Making Practice Public: Teacher Learning in the

21st Century
Plan
Plan and
and work
work together
together

From
From
Isolation
Isolation to
to
Colleaguesh
Colleaguesh
ip
ip

From
From
Colleagueship
Colleagueship
to
to PLC
PLC
Making
Making
Practice
Practice
and
and
communitie
communitie
s
s of
of
practice:Pu
practice:Pu
blic
access
blic access
to
to
multimedia
multimedia
tools
tools

among
among
teachers
teachers

Issues
Issues

Subject matter departments

Subject matter departments
department
department

Activities:
Activities:

Daily access to
Daily access to
cameras,computers,
cameras,computers, video
video
editing software,
software, interactive
interactive
editing
whiteboards
whiteboards
Aim: to
to connect
connect with
with
Aim:
students and
and colleagues
colleagues
students

Teacher
Teacher can:
can:

PLC:
PLC: Moving
Moving
teacher
teacher
development
development
online
online

Master new practices

Master new practices
Share their best strategies
Share their best strategies
Learn from others
Learn from others
Become writers themselves
Become writers themselves
Be open to learning
Be open to learning

Making artifacts and events

Making artifacts and events
of
of practice
practice
Reflections on practice
Reflections on practice
Available to interested
Available to interested
education
education audiences
audiences

Keep
Keep blog
blog of
of practice
practice

Create video podcasts of students

Create video podcasts of students
performances
performances
Email to students parents
Email to students parents
Intergrate techniques into pedagogy
Intergrate techniques into pedagogy

PLC
PLC activities:
activities:
1.Writing workshop
1.Writing
workshop conference
conference
video
video

Videotape reading circle

Videotape reading circle
Collect and scan students running record
Collect and scan students running record
Upload to a blog ( reflections)
Upload to a blog ( reflections)
Tag veteran teaching friends ( feedback
Tag veteran teaching friends ( feedback
and
and counsel)
counsel)

Singapore
Motto: Thinking
Thinking School,
School, Learning
Learning Nation
Nation
Motto:
Teachers network
network :: mobilize
mobilize groups
groups of
of teachers
teachers and
and a
a variety
variety of
of
Teachers
activities on their own making e.g. Teacher led workshops,
publications, conferences,
conferences, learning
learning circles
circles and
and web
web site
site work
work
publications,
National university:
university: sponsors
sponsors an
an initial
initial whole
whole school
school training
training
National
program e.g
e.g reflection,
reflection, dialogue,
dialogue, action
action research,
research, train
train teachers
teachers as
as
program
facilitators, mentors
mentors and
and critical
critical friends
friends
facilitators,
Purposes: to
to build
build collegiality,
collegiality, to
to teach
teach teachers
teachers and
and producing
producing
Purposes:
knowledge themselves,
themselves, elevate
elevate tacit
tacit knowledge
knowledge (( teacher
teacher
knowledge
knowledge publicly
publicly shared
shared and
and discussed)
discussed)
knowledge

UK
National Literacy and Numeracy
A model to help teachers work with new materials and
gain understanding of new methods
Train school heads, lead maths teacher and expert
literacy teachers
Funded group of schools to work together to improve
their practices
Goverment: supplies many resources and high quality
teaching materials and videos of good practices
Benefits: teacher working with communities, improve
their practices, teacher as leaders, creating professional
and social knowledge

Teacher prepare and teach good lesson

Teacher do observation and discuss on strengths and
weaknesses
Work in group and plan lesson together
Benefits:
provide opportunities for teachers to learn from one
another,
refine their practice,
work with others to deeper their understanding of
the complexities of teaching
builds a culture of participation,
PL
PL collaboration with ones peers
C

Japans Lesson Study:

USA: teacher spent 3-5 hours a week for lesson

planning
Japan, Singapore,South Korea: 35% of their
time for teaching students . Another 65% spent
to other activities.e.g having shared ofce space
and share materials
Finland: meet once a week to plan, develop
curriculum (school in the same area- share
materials)
Denmark, Norway, Switzerland: teacher
collaborate on issues of curriculum and
instruction

International Perspectives on Professional

Learning

PLC: Multiple Initiatives for Making Teaching

Public
1999:Advancement
1999:Advancement of
of Teaching
Teaching by
by Carnegie
Carnegie
Foundation
Foundation
st
1
of CASTL:showing
1st cohort
cohort of
CASTL:showing an
an artifact
artifact of
of each
each
teachers
teachers practice
practice online
online
nd
2
nd cohort: to model the kind of teaching to go
2 cohort: to model the kind of teaching to go
public
public
Work
Work with
with peers
peers
Multimedia
representations
Multimedia representations of
of teachers
teachers practice
practice
were
were multiplying
multiplying
More
More audiences
audiences around
around the
the world
world to
to provoke
provoke the
the
teacher
teacher learning
learning

