Colloquium
Colloquium sessions are organized by a group of colleagues who wish to present various dimensions of a project or perspectives on an issue. Four or five short formal presentations are followed by commentary and/or group discussion.
Leadership and Pedagogical Momentum: Design-based Professional Learning and Research
Colloquium Ronna Mosher, Brenda Gladstone, Barbara Brown, Candace Saar, Lori Pamplin
This five-part presentation provides a holographic look into an ambitious plan to improve student learning through design-based research and design-based professional learning cycles focused on middle level school-based leaders. In this colloquium, the collaboration between a Canadian university, a professional learning network, and a large urban school will be shared. The following talks will be presented: The necessity and complexity of instructional leadership: A district response; Design-based professional learning for improved leadership and instructional practice; Research practice partnerships; Findings from a study involving a group of mid-level school-based learning leaders participating in a design-based learning series; and 5. Findings from a study involving leadership teams. Discussion will center around the implications of this collaboration on leadership and pedagogical momentum to impact learning.
