September 1998

 

Leadership skills and strategies was the topic of the Marshall University Teacher Partner meeting in September 1998.  Nancy Roche, Westat Inc., helped participants identify their learning styles and discussed the importance of acknowledging learning styles for successful group interactions. The discussion of learning styles led into a session on the Concerns Based Adoption Model and strategies to use to faciliate the movement of teachers toward adopting new ideas/strategies.

The second day of training, Teacher Partners were joined by their principals and District Liaisons to learn more about the West Viriginia Program Improvement Review (WVPIR) process. The WVPIR is a process that helps schools look closely at their science and mathematics programs and determine areas for improvement.
 

Anne Jones and Jo Hendricks study the chart listing Teacher Partners' learning styles.

 

MU Curriculum Specialist Jill Hyde faciliates a discussion on characteristics of people at different levels of the Concerns Based Adoption Model.

Teacher Partners Joe Gilbert, Linda Richards, Wayne Yonkelwitz and Carolyn Falin plan their strategy for building a tower to meet given requirements.

Teacher Partners Anne Jones, Susan McGlothen, Jo Hendricks and Nancy Booth exhibit teamwork in "rolling" their tower.

All participants are in the heat of building.

Teacher Partners Dan Dailey, Greg Miller and Glenn Righman exhibit "Tower Power" while principal Dana Stemple looks on.

The winning structure!

Steve Henderson, ARSI Science Curriculum Specialist at the University of Kentucky, explaining the program improvement process to teachers and administrators.

Mingo County District Liaison, Jim May, discussing the value of the process with Stan Maynard, State Coordinator for the pilot of the West Virginia Program Improvement Review.