Context

//**Evidence that the staff developer organizers adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school or district.**// In August 2009, I supported United Friends Schools in launching a Professional Learning Community initiative. With careful collaborative planning between myself and the school principal throughout the summer, the workshop was a success and the faculty continues to operate in PLCs. I look forward to continuing this work with the teachers in the future. Below is the agenda, presentation, and resources that were shared at the workshop.

Agenda: PowerPoint Presentation:

//**Evidence that staff development provides the resources necessary to support adult learning and collaboration.**// Many of the professional learning experiences that I facilitate provide participants with the materials and resources necessary to implement the content of the professional learning experience. Below are a few examples.

__Plumstead Christian Schools: //Writing Across the Curriculum//__ As part of their Middle States accetidation process, I worked a core group of teacher leaders first. In August 2009, I faciliated a professional development session for this group, focusing on not only what writing across the curriculum means but also how to move the initiative school-wide. At the school-wide workshop, all teachers were provided with either Kelly Gallagher's __Building Adolescent Writers__ or Aimee Buckner's __Notebook Know-How__. Providing teachers with a text allowed them to take many more ideas back to their classrooms than I possibly could have shared in three hours!

__St. Martin of Tours: //Writing Across the Curriculum//__ This school was focused on writing instruction for this entire school year. As a complement to this year-long focus, I presented two workshops related to writing: Writing Across the Curriculum and Writers Notebook. For each of these workshops, I provided teachers with a text to take back to their classroom: __Building Adolescent Writers__, Aimee Buckner's __Notebook Know-How__, and Ralph Fletcher's __Unlocking the Writer Within You__.

I also provide a [|follow-up website link] for all workshops. On this site, participants are able to download my presentation slides and access any additional resources that I have posted.