The
The Development
Development of
of Multimedia
Multimedia Text
Text of
of
Teaching
Teaching
.3
CASTL
cohorts:
from
many
different
cultural
.3 CASTL cohorts: from many different cultural &
&
language
language backgrounds
backgrounds
.shared
.shared the
the belief
belief as
as educators
educators to
to serve
serve students
students
better
better

Phase
Phase I:
I: Inventing
Inventing different
different ways
ways to
to go
go public
public
1 CASTL
CASTL collaborators:
collaborators: teacher
1
teacher represent
represent their
their work
work using
using
multimedia
multimedia
e.g
e.g
.Irma
.Irma Lyons
Lyons :: Dramatic
Dramatic performance
performance assessment
assessment of
of
students(
students( demonstrating
demonstrating the
the interconnections
interconnections between
between the
the
video
video and
and interviewees)
interviewees)
.Heidi
.Heidi Lyne:
Lyne: a
a portfolio
portfolio interview
interview assessment
assessment (used
(used the
the
resulting
resulting Website
Website to
to reflect
reflect and
and support
support students
students in
in the
the
process
process of
of assessment)
assessment)
.Marsha
Pincus:create
a
site
(
videos
of
students
.Marsha Pincus:create a site ( videos of students authored
authored
monologues
monologues and
and her
her own
own practitioner
practitioner reflections
reflections on
on drama
drama and
and
inquiry
inquiry
st
st

Collaboration
Collaboration and
and Teacher
Teacher Voice
Voice
.American
.American K-12
K-12 teachers:project
teachers:project budgets
budgets
.gathered teacher
.gathered
teacher collaborators
collaborators together
together to
to
reflect on
on videos
videos ,student
,student work
reflect
work samples
samples and
and other
other
artifacts
of
their
documented
practices
artifacts of their documented practices
.built
.built narrative
narrative templates
templates to
to guide
guide their
their reflections,
reflections,
introducing
introducing themselves,
themselves, providing
providing a
a description
description of
of
professional
professional experiences
experiences and
and sharing
sharing goals
goals for
for their
their
own
own professional
professional learning
learning
.each
.each artifact
artifact or
or video
video clip:
clip: invite
invite teacher
teacher to
to
describe
describe and
and provide
provide commentary
commentary

Phase
Phase 3:
3: Broadening
Broadening the
the frameframe- Looking
Looking across
across
practices
practices and
and classrooms
classrooms
.. A
virtual
visit
to
a
practitioners
classroom
A virtual visit to a practitioners classroom to
to observation,
observation,
reflection,
reflection, conversation
conversation about
about teaching
teaching practices
practices
.2006:
.2006: partner
partner with
with Noyce
Noyce Foundation
Foundation
.to
document
4
teachers
professional
learning
.to document 4 teachers professional learning practices
practices
.Every
.Every Child
Child a
a Reader
Reader and
and Writer
Writer program
program
.Writing
.Writing workshop
workshop (2007):
(2007): share
share content
content theme
theme of
of personel
personel
narrative
narrative writing
writing and
and structural
structural continuity
continuity in
in writing
writing workshop
workshop
pedagogy
pedagogy
.create
a
navigational
matrix
connecting
each
teachers
.create a navigational matrix connecting each teachers
practice
practice to
to all
all the
the others
others
.examining
.examining Cyrus
Cyrus Limons
Limons Kindergarden
Kindergarden writing
writing workshop
workshop
minilesson
minilesson and
and follow
follow video
video documentation
documentation into
into individual
individual
student
student writing
writing conference
conference

Phase
Phase 2:Articulating
2:Articulating essential
essential artifacts
artifacts and
and events
events of
of
teaching
teaching practice
practice
st
1
st group of multimedia representations of teaching (MRTs)
1 group of multimedia representations of teaching (MRTs)
authored
authored by
by CASTL
CASTL scholars
scholars
.subsequent
.subsequent teacher
teacher learning
learning cohorts
cohorts (( CASTL
CASTL &
& GoldmanGoldmanCarnegie
Carnegie Quest
Quest Project)
Project)
.develop
.develop a
a series
series of
of templates
templates for
for the
the use
use of
of multiple
multiple faculty
faculty to
to
share
share their
their teaching
teaching practices
practices with
with external
external audiences
audiences
e.g.:
e.g.:
.Yvonne
.Yvonne Hutchinson:
Hutchinson: develop
develop a
a class
class anatomy
anatomy (juxtaposing
(juxtaposing
video
video clips
clips from
from a
a single
single 2
2 hours
hours classroom
classroom instructional
instructional block
block
with
with resources
resources and
and reflections)
reflections)
.Jennifer
.Jennifer Myers:capture
Myers:capture a
a block
block of
of language
language arts
arts instruction
instruction
and
and images
images of
of student
student work
work and
and reflections
reflections on
on her
her practice
practice
.Philip
.Philip Levier:a
Levier:a project
project working
working with
with his
his student
student to
to rehearse
rehearse
and
perform
a
Shakespearean
comedy
and perform a Shakespearean comedy

