Sticky Standards: Professional Learning That Sticks
by Dayna Richardson
The purpose and focus of this Sticky Standards podcast is PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. These podcasts focus on the Professional Learning standards that have been adopted by Learning Forward. As learners, listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the Professional Learning Standards and make connections with any initiative/upcoming change within their team, building, district, and/or state.Dayna Richardson can be contacted at:Twitter: @dayrichardson45Email: [email protected]: @dayna.richardson.7
Episodes
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Be the Change You Seek in our Schools: A Dialogue with Dennis Sparks (Sticky Standards #34)
Our guest is Dennis Sparks, who comes to this dialogue as a former high school teacher, director of an alternative high school, director of a teacher center, author, consultant, and the former Executive Director of Learning Forward. Most recently Dennis has been working as a “thinking partner”…
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Be a Learning Partner: A Dialogue with Marceta Reilly (Sticky Standards #33)
Our guest is Marceta Reilly, who comes to this dialogue as a teacher, superintendent, leadership coach, author … always with a teacher’s heart. Plus, my friend and mentor. Marceta selected two Standards for Professional Learning, Leadership and Implementation. The many challenges and complex...
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Tag…You’re it!! Teacher Leaders! A Dialogue with Bruce Wellman (Sticky Standards #32)
Our guest is Bruce Wellman who comes to this dialogue as a former classroom teacher, a science specialist, and an amazing author, consultant, and friend to many educators….including ME! Bruce selected the Learning Communities and Leadership standards for our podcast. What are the connections of...
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GROWTH not GOTCHA! Designing Schools for Meaningful PL: A Dialogue with Janice Bradley (Sticky Standards #31)
Our guest is Janice Bradley who comes to this dialogue as a former classroom teacher, a K-12 mathematics specialist, and an adjunct professor. She has just accepted a position at the University of Utah. Janice is a life-long learner! HOW do we DESIGN schools for meaningful professional learning…
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One Size Does Not Fit All: A Conversation with Pat Roy (Sticky Standards #30)
Our guest is Pat Roy, who comes to this conversation as a former junior high teacher and is presently a Senior Consultant with Learning Forward’s Center for Results, working with state departments of education, districts, and schools across the United States and internationally. Pat selected the...
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The Teacher As A Learner: A Conversation with Nancy Bolz (Sticky Standards #29)
Our guest is Nancy Bolz, Director of Kansas and Oklahoma AdvanceEd. She comes to our conversation as a former teacher, assistant principal, school improvement specialist, and principal. Leadership is second only to classroom instruction among all school-related factors that contribute to what...
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Principals Bring the Standards TO LIFE in a Building: A Conversation with Frederick Brown (Sticky Standards #28)
Our guest is Frederick Brown, the Deputy Executive Director with Learning Forward. He comes to this conversation as a former teacher, assistant principal, and principal. Today we are focusing on the role of building principals in our schools. Leadership is second only to classroom instruction…
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Learning Designs: Moving from Knowing to Doing – Looking at Student Work, A Conversation with Julie Blaine (Sticky Standards #27)
Our guest is Julie Blaine, the Executive Director of the Missouri Central Regional Professional Development Center. She is also the current President of the Board of Trustees of Learning Forward. How do we address the needs of all of our adult learners? How do we move from KNOWING to DOING? The...
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Data: How Do We KNOW Professional Learning is Changing Practice Inside Classrooms? A Conversation with René Islas (Sticky Standards #26)
Our guest today is René Islas, the Director of the Center for Results at Learning Forward who has been working with Texas on a state-wide audit of professional learning. Learning Forward’s Vision E6 = Every Educator Engages in Effective professional learning Every day so Every student achieves.…
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How do we Build GROUPS OF THINKERS? Connecting Educator Evaluation Systems and Professional Learning: A Conversation with Toni Prickett (Sticky Standards #25)
Our guest is Toni Prickett. Toni is first and foremost a TEACHER! She has taught middle and high school math, worked at an educational service center, and is presently an independent consultant, primarily working with Cognitive Coaching and Adaptive Schools models across our country. Today, Toni…
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Learning Communities: What Do our Students Want (Need) Us to Learn? A Conversation with Steve Barkley (Sticky Standards #24)
Our guest today is Steve Barkley. For the past 30 years Steve has served as a consultant to school districts, teacher organizations, state departments of education, and colleges and universities, facilitating the changes necessary to reach students and successfully prepare them for the 21st...
