Alternative Approaches To Professional Learning - E069

This week, we are discussing new and innovative approaches to professional learning. During COVID, professional learning has taken quite a backseat. So we'll go over our current struggles we're experiencing as well as possible ideas and solutions to bring back and reimagine what professional learning could look like going forward.If you like what you hear, we would love it if you could share this episode with a colleague or friend. And make sure you subscribe so that you don’t miss out on any new content! And consider supporting the show by buying us a coffee or two!We would love to hear from you – leave a comment on our website OR check out our FLIPGRID!Featured Content**For detailed show notes, please visit our website at https://edugals.com/69**Struggles:TIME! Everything is outside of school hours or during lunchAvailability of supply teachers is an issueLunches are taken up by so many meetings, other commitmentsModified semester format is not helping - everyone is exhausted!Teaching Loss is real - Tom Schimmer Podcast episode with Pav WanderEquity of access to professional learningBalance between work and life (our time is valuable)Ideas/Solutions:Use your board staff - coaches, instructional program leaders, itinerant teachers, etcAsk for release time from your admin (most schools have $$ for PD)Keep learning sessions short, 30 minutes maximumSharing resources online such as community building activitiesTiming of learning sessions - finding a time that works for everyone is tough!Record the sessions as an option (be careful with this if you want discussion)Record a recap/summary video after the session instead as a workaroundRachel's bite-sized learning plan with Katie's input:Create one-pagers with an instructional video, exemplars, practice, extra resources, optional feedback/collaborative databaseModern Classrooms Project approachMust Do's - Learn and Explore; Should Do's - Try and Share; and Aspire To Do's - Dive DeeperLots of choice and entry points for educatorsTracking & Collaboration - EdPuzzle open class, Google Form, Interactive Questions in ScreencastifyInteractive questions in EdPuzzle - audio responses for open-ended responses, keep questions to a minimumGoogle Form submission - add a teaching resource to our database, get feedback, optional further supportAdd lots of options for feedback, collaboration, support for teachersOpen office hours drop in sessions or Twitter chats (Tweet from @ESL_Fairy)Connect educators with each other (Tweet from Brian Aspinall)Optional Teaching SprintsSupport the Show.Connect with EduGals: Twitter @EduGals Rachel @dr_r_johnson Katie @KatieAttwell EduGals Website Support the show