Strengthening the K20 Pipeline using a Regional Collaborative

Strengthening the K-20 Pipeline using a Regional Collaborative Model

Community Center for Teaching Excellence

What are you here to learn about? Regional Partnerships Decision-making and Leadership Factors Working Collaboratively Professional Development Models Action Research Other? >>

Institutional Partners • Overview • CCTE History and Context • CCTE Values, Working Model, & Milestones • Integration Continuum Model • Lessons Learned

CCTE CORE VALUES • • • Deep listening & courageous conversations Honor the heart of teaching & practice wisdom Resilience & renewal for ourselves & students Rejecting toxic notions & practices Building capacity to take meaningful collective action & strengthen regional student success

CCTE MODEL • Collaborative work across K-20 to improve student success by creating spaces, structures, and opportunities that support teachers & teaching excellence • Professional Learning Community (PLC) structure for Facilitation Committee & Fellows • External evaluation of collaborative, impact on teaching, & college student outcomes

Regional K-20 Student Success CROSS-SECTOR PLCs: TEACHERRESEARCHERS & LEADERS ACTION RESEARCH: DOING MORE OF WHAT WORKS Asset-Based Collaboration PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY MODEL SHARED UNDERSTANDING & RESPONSIBILITY Communication EARLY OFTEN UP DOWN PERSONAL WEB-BASED ONGOING ACROSS DIVERSITY

PARTNERSHIPS • • Cross-sector Integration continuum model Leadership Commitment • Cradle to Career • Shared responsibility • Trust

Program Milestones

Year 1 • Forming the collaborative • Team Building • Programming for teachers Year 2 • Action Research Year 3 • Qualitative Research • CCTE future scenarios developed

EVALUATION Questions Ø Facilitation Committee Ø Teaching Fellows Ø Students

CCTE NEXT STEPS • Further development of CCTE website as regional knowledge base • Support teacher-led Fellows Alumni groups • Implement local/regional cost structure model • Develop Networked Improvement Community

LESSONS LEARNED

Questions/Discussion Kimberley P. Collins Ann M. Pennella kcollins@monroecc. edu apennella@monroecc. edu http: //www. communitycenterforteachingexcellence. org/