About PLP

Description: A one-year, ongoing, job-embedded professional development opportunity built around emerging social Web technologies that connects:

• 20 schools from around the state (or world)
• 5 educators (administrators/teachers) from each school
• 10-21st Century Fellows (Champions) selected from participating districts

Outcomes for participating Administrators and Teacher Leaders

By participating, you can expect your team and your leadership to gain:

Knowledge: An understanding of the transformative potential of Web 2.0 tools in a global perspective and context and how those potentials can be realized in schools

Pedagogy: An understanding of the shifting learning literacies that the 21st Century demands and how those literacies inform teacher practice.

Connections: The development of sustained professional learning networks for team members to begin experimenting and sharing with other team members and online colleagues from around the world.

Sustainability: The creation of long term plans to move the vision forward in participating districts at the end of the program.

Capacity: An increase in the abilities and resources of individuals, teams and the community to manage change.

The PLP Process

These intensive learning communities will be created with and supported by:

Two full day face to face workshops (21st Century Learning Kick-off and Culminating Learning Showcase) for cohort participants held at a regional site.

Five, 2-hour synchronous online 21st Century curriculum modules

• Setting the Stage: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century – What is 21st Century learning? Why is it important? This session introduces the context, research and trends shaping the current shifts.
• Network Literacy:Sharing,Cooperation and Collective Action – This session moves team members from talking about 21st century learning to examining some specific tools and how they are used to promote the building of Personal Learning Networks for sharing, cooperation, and collective action.
• Network Driven Inquiry: Technological Pedagogy in Action – This session takes a closer look at the pedagogy involved in using web-based strategies to support passion-based and inquiry-driven approaches to learning.
• Project Workshop – School teams have an opportunity to get feedback on their emerging team projects as well as showcase, reflect, and celebrate the success and outcomes of their learning.
• Long Range Planning and Implementation
  Working with school teams to develop a collective vision and implementation plan to build momentum for change in their schools and districts.

Immersion in an asynchronous Virtual Learning Community

Ongoing capacity building with 21st Century Fellows

To Participate

Planning for the 2010-11 school year is already underway. PLP will be forming a limited number of cohorts from around the country and internationally. To express an interest in the program or for information on putting together a cohort, use our contact form or visit www.plpnetwork.com