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WHY, HOW, WHAT is the Standards Assessment Inventory2 (SAI2): A Conversation with Steve Preston (Sticky Standards #23)
Our guest today is again Steve Preston, an educational leader in Georgia and a Senior Consultant with Learning Forward’s Center for Results. Steve’s passion is professional learning, of course, Steve has been a classroom teacher, a middle school and high school principal, served as a curriculum...
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Standards Assessment Inventory 2 (SAI2): A Conversation with Steve Preston (Sticky Standards #22)
Our guest today is Steve Preston, an educational leader in Georgia and a Senior Consultant with Learning Forward’s Center for Results. Steve’s passion is professional learning, of course! He has been a teacher, a middle school and high school principal, served as a curriculum developer and a...
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Leadership Matters: A Conversation with Tamara Konrade (Sticky Standards #21)
Our guest today is Tamara Konrade, a true learner and leader. Tamara is a teacher at heart and LOVES to lead! She has had many leadership roles in Kansas, including instruction coach, principal, curriculum leader and now the Director of Professional Learning at ESSDACK, a Kansas service center....
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Professional Learning in Action: A Conversation with John Heim (Sticky Standards #20)
Our guest today is John Heim, a true learner! John has had many leadership roles in Kansas, including superintendent and service center director. Presently John is the Executive Director of Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB). As a leader, John shares an example of a very successful change...
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Transforming Professional Learning! (Sticky Standards #19)
Transforming Professional Learning (TPL): a multidimensional initiative focused on developing a comprehensive system of professional learning that spans the distance from the statehouse to the classroom. Learning Forward, in partnership with CCSSO ( Council of Chief State School Officers)…
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A Teacher’s Perspective: A Conversation with Karen Godfrey, President of KNEA (Sticky Standards #18)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standards from a Teacher’s Perspective, looking at IMPLEMENTATION. Our guest today is Karen Godfrey, President of Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) and Chair-elect of Kansas Learning First Alliance (KLFA). Implementation…
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A State Perspective: A Conversation with Dr. Diane DeBacker, Kansas Commissioner of Education (Sticky Standards #17)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standards from a State Perspective. Our guest today is Dr. Diane DeBacker, Kansas Commissioner of Education. Diane is a learning leader for all Kansas educators. Leaders in our schools understand that if we want our teachers to be…
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Learning Designs: A Conversation with Jill Lachenmayr (Sticky Standards #16)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standard Learning Designs. Our guest today is Jill Lachnmeyr, Assistant Superintendent for Academic Affairs for the Andover school district and President of Learning Forward Kansas. Jill is a LEARNER. The three bigs ideas around the...
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Learning Communities: A Conversation with Cindy Couchman (Sticky Standards #15)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standard LEARNING COMMUNITIES. Our guest today is Cindy Couchman, high school math teacher, Kansas Teacher of the Year in 2009, National Board Certified Teacher, and the recipient of many other honors. Cindy is a constant learner, and...
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Leadership: A Conversation with Mike Berblinger (Sticky Standards #14)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standard LEADERSHIP. Our guest today is Mike Berblinger, high school principal, recent Kansas Secondary Principal of the Year, the new superintendent with Buhler USD 313, and my friend! How does a leader facilitate change? In Jim...
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Time As Resource: A Conversation with Joellen Killion (Sticky Standards #13)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standards by examining the beliefs and principles of educators around TIME. Our guest today is Joellen Killion, author, presenter, and Senior Advisor for Learning Forward. The standard of Resources includes TIME. Some might say that...
