Collaborative Partnerships Module 2: Cohort 11, Arkansas Lead Pathway Designation FY26 by

Directions

AR_Lead — 2025-06-21 19:28:25 UTC

Click on the plus icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
- On the pop-up, add your name, then record a key takeaway from the video, then click publish
- On a second pop-up, add your name, then record a lingering question around student ownership and success criteria.

Criteria for Professional Development

AR_Lead — 2025-06-21 19:28:25 UTC

Facilitated by an empowered teacher leader
Linked to a continuum of learning
Data driven and aligned student needs and student learning.
Aligned to a proven structure
Structured to meet needs/levels of learning of the participants
Grounded in student work/artifacts
Designed and facilitated with the characteristics of powerful professional development in mind

Kelly Mizell

2026-02-25 18:01:16 UTC

The five steps of effective learning aligns with how professional development impacts collective efficacy because they both focus on collaboration and continuous improvement. When we work together, practice, and reflect we have a positive impact on student learning.

Destiny Rogers

2026-02-25 18:01:56 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol directly builds Collective Efficacy by showing what high-quality instruction looks like. Teachers share an understanding of what students should know, how mastery is defined, and how learning is measured. When professional development is built around these protocols it increases efficacy through visible growth. When educators see that clearly defined learning targets and success criteria lead to measurable growth, it reinforces the belief that our actions matter.

Destiny Rogers

2026-02-25 18:05:15 UTC

Q2: How can we scaffold our success criteria so students can independently set goals and monitor their own progress prior to completion?

Allyson Horton

2026-02-25 18:06:52 UTC

It is collaborative, evidence-based, and focused on impact. Teachers identify a shared student need, learn and plan together, implement in their classrooms, and return with student work to evaluate results. When teams see that their collective actions lead to student growth, it strengthens their shared belief that they can improve outcomes together.

Kelly Mizell

2026-02-25 18:08:06 UTC

Lingering question: How do we make sure success criteria are not just posted or discussed, but truly understood by students in a way that leads to ownership of their learning?

Candice Creason

2026-02-25 18:09:05 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning align with how professional development impacts collective efficacy by giving teachers a structured way to collaboratively learn, practice, and reflect. When teachers see evidence that their shared efforts improve student outcomes then their belief in their joint effort to positively impact student learning increases.

Candice Creason

2026-02-25 18:19:56 UTC

Q2: What strategies can be used to help students set their own learning goals based off of success criteria and how can we track growth over time?

Kimberly Lowe

2026-02-27 01:24:35 UTC

The five steps of for effective learning are aligned with how professional development impacts collective efficacy by focusing on a continuum of learning focused on student success. They are both data driven, collaborative, and align with student's needs and growth.

Kimberly Lowe

2026-02-27 01:34:58 UTC

Q2: How do we motivate students to own their learning? What strategies (best practices) have been proven successful in getting our students to take ownership and reflect on their learning?

Caitlyn Caple

2026-04-29 16:16:06 UTC

Question 1:

The 5 Steps of Effective Learning Protocol is directly aligned to teacher self efficacy. Using these five steps help guide us when we face challenges, such as when a student didn't understand the concept. Having that self efficacy to say "alright, I got this! Let's regroup and try something else". Again, teacher self efficacy is going to grow students.

Rachel House

2026-04-29 16:17:39 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning align with how Professional Development impacts Collective Efficacy because both are centered around collaboration of student work and improving student learning. Teachers work together with a common goal to improve their practice so that students can improve their learning. The Five Steps make it all about student data and improving ourselves for the benefit of our students. This builds collective teacher efficacy because teachers build relationships with each other, evaluate their impact on student learning, explicitly inform students what success looks like, and focus on learning/growth.

Caitlyn Caple

2026-04-29 16:17:59 UTC

How do I get through to those students who truly don't care? They don't care they are going to fail, those are the students who I have always struggled with, because they have no student ownership.

Jessica Wilson

jlwilson22 — 2026-04-29 16:18:20 UTC

I really appreciate the rapport this administrator and coach seem to have. Coaching others up can feel touchy or personal, so I love that this seems to be a natural conversation for them to be having. When the rapport is there, I feel like efficacy can really bloom in their teachers.

Jessica Wilson

jlwilson22 — 2026-04-29 16:19:49 UTC

I am struggling to understand how to motivate students (especially secondary students since that is my area) to do their own learning. You get some of those natural, curious learners, but what about my students that just don't care? What does motivation for them look like?