New
Teacher Education
New Text
Text for
for Preservice
Preservice Teacher
Education
.. Get
Get feedback
feedback from
from a
a variety
variety of
of global
global audiences
audiences from
from diverse
diverse
educational
sectors
educational sectors
.providing
.providing the
the opportunities
opportunities for
for teachers
teachers to
to become
become articulate
articulate
about
about their
their practices
practices
.building
.building the
the conditions
conditions for
for a
a different
different kind
kind of
of professional
professional
learning
learning
.use
the
K-12
Web
sites
to
prepare
novice
teacher
.use the K-12 Web sites to prepare novice teacher in
in their
their
teacher
teacher education
education classess
classess

Developing
of Teaching
Teaching Educators
Educators Practice
Developing Records
Records of
Practice
1.Content Area
1.Content
Area Connection-Learning
Connection-Learning from
from Yvonne
Yvonne Hutchinson
Hutchinson
in
a
course
on
Secondary
English
Methods
in a course on Secondary English Methods
.Pam
.Pam Grossman
Grossman and
and Christa
Christa Compton
Compton :: create
create a
a website
website to
to
describe
describe a
a multipart
multipart assignment
assignment for
for their
their secondary
secondary English
English
methods
methods (( multimedia
multimedia representations
representations of
of their
their teaching
teaching
shared
shared evidence
evidence of
of their
their students
students insights
insights
2.Cross-curricular
2.Cross-curricular connection-Learning
connection-Learning from
from Yvonne
Yvonne
Hutchinson
in
a
course
on
Secondary
Hutchinson in a course on Secondary Social
Social Studies
Studies Methods
Methods
.Gloria
.Gloria Ladson-Billings:invite
Ladson-Billings:invite students
students to
to put
put together
together a
a text
text
set
set of
of developmentally
developmentally appropriate
appropriate literature
literature on
on a
a social
social issue
issue
3.Foundation
3.Foundation connection:
connection: a
a course
course on
on Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Development
.Anna
.Anna Richert:create
Richert:create a
a content
content connection
connection for
for preservice
preservice
English
English teacher
teacher (( using
using 3
3 central
central texts:
texts: silent
silent teacher
teacher partner
partner
(whose
(whose practices
practices are
are documented
documented on
on their
their Websites,
Websites, the
the
course
course reading
reading and
and the
the voice
voice of
of adolescent
adolescent learner
learner
themselves)
themselves)

Teachers
Teachers Practices
Practices for
for Teachers
Teachers Learning
Learning and
and
Development
Development
1.Grossman,
1.Grossman, Ladson-Billings,
Ladson-Billings, Richert:
Richert: provide
provide 3
3 examples
examples
.K-12
.K-12 teachers
teachers practices
practices connect
connect to
to and
and inform
inform different
different
environment
environment of
of preservice
preservice teacher
teacher education
education
2.Hutchinson:makes
regular
reference
to
the
2.Hutchinson:makes regular reference to the site
site in
in her
her work
work
with
with novice
novice and
and veteran
veteran teacher
teacher colleagues
colleagues in
in the
the Los
Los Angeles
Angeles
area
area
3.Lee
3.Lee Shulman:observed
Shulman:observed using
using Hutchinsons
Hutchinsons teaching
teaching and
and
develop
develop theoretical
theoretical principles
principles for
for teaching
teaching and
and learning
learning
literacy
literacy

The Translocation ( Transformation) of

Knowledge of-and for - Teaching
Availability
and Ubiquity
of Tools:
Universal
Access
Means No
Excuses

.daily access to computers,

cell phone, cameras and
other tools

Teacher can....
.scan student work
.videotyping a conversation
with student
.envision how they share the
events and artifacts of their
practices
.examine their work
.reflects and comments

Responsive
FeedbackOpe
ns Our Doors
To Mentors
and
Colleagues
Worldwide

.teachers / teaching
colleagues
.next door
.across oceans
educators

Allow to get feedback and

critique