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Partners in Learning

Partners in Learning. PK-16 Inter-organizational Collaboration. Ontario Education Briefing. Douglas Brooks, Ph.D Christena Hunt, Director of Technology School of Education & Allied Professions Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

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Partners in Learning

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  1. Partners in Learning PK-16 Inter-organizational Collaboration Ontario Education Briefing Douglas Brooks, Ph.D Christena Hunt, Director of Technology School of Education & Allied Professions Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

  2. “The Web is an incredibly inventive idea that has changed the way information is delivered, but it was invented more than a decade ago….The pendulum has swung toward innovative ideas.” USA Today, 4/9/2001

  3. Ohio Legislative Profile 1983 - K-12 Minimum Standards 1987 - Proficiency Testing (HB232) 1989 - School Performance Ratings (SB140) 1994 - Ohio SchoolNet (HB790) 1996 - Ohio SchoolNet Plus (HB117) 1997 - Interactive Video Distance Learning 1998 - Local Report Cards/Continuous Improvement (SB55)

  4. Ohio Accountability Profile • Ohio Proficiency Tests • Grades 4, 9, 12 • Baldrige Criteria • Continuous improvement planning • Praxis III • Entry-year teacher licensure • NCATE 2000 • Teacher program accreditation criteria

  5. Complimentary Cultures “The current “culture of committees” has a systemic ceiling that restricts the capacity to design schools as transformative cultures. Networked school communities with “cultures of connectivity” have the most promising infrastructure to support continuous improvement planning, implementation and evaluation.” D. Brooks Miami University

  6. Partners in Learning1990-present • Miami University • Apple Computer • GTE • Darke County ESC • Centrinity • Primax Group • Ohio SchoolNet Office • Ohio Department of Education • US Department of Education

  7. Core Beliefs • Form strategic partnerships • Prioritize adult learning styles • Provide equitable access • Apply systems thinking • Encourage inter-organizational collaboration • Teacher-leader model • Integrate research-based best practice • Recognize that change is developmental • Build on successful prototypes • Parental engagement

  8. “Project Mentor” Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology “PT3” School of Education & Allied Professions Miami University US Department of Education grant targeted at teacher preparation programs and faculty

  9. “Project Mentor” Vision Prepare a new generation of university and public school educators with the capacity to build high performance learning environments characterized by effective modeling, skillful mentoring and the creative integration of new learning resources and appropriate technologies.

  10. “Project Mentor” Beliefs • Faculty participation is optional • Technology integration is personal and developmental • Critical periods will drive evaluation and intervention strategies • Online diagnostics will guide professional development • An interdisciplinary “Culture of Connectivity” will be encouraged and supported

  11. “Project Mentor” Goals • Create Technology Integration Professional Development Teams to include licensure faculty and students to support technology modeling and mentoring • Build an effective telecommunity that supports technology team member access and activities • Provide high quality professional development activities to support faculty modeling and mentoring of technology integration • Increase the quality and quantity of new learning experiences and resources • Renew district faculty by placing senior interns with technology proficient teachers in low-income, urban and rural schools

  12. “Project Mentor” Features • TIP - Technology Implementation Plan • MPLI - Miami Partners in Learning Interchange • Integration into current MU structures for sustainability • Telecommunity infrastructure • PreK-12 Teacher Leaders as mentors

  13. Interorganizational Collaboration Ohio Continuous Improvement Planning Miami University Teacher Licensure Programs TOOLS >>>>>

  14. “We believe that the information age is giving educators an extraordinary opportunity to engage parents in the goals of the PK-12 curriculum. I don’t care if its audio/video tapes, websites, e-mail or CDs, parents who know the curriculum goals of school are going to help schools achieve their goals.” J. Baker, Principal Piqua City Schools

  15. MPLI was developed to offer web-based educational resources in a local and regional context,and to explore the role that universities can play in advancing the integration of technology into licensure programs and lifelong professional development.

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