Rachel House

2026-04-29 16:19:56 UTC

How do we encourage students that already believe they can't learn from previous experiences?

Teri Beth Stevens

2026-04-29 16:21:31 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol aligns with how Prof. Dev. impacts Collective Efficacy by being centered around student need and because it is data-driven. PLC's should be a team of educators working together to improve student success. If everyone is keeping the students' needs at the center, then collaborative efforts can be made to ensure student growth and success.

Laura Campbell

2026-04-29 16:26:02 UTC

The five steps of effective learning protocol is a purposeful and impactful way to facilitate student learning and growth by developing targeted teacher instruction and by implementing and evaluating changes developed within the training/learning community.

Dustin Larison

2026-04-29 16:26:25 UTC

The protocol builds collective efficacy because teachers work together to solve problems and improve instruction. When they see that their shared efforts help students learn more, their belief in what they can accomplish together should grow.

Dustin Larison

2026-04-29 16:29:07 UTC

Student ownership is very powerful but can be very hard to implement with apathetic students. What are the best practices to help students take the initial step towards ownership of their learning?

Laura Campbell

2026-04-29 16:29:32 UTC

I wonder how these PD experienced could also be focused around student interest learning - and how this would tie into standards-based learning and evidence/data that supports growth?

Chris Dorer

2026-04-29 16:29:59 UTC

The five steps for effective learning model really impacts collective efficacy in that it enables teachers to work together to ensure mutual success for the teachers and students. The use of model-based, product and data-driven decision making enables those involved to create a shared sense of responsibility and mutual dependence. It drives home the notion of community within teacher relationships which extends into the classroom for the students. By including this model when developing PD, those involved can recognize the cohesive approach to learning, teaching, and evaluating.

Chris Dorer

2026-04-29 16:32:00 UTC

Lingering Question: How do you encourage buy-in from every teacher, especially those who may be jaded by previous experiences in which new methods, models, etc. have been introduced but then abandoned never to be mentioned again?

Callie Ames

2026-04-29 16:37:28 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol is like a roadmap that helps teachers grow together. We do this by creating a shared goal/belief. When you focus on efficiency and a common goal, together you can develop steps and tools to get there.

Victoria Schmitt

2026-04-29 16:38:42 UTC

The 5 steps really guide teachers to dig into the needs of their students. This helps focus on areas of professional development that are needed. What I love, is how the professional development is structured within the learning day. I think of professional development as a big meeting where I sit and listen to someone who was flown in talk about the newest thing the district bought. Or even a meeting where my administration talk about new policy's. This structure is teacher led, and what amazing is that it can't be led by someone not in the classroom. Think about it! The video said that is the job of the master teacher to take on the role of 'going first'. They try the new methods and report back to the team. Administrators can't do that. They don't have classrooms to run and teach. It has to be a teacher that is in the trenches teaching and reporting back of the effectiveness of the strategies. It's amazing to think about how the ideas of PD could change if we moved to this model.

Callie Ames

2026-04-29 16:41:51 UTC

A question that I have asked myself in the past is how do we know we're actually building collective efficacy and not just going through the motions? I think that if we make it a point to show the data and make sure every teacher understands the goal and why certain steps are being made, we will have better teacher buy in.

Rebecca Avery

2026-04-29 16:42:09 UTC

Q1: The five steps of effective learning develop professional development that doesn't just tell teachers strategies but models the full learning process that teachers are supposed to be using with their students in the classroom. It leads teachers in the same learning process as students, strengthens implementation, and leads to real change in instructional practice.

Lindsey Noack

2026-04-29 16:42:09 UTC

#1: The Five Steps of Effective Learning makes a large impact because it if focused on student need as well as being data driven/evidence based. It's important to use data to see exactly where your students' needs lie so your learning and your work, and theirs, is purposeful and meaningful.

LaDonna Robbins

2026-04-29 16:42:32 UTC

By following the 5 Steps, you will ensure that collective efficacy is achieved. It is being led by an effective leader who understands how important collaboration is. Working together and beiing on the same page, so to speak, helps to insure that all students are being given the same opportunities. Student growth is our main goal and by practicing these five steps, we will see the growth that we need to see. Professional Development should always be created with the student in mind!

