Model Schools Core Plus: Optional Service for Member Districts

The Model Schools Core Plus Option is available for Model Schools member districts opting to take advantage of structured, job-embedded instructional technology peer coaching in-district for a cohort of teachers/instructional staff, involving:

• participant skill acquisition
• specific lesson development
• co-teaching, reflection, revision
• peer sharing/teaching.

Cohorts may be formed at the building or district level and are limited to 8 participants. Model Schools Member Districts have access to this service at an additional fee.

Key Elements of Core Plus

• Cohort pre-flight planning meeting
• Skills acquisition: addressing instructional technology skills and concepts that will lead to classroom application
• Individual planning and lesson development: addressing specific instructional strategies and student needs
• In-classroom support visits: our role in the classroom might vary based on the scenario, but we will either co-teach, shadow, or assist depending on the situation and directive of the teacher
• Reflection and Revision: the debriefing conversations and meetings that follow the in classroom support visits
• Cohort closing: each cohort member shares their learning portfolio with peers and administrators as part of a closing celebration.

Participants have the opportunity to interact with each other and LHRIC staff in an established online community for the duration of the cohort, and produce a short self reflection video to memorialize their own personal learning experience.

Interested in learning more about Model Schools Core Plus? Please contact Mary Lynn Collins-Callanan.