Collaborative Partnerships Module 2: Cohort 6, Arkansas Lead Pathway Designation FY26 by

Directions

AR_Lead — 2025-06-21 19:25:23 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 19:25:23 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

Ashley Henderson

2026-01-14 16:48:58 UTC

The five steps for effective learning protocol aligns with professional development and collective efficacy because both focus on collaboration, shared responsibility, and continuous improvement. When teachers learn together, practice strategies, reflect, and use student data, they build confidence in their ability to positively impact student learning as a whole.

Shelbi Thomas

2026-01-14 17:17:50 UTC

I thought this was very beneficial to see how similar it is when coaching a teacher as what we do in our classroom already. I also loved how these five steps clearly show the whole process of it all. It can be applied to anything, really.

Morgan Killian

2026-01-14 17:21:42 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning align with professional development and collective efficacy by: Identifying needs: teachers develop a shared understanding of student learning gaps. Modeling and developing: teachers practice strategies together, building skill and confidence. Applying learning: teachers implement strategies in their classrooms, seeing results firsthand. Evaluating impact: teachers reflect on student work, reinforcing the belief that their collaborative efforts improve learning. Overall, it strengthens teacher collaboration, confidence, and belief in their collective ability to impact student outcomes. Overall it is just a reminder that kids and adults learn the same way. We might change our approach but the technique is the same.

Destiny Cummings

2026-01-14 17:27:23 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol aligns with how professional development impacts collective efficacy by structuring learning so teachers can see the connection between what they learn and its impact on students. Effective PD builds collective efficacy when teachers believe that through their shared work, they can positively influence student outcomes. The Five Steps protocol supports this by having teachers identify a real student need, learn a strategy to address it, apply it in the classroom, and then evaluate the results together. This cycle builds evidence that teacher actions matter and that change is possible, which strengthens collective efficacy. It is not one-and-done training; it is collaborative, job-embedded, supported, and grounded in student evidence, all of which are characteristics of PD that lead to increased confidence and shared belief in the team’s ability to impact student learning.

Jerry Kelley

2026-01-14 17:41:03 UTC

The whole point in building collective efficacy is to build confidence in yourself and amplify your ability to helps others achieve a goal. Others are doing the same thing. If everybody is helping everybody (whether you are a student or teacher) progress is going to be made towards accomplishing the desired outcome.

This process needs very intentional design and implementation in order for all stakeholders to collectively be successful.

Rachael Bellomy

2026-01-14 17:41:45 UTC

I think it gives a clear approach to looking at standards and skills and mastery, implementation, and what mastery should look like. As you go through this process, teachers are going to feel more equipped and better prepared to delivery high quality instruction.

Caleb Taylor

2026-01-14 17:42:08 UTC

The five steps for effective learning protocol give a systematic guide for developing professional development sessions that will generate actual student growth. It reminds us that teacher learners need to be taught in a thoughtful way and not just told what to do. It helps us identify the goal, provide a model of the task, work the the task, and reflect on student outcomes that result. It encourages the PD to be centered on the teachers actual needs and provides a structure to meet these needs.

Byron Cothran

2026-01-14 17:49:15 UTC

They serve as a roadmap. Each teacher does not have to guess at what works, but focuses in on the team who work together on strategies and discern what is most important for student success. As teachers see student examples that demonstrate success: it builds confidence, but is always working to improve.

Abels, Dane

2026-01-14 17:49:22 UTC

The connections between best practices as a teacher to students and best practices in leading a PLC are identical! This should be the case since we all already know how to do this for students. The familiarity should allow us to much more quickly learn from our peers as well.

Jeanne Burden

2026-01-14 17:54:06 UTC

It is structured, data-driven, relevant, and sustained!

Kiarra Barnes

kiarrabarnes — 2026-01-14 17:57:11 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning give teachers a clear plan instead of guessing what works. Teachers learn together, try strategies in the classroom, and use student work to see what is helping. This buildis confidence , teamwork, and leads to better instruction and student growth.