Lindsey Noack

2026-04-29 16:44:04 UTC

#2: How can we encourage teachers to take advantage of the opportunity and not see it as just "another thing" they have to do, and can we encourage students to want to learn and grow and meet their goals?

Rebecca Avery

2026-04-29 16:47:39 UTC

Q2: How am I supposed to balance using the 5 steps with the time constraint of my daily lessons? It can be hard to understand how to structure a 50 minute class period to hit all 5 steps in a lesson. I guess you could even ask, do I have to do all 5 steps in a single class period or can I stretch them out? And how does this fit into my HQIM that my admin is strictly enforcing? These questions, I assume, would be answered throughout working through the process.

Rachel Gammill

2026-04-29 16:50:54 UTC

The five steps of effective learning directly align with how professional development impacts collective efficacy. Both are collaborative and linked to a continuum of learning. The focus is on student impact and grounded in student work. With this alignment, students and teachers are positively impacted.

Kasey Dickerson

2026-04-29 16:56:12 UTC

Key Takeaway: The Five Steps of Effective Learning and the Criteria for Professional Development go hand in hand. If we are aligning our professional development to something that is student needs based, relevant, and grounded in student work, there is no way we cannot be successful. The principal in the video described the Five Steps as a cycle and I think that is a great takeaway. Focus on a student need, remedy the need by using the expertise of master teachers, and then identify a new need to work on. I believe that if all schools would implement this for PLC, we could get a lot more done!

Bethany Wessels 1

2026-04-29 16:57:20 UTC

The five steps for effective learning are aligned with how professional development impacts collective efficacy because they imply that teachers learn best when they enagage in a shared process of learning that requires them to reflect on practices that are directly tied to student outcomes.

Amy Jett

2026-04-29 16:57:29 UTC

The Five Steps Protocol is a guided way to effectively help build capacity and intentionality in our teachers. It helps us to plan a focused PLC that has a direct impact on our students.

Kasey Dickerson

2026-04-29 16:58:31 UTC

Lingering Question: How do we ensure teachers are supported during the Five Steps? Who takes accountability for making sure the teachers get what they need to make the required adjustments to their instruction? Teachers are often jaded when told to implement new things, so if there is no follow up or support, I don't see teachers fully buying in.

Amy Jett

2026-04-29 16:58:38 UTC

Lingering question: How can we use this model to engage learners that honestly don't want to learn?

Bethany Wessels 2

2026-04-29 16:59:09 UTC

How do we encourage students to value setting their own learning goals and take ownership of their learning if they are a student who lacks the support at home?

Elle Faith Little

2026-04-29 17:04:39 UTC

A key takeaway from the video is that the master teacher uses classroom field testing to identify instructional needs, then refines and prioritizes what to reteach. During presentations, they share student work from the field test to reflect on what was effective and what needs improvement, supporting continuous instructional improvement.

Elle Faith Little

2026-04-29 17:06:31 UTC

How can students consistently use clear success criteria in the regular classroom to self-assess their work and make adjustments before the teacher provides feedback?

Logan Clements

2026-04-29 17:07:28 UTC

Key takeaway from the video: The video was very informational as far as breaking down each section into how that looks.

Need: Outcome is connected to the needs of the school, looking at student words (around specific criteria), use anecdotal notes or checklists

New Learning: a strong mode, figure out what the steps are for the skill, find out what was successful and bring it back, show work from students (what went well and what did not), effective transfer (from table to classroom).

Develop: collaborative effort (not isolation), strong points of each teacher, strengths and weaknesses of each teacher, master teacher is assisting/collaborating/providing academic feedback, developing something that will fit into their classroom.

Apply: done in the classroom, master teacher is helping plan a lesson/developing a resource/taking a group of students/observational feedback.

Evaluate: evaluate students to criteria, place students in high/medium/low work, decide where and why they are struggling, and always bring it back to "needs" of the students.

Logan Clements

2026-04-29 17:11:27 UTC

Q2: What are some ways/ideas that people have that can make student ownership fun/engaging, but not take up a lot of time out of the classroom.

Kathy Duncan

2026-04-29 17:15:31 UTC

To hear that it wasn't just to add more to a teacher's plate, but to improve what they already have working is a nice change from what we, as teachers, usually hear. There is a process to build the collaboration between teachers to support all students and build it not just for one, but for the whole school.

Brittany Hackett

2026-04-29 17:15:37 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning Protocol aligns with how professional development impacts collective efficacy because they're basically a cycle where teachers improve together. When teachers improve together, they see shared success. When shared success is visible, collective efficacy strengthens.

