Vc Regional Leads Network 2008 - 2009

VC Regional Leads Network Provincial Fall Meeting

Meeting Overview

VCRLN Mandate • First 2 years – early adopters, promotion • New 2 year extension – early majority & late majority

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VCRLN Cascade Model of PD • Alberta Education sought an innovative mode of teacher professional development • Follows 2Learn.ca’s “cascade model” • Using new opportunities Learn afforded by VC

1. Continue supporting: - Teacher professional learning opportunities - VC events - Regional & inter-regional cyberbridges - Cyberproject development

2. New Directions:

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Regional Budgets

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Cyberprojects (Class-to-class Collaboration)

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Discussion Starters

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Presentation – Jennifer Harder

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Essential Question: How will we support jurisdictions within our PD region?

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Factors to Consider

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Ways to Support Teacher Learning

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Regional PD Support Model • For your region, decide: – Who will do – What – For Whom

• Represent this PD support model with specifics on paper • Note – more than one RL can be involved in a particular activity if desired

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2Learn2Gether • For both 2Learn.ca and VCRLN • Social networking/community website • Events (creation/registration), groups, classifieds, forums, video, blogs • Your task – explore, critique, suggest, “blue-sky” Explore

Good Ideas

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