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Substitute Teacher Use
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1. Substitute teachers are provided
so that teachers can visit each other or have time to visit outside of the
building.
2. In-class demonstration with other teachers of the same grade level use
substitutes and special assembly programs where teachers can see their students
learning in a different way.
3. Seven substitutes rotate the grades and classrooms for an hour so that
each grade group can meet.
4. Grant monies are used to supply a "Sub for a day" so that the
arts specialists and core teachers can collaborate on academic projects.
5. "Roaming Subs" are available throughout the day for
availability to teachers.
6. Substitutes are hired to cover classes while teachers have individual
time with consultants.
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Stipends
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1. Saturday "Breakfast and
Learn" workshops with pay are given .
2. Monthly after school workshops are held.
3. "What's in it for me?" (WIIFM) convenes on Saturday or after
school.
4. Each grade is given a one hour per month time for a paid grade meeting.
5. An hourly rate is paid to staff to remain after school for meetings.
6. A stipend or a professional day is given to a teacher with a substitute.
7. Grade-level meetings are arranged before and after school (with stipend).
8. Twenty-four hour retreat blitzes are planned with a stipend.
9. Summer workshops with either college credit or stipends are offered.
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Common Time Blocks
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1. In-school conversation time that
supports student learning is allotted.
2. "Turn Around Training" from workshops is shared with staff
members.
3. Part of each faculty/staff meeting is used for professional development.
4. "Restructure Day" is held to allow release time for selected
teacher training.
5. Cooperative/collaborative planning time is established for specific workshops.
6. In-class demonstration lessons are scheduled for specific grade groups.
7. District in-service and monthly professional development meetings are
held.
8. Departments meet and share materials and information by arranging back-to-back
planning and lunch periods to allow for longer planning time.
9. Combined planning teams use a consultant to work with each team and personal
time is given to those who need it.
10. Grade level one hour per month is given for group meetings (paid and
unpaid).
11. Staff use substitutes for monthly "outside visits" by grade
groups.
12. Cooperative planning time is designed for workshops on a specific topic
identified by a team and supported by team members
13. Reading specialists devise a common time block schedule to share strategies
monthly.
14. School improvement teams meet monthly to share information and provide
feedback to staff.
15. Staff meetings use common meeting sessions for grade-level groups.
16. Staff use middle school format and set aside one team planning session.
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Training/
Compensatory
Sessions
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1. Budgets are provided for staff
attendance at conferences and/or for university classes with reimbursements
for recertification.
2. Saturday "Breakfasts and Learn" workshops with stipends are
used..
3. On-site staff developer/coordinator works with grade levels for entire
year and moves with the levels in order to provide continuity.
4. Needs assessment inquiry is used to plan meaningful staff development
sessions. Allotments are made for highest priority tasks.
5. One hour per month is given for paid grade level meetings.
6. Budget items are planned for conferences, training sessions, etc.
7. An hourly rate is paid in order for staff to meet after school.
8. District pays for CSRD training as part of the in-service development
program.
9. Free college courses are offered through scheduled funding.
10. "Time Banks" are established and used for teacher compensatory
schedules.
11. Monthly professional development meetings are used for re-certification
courses.
12. Rotating schedules are designed for compensation in lieu of cash.
13. School steering committees provide in-service training and receive time
for service rendered.
14. Districts lengthen the school day to provide in-service for teachers
and compensate teachers for time.
15. Alternative sessions designed to free teachers for professional development
include: service learning, internships, community service, hobby day, blocks
of time for successive days of the week, and so on.
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Teacher Collaborative Planning
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1. Teachers cover classes on personal
planning time on a rotational basis in order to allow colleagues to engage
in staff development tasks.
2. Teachers coach each other as a community of learners. They make decisions
regarding session structure.
3. Teachers identify specific areas of professional development and use
"Brown Bag" lunch sessions to meet.
4. Parent Educational Teams are trained in collaborative sessions. They
substitute so that teachers can engage in professional development.
5. Teacher aides are trained to collaborate with teachers and carry out
project portions of lesson plans in order to free teachers for staff development
sessions.
6. Teachers meet in informal sessions during assemblies or other planned
student activities. Students' work or study groups may be used as a focus
of the session.
7. Informal action-research is conducted during planning periods. Extra
time is given.
8.Team teaching departmentally allows colleagues to be free for conferences,
workshops, courses, etc.
9. Reading specialists and other itinerant staff persons are used to free
teachers for training.
10. Reciprocal time is allotted as in-kind services.
11. Careful listening in informal situations help provide unity and alleviate
time spent arguing; thus, resulting in productive meetings. The principal/leader
provides the validation and ownership to promote this unity.
12. Workshops, seminars, courses, institutes are planned by teachers and
grant money is used to sponsor these events.
13. Mentoring is used as a resource to improve teaching. Videotapes are
purchased by the school for professional development/ use.
14. Technological "showings" are identified using teacher input
and time.
15. Reflection time is given to teachers to identify sessions based on actual
needs.. Continuous development is applied thematically to help stimulate
ideas for creating professional development time.
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1. The focus of all staff meetings is on "Teaching and Learning".
Other information is given through memoranda.
2. "Reward Days" are given for student activities and provided
by support staff members, parents, or partnerships. Teachers are free
to reflect and work together.
3. Flex periods are sometimes used to free teachers for staff development
activities.
4. Staff retreats are used for long-term planning and prioritizing goals.
5. Lunch and planning periods are paired to give more time for staff planning.
6. Summer workshops yielding college credit or re-certification credit
are given.
7. "Book Talks/Book Clubs" are established to help staff learn
the basics of an area of need/study.
8. Visits, pairings, partnerships are established for coaching and mentoring.
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