Developing Opportunities to Guide Learning

All-in’s Department of Strategic Initiatives has been working hard to think about the dissemination of our model and approach with a broader community. In that vein, I have been afforded the opportunity to work closely with our internal lead training team (Jason Keppe, Jordan Ullman, William Chiang) to codify our existing systems and structures to better support the coordination of trainings for our partners and think about how to extend the great work that is already happening in the area of training and development.

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In this endeavor I have been amazed to see how far our training content has been developed over the years and how much expertise exists within our program. So far this school year All-in staff have facilitated 32 training sessions. Here is a snapshot of the types of trainings and some summative data on how others experienced the training sessions:

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Part of this work has also led me to think about the ways in which we can continue to support the growth of staff who facilitate learning journeys for others on school campuses across our program. As well as think about how we can establish structures for continuing to iterate on existing content to ensure they are current and continue to be designed with an equity lens. 
 
Those of us who are given the opportunity to guide learning for others have a tremendous opportunity to create spaces for others to think, reflect, draw new conclusions or confirm existing beliefs. Recently, I have been thinking about what conditions are necessary for others in order to do their best learning. 
 
Here is an article that offers a take on the important factors that influence change in practice:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/sparking-change-teaching-practices
 
I’d love to hear more about what you think is important for you or others to do their best learning together.

Blog Post Written By: Sonya Rene Benavides, Assistant Director of Implementation