Galyn Richardson

2026-01-14 18:06:25 UTC

The five steps for effective leaning protocol is a systematic guide to help professional development to be successful in generating student growth as well as to help teachers learn and work together for the greater outcome of the students. These five steps outline the ability to positively impact student learning and meet the needs of all involved.

Galyn Richardson

2026-01-14 18:08:46 UTC

My lingering question always comes back to how do you convince the students to take the ownership when today may of the parent will not? Today's world is just too busy for many parent to see the importance of the ownership and blame the teachers or school systems.

Casaundra Estes

2026-01-14 18:12:03 UTC

Key takeaway from the video that a lead teacher must be willing to lead by example. They are the one to dive in to the material to train the rest of their group.

The five steps for effective learning protocol is a guiding tool in our educators toolbox that gives us a plan for our content. When used our teaching process becomes second nature, giving our students the best possible version of our content. Key takeaway all individuals running a PD/PLC must consult this model to check their effectiveness before bringing the session to the teachers.

Melanie Maples

2026-01-14 18:19:29 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning directly aligns with how PD affects Collective Efficacy because both cycle on beginning and ending with meeting the needs of the students. Learning of educators is based on student data, collaboration takes place to ensure that all teachers are working toward a common goal of effectively providing instruction, and then the process of assessing student learning to address how the needs have been met takes place. Once the cycle is finished, it begins again.

Elmorris Hopkins

2026-01-14 18:22:50 UTC

It starts with the need that comes from the data, and if you focus any PD session on your school's immediate needs, it is going to create Collective Efficacy. It helps teachers get to the root cause of an educational issue and makes them part of the solution and motivates them; a motivated teacher can have great impact on student learning.

Melanie Maples

2026-01-14 18:23:50 UTC

Why is success criteria rated so highly for student ownership when so many students incorrectly self-assess their work?

Justin Moseley

2026-01-14 18:30:18 UTC

This is a helpful framework for structuring PLC time and efforts for recognizing a need and developing a plan to address it. It involves everyone, from teachers to students, and it utilizes data to make informed decisions and provide continued evaluation.

Angela Haynie

2026-01-14 18:30:41 UTC

The five steps for effective learning protocol align with how professional development impacts collective efficacy by providing a structured process where teachers collaboratively learn. Teachers practice new strategies and analyze data. Teachers identify what the students' needs are and positively affect the students' learning.

Shea Lineberger

2026-01-14 18:32:36 UTC

The approach provided a sense of clarity to the process that otherwise is absent. It doesn't just identify an issue and slap blindly at it in the dark, it brings teachers through the learning experience in a way that allows them to digest what the issue is, how it applies and is relevant to their students, detail a plan, and execute and evaluate it. All so that they can evaluate the continuous needs of their students. This clarity will provide confidence and create a purpose driven environment for teachers.

Tiffany Benton

2026-01-14 18:33:39 UTC

The five steps of effective learning aligns with teacher efficacy because when there is a need to improve student learning in any way and teachers spend time learning, creating, applying and evaluating that need, then students should show improvement in their scores and therefore have a positive impact on both students and teachers.

Theresa Monday

mondayt — 2026-01-14 18:34:22 UTC

Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol align with Professional Development and impact Collective Efficacy because they are a guide to help teachers on the path to making decisions on what is best for students. In the video it shows how using the processes was more of a circle than a line because it is ongoing. I also noticed that when ongoing, it builds. It is not just isolated work each time. It continues and builds.

Shiwanda Perry

2026-01-14 18:37:18 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning support collective efficacy by giving teachers a shared, intentional process to improve instruction and see the impact on student learning. When we learn, plan, implement, and reflect together using student evidence, it strengthens our belief that our collective efforts can truly make a difference for students.

Anistazia Zemb_o

2026-01-14 18:37:58 UTC

The 5 steps for effective learning is a focused structured way to improve student learning and teacher delivery. The plan ensures that the teacher stays focused and supported throughout the process.

kristi mccain

2026-01-14 18:38:17 UTC

streamlines the process

Tracie Gatewood

tracie_gatewood — 2026-01-14 18:38:19 UTC

The Five Step protocol transforms professional development from isolated learning into a shared cycle of action, evidence, and reflection. Over time, repeated success within this cycle builds a strong sense of collective efficacy...teachers trust the process, trust one another, and believe that their collective instructional efforts can and do improve student learning.

