Grant Deliverable D

General Deliverables

d. The consortia plan will be responsive and build in flexibility to best serve the needs of school authority personnel within the area or zone in their efforts of providing quality learning opportunities for students.  Consortia would offer a wide variety of learning opportunities and approaches which would include provision for such activities as capacity building, familiarity with programs of studies, facilitating assessment practices, establishing communities of teaching and learning practice based on related research, and assisting school authorities with their implementation plans. Emerging technologies will allow for increased variety for adults to learn.

ERLC Goals

Goal 2                                   
Facilitate professional development, which
supports the effective implementation of:

• Curricula, including instruction
• Assessment
• Resources and
• Student learning outcomes

Goal 4                                   
Deliver professional development based on the
identification and emerging needs of educational
stakeholders

Goal 5   
Promote and support the development of
professional development leadership capacity

Outcomes

ERLC programs met the identified and emerging needs of educational stakeholders

ERLC contributes to the development of PD leadership capacity

ERLC facilitated PD supports, effective implementation of curricula (inclusive of assessment and instruction), and student learning outcomes.

Action
Based on input from the curriculum coordinator meeting (at CASS March 2009) and the June 2009 meeting with district contacts the zone has requested that support be provided for:

• PD Leadership Capacity
• Each advisory committee requested that we provide learning opportunities using various emerging and existing technologies.  It is expected that the DL grant will offset the costs associated with this pd development work however in the spirit of “connecting the dots” various ERLC team members will be involved, as well as grant funds from this grant.

The districts also requested (June 2010 meeting) that future implementation models and approaches should include these components:

• Flexibility, based on grant deliverables and ERLC mandate, to meet jurisdiction plans to support implementation
• When possible a regional team of consultants that can support “district days”
• Management of project by ERLC (budget, reporting, coordination, logistics, project leadership including working with the regional team)
• PD Leadership capacity (programs/series to support pd leaders – e.g., adult facilitation skills, development of pd resource and support for district pd leaders to attend session and then return to district to share. (pd leadership capacity dollars)
• Access of “big names” at the beginning of an implementation project

Metrics

• Survey of educational stakeholders/ workshop register.
• Qualitative measures (descriptions and testimonials)

Report

• Appendix D - Survey of ERLC District Contacts to come in report, Appendix C-1 - Workshop Register 2009-2010
• Annual Report available December 2010, copies of all session feedback located in ERLC office