From Staff Room to Classroom:
The Adult Learner and Change Theory
So, You Wannabe a Staff Developer: Level I
Robin Fogarty & Associates, Ltd. Professional Development
Description
Teaching teachers and reaching teachers are two different things. We know that the most expensive in-service is the one that teachers do not apply in the classroom. So, we have developed a cost-effective way to bring staff development to your site. Your team will have the skills to reach teachers with techniques they will learn in the workshop 'From Staffroom to Class Room: So, You Wannabe a Staff Developer: Level I' sometimes referred to as, The Anatomy of a Workshop.
We train your team in the skills and strategies needed to conduct and coach on-site professional learning sessions. In this four-day seminar, participants learn four skills of the staff developer. They learn how to create, present, facilitate, and mediate professional development programs for immediate on-site use.
In brief, this research-based, user-friendly, four-day professional learning experience begins with Knowles’ ideas about the adult learner and some things we know about how to best work with them. The focus then shifts to Fullan’s, “change theory” and to Guskey’s “change through professional development model.”
In turn, this leads to the National Staff Development Council-supported elements of effective staff development and how to design the training modeled on the research of Joyce and Showers. In closing, the content then highlights Fogarty’s six levels of transfer and Fogarty and Pete’s seven strategies for transfer that help learners apply the ideas in their classrooms.
When it comes to teaching the adults, people often ask, “Is it easier to teach adults or kids?” The answer is always an unequivocal; “Kids are easy, adults get grumpy!”
Day 1
Orientation with Notebook / Scavenger Hunt
Human Graph / Four Roles
The Adult Learner / Cast of Characters
Mediated Journal
Change Theory / Card Game
Anatomy of a Workshop: List / Web / Rank
Priority - The Adult Learner
Day 2
Professional Development Critical Elements / ABC Graffiti
Training Model / Right Angle Thinking
Anatomy of a Workshop: Designing Workshop Fishbone
Priority - Less is more!
Day 3
Four Roles / T - Charts
Designer – Designer at the Site
Presenter – Sage on the Stage
Facilitator – Guide on the Side
Coach – Mediator in the Field
Mediating / Birds of Transfer
Seven Transfer Strategies / Jigsaw
Theory / Demonstration / Practice / Coaching
Anatomy of a Workshop: Training Model / Flow Chart
Day 4
Bridging Snapshots / Visual Metaphor
Revisit Rubric
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Q and A
Anatomy of a Workshop: Action Plan / Conference Proposal / Share with colleague
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