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A Conversation with Stephanie Hirsh (Sticky Standards Episode #12)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standards by examining the beliefs and principles of educators around change. Our guest today is Stephanie Hirsh, author, presenter, and Executive Director of Learning Forward. People support the principles of professional learning…
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Gratitude (Sticky Standards Special)
Friends, family, and colleagues, There is nothing more inspiring than a room full of great teachers who KNOW they MAKE A DIFFERENCE, both with their students and their colleagues!! The annual Kansas Teacher of the Year Banquet is such a gathering, as teachers SHINE!! ENJOY this video of the...
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Learning Communities: A Conversation with Shirley Hord (Sticky Standards #11)
Episode #11 explores Learning Forward’s new Professional Learning Standards, focusing on the first standard – Learning Communities. Our guest today is Shirley Hord, author, researcher, presenter, Scholar Laureate for Learning Forward, a master educator, and an inspiration for many, including me!...
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Implementation: A Conversation With Shirley Hord (Sticky Standards #10)
Episode #10 explores Learning Forward’s new Professional Learning Standards, focusing on Implementation. Our guest today is Shirley Hord, author, researcher, presenter, Scholar Laureate for Learning Forward, a master educator and an inspiration for many, including me! Three Big Ideas: •Apply…
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Outcomes: Overview (Sticky Standards #9)
This episode focuses on Outcomes. There are many educational standards – leadership standards, teacher standards, teacher leader standards and student standards, to name four. One of the big ideas around outcomes is coherence, professional learning that builds on what educators have already...
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Implementation: Overview (Sticky Standards #8)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s new Professional Learning Standards, focusing on Implementation. Implementation = CHANGE OVER TIME! It happens in the classroom/building/district. Effective Feedback – clear, nonjudgmental communication based on evidence, commitment to continuous…
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Learning Designs: Overview (Sticky Standards #7)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s new Professional Learning Standards, focusing on Learning Designs. There are many factors as we select a learning design: the goals of the learning characteristics of the learners their comfort with the learning process and one another their familiarity…
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Data: Overview (Sticky Standards #6)
This episode explores the PL standard DATA! Data driven dialogue results in learner focused conversations. Bruce Wellman’s book, Data Driven Dialogue, shares a structure for this dialogue. The Collaborative Learning Cycle Activating and Engaging Exploring and Discovering Organizing and…
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Resources: Overview (Sticky Standards #5)
This episode explores the PL standard RESOURCES! What are resources? Resources include staff, materials, technology, time and money. Many educators wonder how do we find TIME? It depends on our PURPOSE. What is it we want to learn? Then, plan backward. Finding time requires collaboration and…
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Leadership: Overview (Sticky Standards #4)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s new Professional Learning Standards, focusing on LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and all student results requires skillful leaders who: Develop Capacity for Learning and Leading, Advocate for Professional...
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Learning Communities: Overview (Sticky Standards #3)
Learning Communities: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students occurs within learning communities committed to: Engaging in Continuous Improvement, Developing Collective Responsibility, and Creating Alignment and Accountability This episode explores...
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Professional Learning Standards: Overview (Sticky Standards #2)
This episode gives an overview of Learning Forward’s PL Standards. It begins by thinking about the word standard. What is a standard? Why do we want standards? What are examples of standards in every day life? A standard is a “what,” the benchmark. It is what it looks like when it is done well....
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Professional Learning Standards: Introduction (Sticky Standards #1)
This episode explores Learning Forward’s new Professional Learning Standards: Learning Communities, Leadership, Resources, Data, Learning Designs, Implementation, Outcomes. Professional Learning is about CHANGE. During the upcoming podcasts we will explore what it might that look like at the...
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An interview with Dayna Richardson: Professional Learning Standards (Remarkable Chatter #3)
In this episode, Dayna Richardson shares some of her beliefs about learning and leadership and provided an introduction of the seven national professional learning standards developed by Learning Forward. In her Sticky Standards podcast she will give educators information, tips, and tools for the...
About this show
The purpose and focus of this Sticky Standards podcast is PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. These podcasts focus on the Professional Learning standards that have been adopted by Learning Forward. As learners, listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the Professional Learning Standards and make connections with any initiative/upcoming change within their team, building, district, and/or state.Dayna Richardson can be contacted at:Twitter: @dayrichardson45Email: [email protected]: @dayna.richardson.7
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