainer, and frequent Edtech speaker, who teaches in Sonoma County where she was named Teacher of the Year in 2010. Catlin’s books Blended Learning in Grades 4-12 and Blended Learning in Action are both bestsellers. She has also written a book titled Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology to support teachers in thinking outside of the box as they shift to the Common Core. Catlin is working on her doctorate at Pepperdine University. She writes the “Techy Teacher” column for ASCD’s Educational Leadership. She is active on Twitter @Catlin_Tucker and writes an internationally ranked education blog at CatlinTucker.com.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Author


Chapter 1: Articulate the WHY

Introduction

WHY Blended Learning?

Getting Teachers On Board With the WHY

The HOW: Best Practices

The WHAT: Branding the Shift to Blended Learning

Eight Ways to Strengthen Your School Community

Book Study Questions

Chapter 2: A Roadmap for Building a Professional Learning Infrastructure

Introduction

Blended Learning Demands a New Approach to Professional Learning

Professional Development: Defining the Scope

The Spark: On-Site Targeted Training Led by an Expert

One-on-One Coaching

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 3: Blended Learning Requires Effective Professional Development

Introduction

Traditional Professional Development Is Largely Ineffective

Elements of Effective Professional Development

Leaders Must Lean In

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 4: The Blended Learning Coach

Introduction

Coaching in a Blended Learning Context

Elements of Effective Coaching

Blended Learning Coaches Continue the Learning

Redefining Teacher and Student Roles in a Blended Learning Environment

A Quick Review of Blended Learning Models

Blended Learning: Establish a Clear Plan

Challenges Facing the Creation of a Coaching Culture

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 5: Coaching: Initial Conversation and Goal Setting

Introduction

The Power of Dialogic Interviews

SMART Goal Setting

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 6: Coaching: Initial Observation and Debrief

Introduction

Coaching Must Be a Partnership

What’s the Goal of the Initial Observation?

Communicating With Students

The Debrief

Revisit SMART Goals

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 7: Coaching: Co-lesson Planning

Introduction

Communicate With the Teacher Ahead of Time

Meet Outside of the Classroom

Identify the Goals

Keep the Lesson Manageable: Think Big, but Start Small

Provide Templates to Help Teachers Design Blended Lessons

Don’t Just Plan the Lesson, Create It

Reflect on the Role of Technology in the Lesson

Dealing With Details

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 8: Coaching: Real-Time Coaching

Introduction

Pre-lesson Chat: Review Lesson and Establish Norms for Real-Time Coaching

Real-Time Coaching: “Pause, Discuss, Adjust”

Document the Parts of the Lesson

Written Feedback Using a Blended Learning Rubric

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 9: Coaching: Model Lessons and Co-teaching

Introduction

Designing and Teaching a Model Lesson

Model Lesson Checklist

Co-teaching

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 10: Coaching: Documenting, Reflecting, and Revisiting

Introduction

Dedicating Time, Energy, and Space to Reflection

Becoming a Reflective Practitioner

Reflect Using Documentation

Using Digital Tools to Reflect

Revisit SMART Goals

Next Steps: Developing an Action Plan

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 11: Virtual Coaching

Introduction

Real-Time Coaching: Challenges of Scale

Blended Offline and Online Coaching in Large Districts

Benefits and Limitations of Virtual Coaching

Virtual Spin on the Coaching Cycle

Technology Toolbox for Virtual Coaching

Staying Organized With Google Calendar

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

Chapter 12: Professional Learning Communities

Introduction

What Is a Professional Learning Community?

The PLC Process

Organizing the Teacher Teams Within a PLC

Wrap Up

Book Study Questions

References


Index


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