Revolutionize Your Professional Development

#revpd

Kim Sivick
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy ksivick@sch.org @ksivick

Liz Davis
Belmont Hill School, MA davis@belmonthill.org @lizbdavis

Anthony McGrann
Epiphany School, Seattle amcgrann@epiphanyschool.org @mrmcgrann

Shannon Montague
Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore montagues@brynmawrschool.org @montysays

Stand Up If....

Stand Up If... Your faculty is excited by your in-house Professional Development Days

Stand Up If.... You are satisfied with your in house Professional Development Days

Stand Up If.... You have in-house experts who could share their knowledge.

Sit down If.... You are an administrator

Sit down If.... You are a classroom teacher

What?
So What?

Now What?

What?

unconference

Passionate Learning
starts with

Passionate Educators

Share your passion

Hang out with passionate people

In Dec of 2009 a group of 10 educators

from 10 different schools

both public and private decided to revolutionize PD

and planned the first edcamp

Free Non-commercial Participant driven No keynotes Anyone can present Law of 2 feet

Vision & Mission Vision: Promoting organic, participant-driven professional development for K-12 educators worldwide. Mission: To support free edcamp unconferences for educators to exchange ideas and learn together.

Over 200 edcamps since the first edcampPhilly in May of 2012

Edcamp.wikispaces.com

Edcamp.org

Leadership only exists when people follow who have the ability to not follow.
Jim Collins

So What?

Public

Private

space

people

model for schools

commitment

motivation

collaboration

participation

differentiation

Curriculum Mapping

Engagement

Teacher leadership

collegiality

cost effectiveness

Now What?

learner centered knowledge centered

assessment centered community centered

"How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School" National Research Council, 2000

At your school . . .

At my school . . .

Learner Centered
explore

teach

Knowledge Centered

Assessment Centered
Project-based Learning in Elementary School Teaching Art Technology iPads from Pilot to Implementation Discussing Online Learning Teacher Evaluations

"This style empowers teachers in a way that normal meetings do not, and I believe heightens engagement and reflection after the meeting is over."

Community Centered

Considerations
facilitators first time around length and size of sessions

time for faculty networking, teaming, conversation

ability for follow up; thoughtful reflection (through blogging, etc.

What's next?
Teachers Unplugged: a Revolutionary Salon
Tomorrow #NAISUP

March 2, 2013 www.edcampis.org

@ksivick @lizbdavis @mrmcgrann @montysays

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion.

Albert Camus