Powerful Learning Practice Blog
21st Century Assessment
Nagel Middle School Team Members: Dan Armstrong, Rose Arnell, Mimi Clark, Joy Kidwell, Donna Lauver, Brad Suder Community: Dublin-Dallas Year 1, 2010-2011 The focus is on restructuring the learning opportunities students have and the choices for demonstrating their...
Getting comfortable with collaboration
The Parish Episcopal School Team Members: Susana Acosta-Cavert, Stuart Chepey, Lucy Henard, Jim Kondysar, Becky Maher, Gretchen Peterson Community: Dublin-Dallas Year 1, 2010-2011 Administrative expectation for Parish Episcopal School teachers to further implement its...
More effective professional development
Lancaster Mennonite School - Kraybill Campus Team Members: Val Garton, Keri Hurst, Gena Fisher, Heidi Steffen Community: IU-13 Year 1, 2010-2011 Our project is focused on Professional Development. Through observation, interviews, and a survey, we found that most...
Cultivating sustained collaboration
Lancaster Lebanon IU13 ECSES Team Members: Lori Blantz, Jen Bennett, Audra Crawford, Marcella Schreiber, Jill Leid Community: IU-13 Year 1, 2010-2011 We have created for our staff a Wiki that focuses on bringing our classrooms into the 21st century with technology....
Supporting the teaching of reading
Elco Intermediate School Team Members: Dennie, Gretchen, Laurabeth, Laurie, Lindsey Community: IU-13 Year 1, 2010-2011 In an effort to bring consistency and comfort to the teaching of reading in our Intermediate School, our PLP group created a reading wiki designed to...
Implementing the ISTE NETS standards
Dover Area School District Team Members: Davonna Rickard, Courtney Riley, Jon Marc Murphy, Molly VanBalen, Deborah Wirth, Rebecca Haldeman Community: IU-13 Year 1, 2010-2011 Our project is to use professional development to provide the staff with the skills needed to...
Embracing collaboration and connection
Sydney Elementary School Team Members: Dave Dowling, Michael Eldridge, Jamie Ewalt, Allison Gregg, Teresa Hughes, Janice Shanno Community: Dublin-Dallas Year 1, 2010-2011 Our Action Research project entails a professional development plan that incorporates the use of...
21 minutes of professional development
West Clermont Elementary Schools Team Members: Joe Stahl, Lori Van Eman, Jody Davis, and Sarah Sloan Community: Dublin-Dallas Year 1, 2010-2011 This research project increases awareness of technology for our teachers regardless of what technology they have access to....
Creating professional learning communities
Innisfail Junior Senior High School Team Members: Dave Dale, Kaitlin Eyestone, Allan Whitehead, Narsh Ramrattan and Rhonda Jessen Community: Canadian Year 1, 2010-2011 The goal of our project was to introduce the idea of professional learning community to the staff at...
Enhancing teacher webpages
Northern Lights School District Team Members: Jared Nichol, Terry Kaminski, David Ripkens and Barb LeNormand Community: Canadian Year 1, 2010-2011 Every school in our division has teacher webpages on the school websites. Many teachers do not use these webpages because...