Communities+of+Practice+and+Innovation+Deliverables



To improve teaching and learning by building capacity and creating authentic thinking, adaptive thinking and concept-based classrooms statewide that align with Common/Iowa Core through the Communities of Practice & Innovation*.
 * Vision: **

__** Outcomes and Deliverables: Our Charge **__
 * 1) Developing a vibrant, self-sustaining community
 * 2) Access to digital content to be used online or in a blended classroom, including purchased content, statewide-developed content, and locally shared content from other CoPI teachers
 * 3) A series of online webinars relating to teaching of the courses in a blended- or online-setting
 * 4) Access to an area to share resources, ideas, or examples with other fellow teachers
 * 5) Ongoing online discussion forums
 * 6) A seminar each semester that focuses on the teaching of a specific piece of content. For example, we are looking at a Poetry seminar this spring for ELA, where teachers will experience the Poetry module from the experience of a student, discuss important steps to delivering the content in their own classes, share and reflect on their implementation with the group, and calibrate their assessments of student work with fellow teachers.
 * 7) CoPI - only sections of OLLIE courses

__**Current Tasks and Actions**__ √1.Recruitment of core steering, establish procedures 2.Workflow for sharing content, groupwork 3.Workflow for rampup involvement 4.Funding/Repayment 5.Agora 6.Spring Seminars 7.Interfacing with other initiatives

*Through AEA PD Online, the Iowa Area Education Agencies support a 21st century model of professional development through Communities of Practice and Innovation (CoPI). Using research from Etienne Wenger and others, communities of practice support educators working with other educators across the state on common projects and common learning.

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