Classroom Coaches
Continuous Improvement
Suggested Professional Learning Sequence


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ORIENTATION/ AWARENESS

Continuous Improvement: A Practical Way of Getting Better for Classroom Teachers
This session is the basic orientation overview designed for classroom teachers to begin creating an environment for classroom learning.

  • Awareness of basic Performance Excellence Criteria and core values
  • Rationale for use of Performance Excellence Criteria as a framework for classroom improvement
  • Initial assessment of the classroom learning system
  • District/school connections

    Prerequisites: None
    Length of Workshop: 1 day
STRATEGIC/
OPERATIONAL
PLANNING

Teacher and Student Partnerships Part I: Building Classrooms for Learning
Introduction to the classroom learning systems with specific focus on development of classroom goals and measures as a foundation to classroom implementation.

  • Develop grade-level team goals, measures and indicators that will set direction for the classroom planning
  • Develop an improvement plan for use in the classroom to deploy down to students

    Prerequisites: Continuous Improvement: A Practical Way of Getting Better
    Length of Workshop: 1 day
DEPLOYMENT COMPONENTS

Teacher and Student Partnerships Part II: Tools and Techniques for Performance Excellence
Teachers and students participate in tools training to support the on-going improvement of the classroom learning system and key classroom processes.

  • Increased understanding of performance excellence categories and core values as applied to the classroom
  • Strategies for implementing continuous improvement processes at the classroom level
  • Development of goals, measures and an action plan of next steps
  • Review of a classroom deployment plan
  • PDSA application

    Prerequisites:
    Teacher and Student Partnerships Part I Length of Workshop: 1 day

PDSA In Action
A fast-track approach to improving the classroom learning systems. This training The three-phase approach offers educators the step-by-step actions that lead to high performing schools and classrooms.

  • Learn specific strategies that you can implement immediately to transform your school and classrooms and ensure performance results for every student!
  • Practice with practical application exercises and get feedback using actual student examples

    Prerequisites: Teacher and Student Partnerships Part I Length of Workshop: 2 days
BUILDING
CAPACITY

Building a Technical Support Team Level I
This session focuses on the concepts and learning strategies required to introduce continuous improvement as a systems approach. Continuous improvement materials that support building awareness and commitment at the district, department, school, and classroom are reviewed in this session. Participants will receive Train-the-Trainer certification on the following content:

  • Orientation to Performance Excellence
  • Continuous Improvement: A Practical Way of Getting Better for Classroom Teachers
  • Continuous Improvement: A Practical Way of Getting Better for Support Staff

    Prerequisites: Baldrige a Practical Way of Getting Better Length of Workshop: 2 days

Building a Technical Support Team Level II
This level focuses on the concepts and learning strategies required to coach and mentor educators in applying Continuous Improvement as a systems approach at the classroom level training. Materials that support classroom implementation and deployment include:

  • Teacher & Student Partnerships Part I: Building Classrooms for Learning
  • Teacher & Student Partnerships Part II: Tools and Techniques for Performance Excellence

    Prerequisites: TSP Part I and II
    Length of Workshop: 3 days


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