Thursday, March 4, 2021 District Professional Development
Apologies, this section of February 26 Friday Flyer was missing in my blog. We have district professional development on Thursday. See the agenda, choices, and form to sign-up below:
Office of Leadership Development
All Leader Professional Development - Thursday, March 4, 2021
Please choose sessions below.
Overview agenda for All Leader PD is as follows:
9:30 | Opening with Dr. Cassellius |
9:45 | Coming Together |
10:00 | Instructionally Focused Sessions |
11:30 | Lunch |
12:30 | Hiring Focused Sessions |
2:00 | Coming Back Together |
2:15 | Closing |
2:30 | End |
We are very excited to offer you the opportunity to choose your sessions for PD. Below, please find the session descriptions and use this form to sign up. Thank you in advance for making your selections by March 2nd, which will help us prepare for a great day of learning.
INSTRUCTIONALLY FOCUSED SESSIONS 10:00-11:30 am
Title/Topic | Objectives | Session Description |
Instructional Session 1: Leveraging Remote Learning to Develop High Quality Hybrid Instruction | During this session about developing excellent hybrid instruction, we will: Identify the standard of excellence for instruction and opportunities to plan for content, task, product, and feedback in the hybrid setting Explore effective strategies for technical hybrid planning (schedules, staffing, groupings, etc.) that consider the student-facing learning experience Unpack examples of effective planning and practice that weave together the technical and adaptive components of hybrid instruction Consider the implications for adult learning and practice as well as next steps in our own contexts
| Hear from school leaders and teachers about how they apply a common framework to reflect on remote instruction as they shift to building a high quality hybrid environment. This session will include some of the technical aspects (scheduling, station teaching, family engagement) that can facilitate adaptive shifts. |
Instructional Session 2: Excellence in Writing Instruction in Hybrid Construction | Participants will: Strengthen our understanding of the relationship between standards-aligned writing tasks and college readiness Practice using exemplar student work to support thinking about the instructional experiences students need to master writing standards and demonstrate college readiness Consider the implications for adult learning and next steps in our own contexts
| During this session participants will engage in reflecting on a standard of excellence in writing and determine the instructional moves necessitated to generate quality student writing products within a hybrid setting. |
Instructional Session 3: Supporting Teachers toward Standards-Aligned CLSP Instruction | Participants will be able to: Analyze a lesson plan using core CLSP tools (7 Forms of BIas Protocol and CRIOP) Prepare a coaching conversation that supports educators to plan in ways that ensure alignment to grade-level standards and CLSP best practices.
| In this session leaders will have the opportunity to learn from Christina Balkaran, Math Transformation Coach at Madison Park, about practices she has found effective in supporting educators to plan relevant, standards-aligned instruction in the current instructional context. She will share her discoveries around shifting mindsets and beliefs and finding productive growth from uncomfortable conversations.
Leaders will utilize core CLSP tools (7 Forms of Bias Protocol & CRIOP) to analyze a lesson and draw on insights and inspiration from Christina’s presentation to plan a coaching conversation to support an educator to strengthen their planning processes. |
HIRING FOCUSED SESSIONS 12:30-2:00
Title/Topic | Objectives | Session Description |
Hiring Session 1: Designing a Hiring Process for Equity and Diversity | Participants will: Explore strategies to ensure diversity on your screening committee and to set the charge for diversity hiring with your subcommittee Review tools and strategies to screen resumes and interview to ensure a diverse, culturally proficient candidate Review resources to and develop an interview and performance task practice to evaluate equity/CLSP lens and professional skills of candidates.
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Hiring Session 2: Moving from Reactive Staffing to Strategic Staffing | Participants will: Reground yourselves in the mission and vision of your school community. Use the mission and vision to identify the assets of your school community and match them to your strategic staffing. Assess how leveraging relationships can inform strategic staffing for optimal student outcomes.
| School Leaders will have an opportunity to reground themselves in their mission and vision to think differently about potential staff (immediately and in the long-term) and consider how they might cultivate and leverage existing relationships to develop current and potential staff that represents their school’s needs and reflects the community.
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Hiring Session 3: Cultivating and retaining a Diverse Learning Community
| Explore strategies to support the development, cultivation and retention of staff of color.
| Participants will learn about and understand the programs and services provided by the district to support educators of color and how to access them and share with their staff and identify school-based strategies that can be implemented to retain a diverse workforce. |
Other news that was missing:
First and Second Year Induction Programming
First Year Leader Cohort Professional Learning will take place on March 10th from 9-2 with a focus on chosen elements of Literacy instruction and support in hiring.
To learn more about our induction programming for first and second year leaders, take a look at our website here.
Referrals for School Leadership Positions
Do you know someone who is interested in school leadership? Do you see promise in someone with whom you work? Would you like to learn more about leadership yourself? Please fill out this referral form for folks interested in our pipeline programs or building level leadership.
Applications for School Leaders and School Administrators (Assistant Principal and similar roles) Hiring Pools (2021-2022) are now open.
If you are interested, the school leader application can be found here, and the school administrator application can be found here. Additional information about the hiring process is available on the Lead in BPS website. For questions, please feel free to contact Megan Reed (mreed@bostonpublicschools.org) or Monica Hall (mhall4@bostonpublicschools.org).
PSI/BPS Cohort, Pipeline Program
In partnership with the Perrone Sizer Institute (PSI), the BPS-PSI fellowship is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year! This is a pipeline designed to prepare teacher leaders to become Assistant Principals. There are upcoming information sessions on:
Tuesday, February 2 - 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Tuesday, February 23 - 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sunday, March 7 - 8:30 am - 9:30 am
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