Brittany Hackett

2026-04-29 17:17:41 UTC

Q2: How do we get all teachers to buy in to student ownership and success criteria? Teachers have so much on their plates, they sometimes look at it as just one more thing they have to do. How can we completely change their perspective?

Elizabeth Hardin

2026-04-29 17:24:21 UTC

Utilizing the Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol helps to build collective efficacy because it empowers teachers to help students. Teachers can clearly see the need because evidence is used to make decisions. Support is provided to meet teacher needs, who in turn provide support to students. It is an ongoing, supportive, developing cycle.

Elizabeth Hardin

2026-04-29 17:31:46 UTC

Q1: A key takeaway from the video is the comment that the teacher made regarding the structure of the Five Steps of Effective Learning protocol. She stated that she always thought that it should have been arranged in a circle because it is an ongoing process. I agree. The model of the line suggests to me that we are to take students and teachers from point A to point B and stop. But learning doesn't stop. Learning requires ongoing analysis/reflection, a new need identified, more learning, etc. The cycle is ongoing, and a circle fits that model better in my mind.

Marcelline Williams

2026-04-29 17:32:31 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning Protocol strengthens collective efficacy because it gives teachers a shared, structured process for improving instruction together rather than working in isolation, which can be a lonely confused place. We collaborate, analyze and look at students work together so that we can create or design lessons with rigor and clear criterias are set for mastery. I will say it like this we have all things in common. There is a common goal an that is effectively teaching to get a desired outcome. The relationship in the cluster is an ongoing cycle. When these the Protocol are done right we see measurable results.

Elizabeth Hardin

2026-04-29 17:33:59 UTC

I wonder if there is another student protocol that aligns to this that can be used to help build student ownership and reflective practices.

Melissa Baker

2026-04-29 17:57:21 UTC

A key takeaway from the video was that the principal knew the process well and believed in its success.

Melissa Baker

2026-04-29 17:58:48 UTC

Q: What are some strategies that have been proven successful that get students to take ownership of their work and success?

Lula Williams

2026-04-29 18:06:22 UTC

Professional Development impacts the Five Steps for Effective Learning Protocol. There is a direct correlation between the two; they have a shared belief that together, teachers can positively impact student learning.

Olivia Brown

2026-04-29 18:41:36 UTC

Regarding student ownership and success criteria, how much time should be allocated to a single issue when established methods fail to yield the desired outcome?

Olivia Brown

2026-04-29 18:41:52 UTC

The 5 steps of effective learning aligns with the impact of professional development by offering relevant support to educators focusing on a need that will improve student achievement . Professional development/PLC time is devoted to growing teachers by modeling effective teaching strategies by involving the educators in the process and actively assessing student data.

Sheri Kidd

2026-04-29 20:35:23 UTC

The 5 Steps for Effective Learning Protocol aligns with how Professional Development impacts collective efficacy because they both use collaboration and high quality instructional strategies. Both of them provide structure and encourage growth and meaningful conversations that focus on student and teacher needs. This improves collective efficacy by supporting and empowering the teacher to exhibit the characteristics of effective professional development.

Misty Moore

2026-04-29 21:10:32 UTC

Q2 - As a self contained special education teacher - My lingering question around student ownership and success criteria would be, "How can we use clear success criteria to help students move past learned helplessness and stop relying on adults to give them answers, so they can take ownership of their own learning.?"

Misty Moore

2026-04-29 21:10:37 UTC

#1 The Five Steps of Effective Learning really helps teachers assess their teaching practice. It helps us learn from one another and encourages a growth mindset. The video helped me to understand that we need to not only meet students at where they are but meet teachers where they are and build them up also. PLC to me is very important, but I also feel that with this model everyone is encouraged to participate and remain actively engaged. You have to bring something to the table - and you'll hopefully walk away with new things too!

Cachet Rayford

2026-04-29 22:28:31 UTC

A key takeaway for me was how the principal made sure everything revolved around data. She said the professional development of the past was always disconnected from what the students needed in their specific building. This is a sad truth that can be eradicated with these steps. Teachers look at their student work and make instruction decisions based on that. This brings change to the students they serve specifically and caters to the students' needs.

Cachet Rayford

2026-04-30 02:18:39 UTC

What would you say is the fastest way to help students take ownership?