Teachers
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

    Prerequisite: 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: 2 days
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 performance 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: 2 days

PDSA In Action
A fast-track approach to improving the classroom learning systems. This three-phase approach offers 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 application exercises and get feedback using actual student examples.

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


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