Presentation from EARCOS Leadership Conference 2014 'Professional Development that works: Continuous and Ongoing Professional Learning in The Fish Bowl' #elc2014 by Ben Summerton and Steve Katz from Korea International School
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Session Goals
• Provide insight into the success of the Fish Bowl professional
development program.
• Help you to begin conceptualizing how this model can be adapted to
your school.
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“We believe it’s possible to create a learning
community that assists it’s members in achieving
their individual and mutual professional goals
and needs.”
– The KIS EdTech Team
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“We believe learning communities emerge when
a culture of learning that is responsive, collegial,
student focussed and ongoing is established.”
– The KIS EdTech Team
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The Fish Bowl: In House | Every Day | Voluntary | Just in Time
The Fish Bowl
• In house professional development
• 4 forty-minute sessions per day
• 20 sessions per week
• Voluntary attendance
• Just in time
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Success
In class implementation
EdTech consulting center
The Fish Bowl
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Success
= Professional Development at Korea International School
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Korea International School
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widely recognized...!
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…and it starts with a
vision
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Location and the
Space
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Concept
Drawing
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a visible,
comfortable and
contemporary
learning space
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Technical or
pedagogical?
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Part 2: Evidence
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A program that works?
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Why we think this
works.
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1. PD programs require Leadership
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2. Understand why
people attend
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3. PD must be voluntary
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4. Know the needs
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5. Consistency
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6. PD (ideally) should be
during regular school hours
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20 Sessions Each Week
• Monday - Friday
• 8:20 - 9:00
• 10:30 - 11:10
• 12:35 - 1:15
• 2:05 - 2:45
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The Fish Bowl: In House | Every Day | Voluntary | Just in Time
Tracking Attendance
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Tracking Attendance
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7. PD must be marketed and this
strategy needs to constantly evolve.
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8. PD is just in time (most of the
time).
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9. Get feedback
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10. Collect data and improve.
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Conditions That Facilitated Success
• PD requires leadership and support from leadership
• PD must be voluntary
• Know the needs
• School Hours
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Ongoing Success
• Consistency
• Marketing
• Just in time
• Feedback
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Part 3: Your School
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What is it you want to
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do?
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Adapting to Your
School
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Key Components
• Convenience
• Consistency
• Buy in
• Evolution
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Convenience
• Common times to attend during the school day
• Central, comfortable location
• Dedicated space
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Consistency
• Same goals reached for all sessions
• Except when that doesn’t meet participants’ needs
• Similar session no matter who presents
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Buy In
• Support from leadership team
• Listen to teachers’ needs/Just in time learning
• Meeting an identified and understood need
• Customizing sessions
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Evolution
• Focus on most pressing issues
• Develop teacher tech leaders
• Focus on the goal
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Scenarios
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“One Man Band”
• Common time may be multiple times (various
lunches, after school)
• Bring more people in
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“The Holdout”
• Timely discussion before the change
• Move forward without the holdout (small steps)
• Don’t renew contract?
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Division-Based Coaches
• Create a central workspace
• Meet regularly
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The Part Timers
• Report to the tech director (not principal)
• Transition to full-time positions
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Team Make Up
• Variety of strengths (subject & division)
• Beware of IT teachers
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The Fish Bowl alone is not enough
In class implementation
EdTech consulting center
The Fish Bowl
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KIS EdTech 2009-2015
• Bruce Roadside 2009-2010*
• Christine Usyak 2010-2011
• Mark Page 2010-2012
• Tim Bray 2009-2014
• Steve Katz 2010-2015
• Ben Summerton 2011-2015*
• Chris Bernhardi 2012-2014
• Art Schultz 2012-2015
• Rick Mallon 2014-2015
• Amalia Kingsbury 2014-2015
*Head of department
Head of School: Steve
Cathers
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More Information
The Fish Bowl kisfishbowl.blogspot.kr/
Ben Summerton summo78@gmail.com @bensummerton
Steve Katz katz66@gmail.com @stevekatz
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Admin? Tech Integrators? Teachers?
Do you have a PD program at your school?
Thinking about developing one?
Currently trialing?
Feeling defeated?
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Ben
community
culture
steve
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Customizing: team sessions
The FB one part of a broader strategy
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Customizing: team sessions
The FB one part of a broader strategy
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1200 students
120 foreign teachers, many new to international teaching
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Google Docs/gClass Folders/Doctopus
Target audience (most of the time) is beginner to intermediate
This model saves time by teaching to small groups rather than individuals.
Allows for customization to groups or with whoever walks in.
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ARD story
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we had a holdout
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visibility…and was part of the vision (goes with promotion)
convenience + high traffic
details matter
couches, tables, short throw projector
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Concept drawing
a visible, comfortable and contemporary learning space
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Balancing act, Pedagocially sound technical PD.
We started with pedagogical, and moved toward technical.
Sometimes gradebook, etc.
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Steve
ben
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Our Director Steve Cathers during a Parent Fish Bowl session
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I’m expected to. This is voluntary.
Attendance tells us if we are on the right track.
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What are the barriers at your school?
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and it will become a part of the culture
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Up from 39 to 60 average per week. (1768 this year - based on first 5 weeks)
2013-2014 school year
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The context of your school will dictate the shape of your program.
Young, motivated, 3 year turnover
May 2014
May 2014
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We do a dry run the week before
We tear it apart and rebuild the parts that don’t work
Monday session all members of the team attend
respecting the time constants in vital
meeting the goal/objective is vital
steve
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30 to 40 minutes
We were going long
after school…
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Steve
Grad credit/clock hours
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May 2014
71% at least once a month
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for example…this week
steve/ben
May 2014
Some - always 95%
We are providing a valuable service.
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Ben
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evolving program
Fish Bowl 2.0
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ongoing success
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capacity, barriers
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steve
What if you don’t have those things?
Control what you can.
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steve
Start & end on time (unless people want more)