Course

GWC 500-64 2022-2023 ND PCBL Convenings and Continued Learning

Ended May 22, 2023
1 credit

Full course description

Event Sponsor: *

NDDPI and KnowledgeWorks

Event Contact Name: *

Ann Ellefson

Position or Title: *

Director of Acacemic Support

Event Contact Phone: *

(701) 328-2488

Event Contact Email: *

aellefson@nd.gov

Event Location: *

Fargo, ND

Event Start Date: *

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Event End Date: *

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Objective and Outcomes: *

The ND PCBL initiative will support district work to:
• Refine their local vision for teaching and learning
• Create a supportive, transparent culture for educators and students
• Build student ownership of their individual learning of academic knowledge and social-emotional skills
• Enable deeper learning practices through knowledge application, critical thinking and collaboration
• Arm educators with practices to empower students with ownership and choice in their learning
• Define the essential competencies each student is expected to master
• Equip educators and leaders to sustain long-term progress
• Connect and learn from other districts along their journey
This initiative supports North Dakota’s PK-12 vision that all students will graduate choice ready with the knowledge, skills and dispositions they need to be successful, and contributes to a national effort by KnowledgeWorks to build a research-based framework that will help other districts and states across the country.
• Attend regular convenings throughout the year
• Collaborate with various stakeholders across districts and including national partners
• Participate in virtual meetings in between in-person convenings
• Participate in networking opportunities
• Design and develop strategies for implementation
• Participate in continuous improvement practices
• Participate in the NDPCBL evaluation plan to understand impact and inform continuous improvement throughout implementation
• Provide evidence of planning and implementation at district/school levels
• Complete data collection through observations, surveys, walkthroughs, etc. at the district/school levels
• Participate in ND PCBL communication strategy to amplify the work and stories of impact

Resources/Course Materials: *

Participation in this cohort will provide materials and supports individuated to teachers, schools and districts which will be scaled to impact the educational system. These include leadership and professional development, family engagement, strategic design and planning, visioning and portrait of a graduate, multi-tiered customized support and a network for community of practice.

Attendance: *

Attendance is taken daily at each convening, event, or virtual experience.

Evaluation and Evidence of Learning and Application: *

The convenings will provide participants with a variety of individualized strategies and supports based on the district’s Opportunity Analysis. The Opportunity Analysis is the result of communitywide surveys, classroom visits, and focus groups to determine baseline data, specific to each school and district which are mirrored against the vision of the school district. This will provide a starting point for continuous improvement.

By identifying specific strengths, unique assets and areas of improvement each district will be able to:
• Determine competency-based growth targets for educators and systemic alignment
• Develop professional development opportunities aligned to priority growth targets
• Determine methods to measure progress against growth targets over time

Participants of the NDPCBL Initiative will receive the support and guidance to develop a framework for continual internal evaluation and improvement across all key components of their implementation plan.

District participants will take learnings from the Initiative and convenings and use them to inform professional development and drive transformation in their respective school district. Also, these teams will participate in virtual meetings in between in-person convenings to demonstrate evidence of learning and application.

Submission of Completion and Final Grades: *

Wednesday, May 31, 2023