The

Impact of Professional Learning on

Colorado School Districts Action to
Submit an Early Access Addendum
Doctoral Research Project
Lindsey Reinert
Fall 2016

Standards for Professional Learning

5.1 Learning Designs: Professional learning that increases educator
effectiveness and results for all students integrates theories,
research, and models of human learning to achieve its intended
outcomes.
6.1 Implementation: Professional learning that increases educator
effectiveness and results for all students applies research on change
and sustains support for implementation of professional learning for
long term change.

The Golden Circle

(Sinek, 2009)

With your Peer Coaching Group

Generate a list of WHY this barrier exists.
This will guide you to the root cause.

Success In Sight Model

(McREL, 2014)

Step #1: Take Stock

With the Peer Coaching Group State the Root Cause

Questions to ponder:
Is the school district ready for change?
Have we truly identified the nature of the
problem?
Root cause

Does the district have a vision for success with

Early Access?

Want to read more?

(McREL, 2014)

Step #2: Focus on the Right Solutions

Questions to ponder
What are the school districts real needs?
What does research say are the right things to
do for young gifted learners?
Which strategies are right for our school
district?
Are there implications of proposed changes
for school district stakeholders?
How will we know when we have succeeded?
Want to read more?

(McREL, 2014)

Step #3: Take Collective Action

Questions to ponder...
Are we all working toward the same end?
Is each individual committed to taking real
action?
Do we know what to do as well as how, why,
when to do it?

and

Want to read more?

(McREL, 2014)

The greatest struggle is not the learning a new skill but in implementing
it, something referred to as the implementation dip (Fullan, 2001).
The implementation dip is literally a dip in performance and
confidence as one encounters an innovation that requires new skills
and new understandings.
Implementation dip research reveals teachers change their
underlying beliefs only after they learn about success (Guskey, 2002).

Talking Points/Blog Task

Next steps
With your Peer Coaching Group:
Move to the talking points/blog task via the drop down web
menu
There will be posted the guiding task which is also listed below.
The guiding task your peer coaching group will be engaging in is:
Generate a list of talking points addressing cross departmental usage
of assessment tools for Early Access identification

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