EDUC 7104

Today

• Get to know each other a little better
• Find out where you are at
• Assignment Two
• Learning Conversations

Getting to know each other

• .... comes easy for me
• I have to work hard at.....
• Something in this course that has left an impression on me.....
• Something I would like to further develop in my teaching....
• Photo time

Getting me up to speed

• Coaching & mentoring
• Dilemma management
• Reflective practice

LEARNING CONVERSATIONS are highly focused coaching sessions (by phone, video conference and in person) designed to help you expand your capacities for learning and leadership

Traditional practice favours conformity and compliance from teachers, whereas new directions in teacher professional learning encourage teachers to take an
active role by inquiring into their
own practice and working collaboratively to solve issues they face.

Learning Conversations

• Are always aimed at being enabling and empowering.
• Use skills such as paraphrasing, reflecting, empathic listening, clarifying, questioning, immediacy and appropriate challenging
• Encourage reflection
• May require a shift in mindset

Earl, L. M., & Timperley, H. (2009).
Understanding how evidence and learning conversations work. In Professional learning conversations: Challenges in using evidence for improvement (pp. 1-12). Springer Netherlands.

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Habits for Effective Listening

• Attending skills
• Following Skills
• Reflective Skills

Revisiting your professional goals?

• Novice
• Advance Beginner
• Competence
• Proficiency
• Expertise

WHOA

• What's happening now?
• How would you like it to be different?
• Options - exploration of alternatives
• Action - commitment to action
• *Use WHOA to guide a learning conversation around one chosen goal

Next Time

• Communities of Practice
• What else?