Laura Loyd

2026-01-14 18:39:42 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol builds collective efficacy by helping teachers work together, use student data, try new strategies, monitor results, adjust instruction accordingly, and see how their actions improve student learning.

Anistazia Zembo

2026-01-14 18:40:14 UTC

Will the plan work if the collaborative team does not work well together or agree on teaching practices and strategies? How do you make it work in this case?

Sidnee Haynes-Henderson

2026-01-14 18:40:18 UTC

They both align because adult learning directly impacts student learning. If the teacher is collaboratively learning with colleagues, they are gaining new ideas and strategies that can best serve their students. Student achievement is the ultimate goal.

Mekicia Henry

2026-01-14 18:40:38 UTC

The five steps process is a way for teachers to determine if their instruction is impacting student learning. It helps teacher efficacy because teachers can grow and explore the techniques that work in helping students learn in the classroom.

Hale Jackson

2026-01-14 18:42:45 UTC

They align by creating a structured approach to learning. It starts with clear goal setting that fosters shared objectives among educators, followed by gathering evidence to inform improvements and promote a growth mindset. Engaged learning experiences empower educators, boosting their competence and support while implementing new strategies enhances teaching and encourages collaboration. Finally, continuous reflection and assessment allow for adaptation and reinforce the belief in collective capability, ultimately creating a supportive environment that enhances both individual skills and collective efficacy.

Roshonda Jones

2026-01-14 18:43:01 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning supports collective efficacy by giving teachers a shared structure for planning, teaching, and reflecting on student learning, helping them build confidence in their collective impact on student success.

Shekinah Alexander

2026-01-14 18:43:47 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol directly aligns with Effective Collaborative Professional Development because it is all intentional. Everyone is working together to ensure student success is always the focus of attention. It allows us to address the needs of the school, which are the needs of the students, which directly addresses the needs of the teachers; and in turn allows the teachers to struggle productively to find best practices for our students. With it being a collaborative effort, no student or teacher is left behind, building confidence and rapport amongst us all, increasing morale and both student growth and teacher capacity.

Tequilla Marshall

2026-01-14 18:49:00 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning align with PD practices that build collective efficacy by creating shared expectations, concrete practices, and evidence‑based routines teachers can observe, practise, and refine together.

Ann Price

2026-01-14 18:49:10 UTC

The 5 Steps aligns with strong professional development because it gives teachers a clear, structured way to learn together and try new strategies. It’s hands-on, uses real student work, and meets teachers where they are, which helps everyone feel more confident in their teaching. When teachers learn and practice as a team, it builds trust and belief in their ability to improve student learning.

Clarissa Mangrum

2026-01-14 18:50:18 UTC

The 5 steps to effective learning is related to professional development because they both have student learning at the center. This is a clear way of looking at standards and the skills needed to be successful. We need to stay focused on the what we want the students to learn and how we will achieve it.

Claire Martin

2026-01-14 18:50:50 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning align with professional development and strengthen collective efficacy by providing a structured, ongoing framework that guides educators in making informed decisions focused on student needs. Rather than a linear process, the steps function as a continuous cycle beginning with clear, shared goals, using evidence to drive improvement, engaging in meaningful learning, and implementing strategies collaboratively. Through reflection and assessment, the process builds over time, fostering a growth mindset, enhancing teacher confidence, and reinforcing a shared belief in the collective impact of their work.

Theresa Monday

mondayt — 2026-01-14 18:51:37 UTC

How do you get others to see the value in student ownership and success criteria when they want to be the ones to do everything.

Ruth Taylor

2026-01-14 18:53:40 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol aligns with Professional Development impacts on Collective Efficacy because it focuses on the Objective, the NEED, the Learn, Development, Apply, and the Evaluation almost like a class lesson plan.

In the learn part the teachers have the opportunity to be the student. The teachers have the opportunity to learn how to implement the strategy to their students.

In the development the teachers are looking at their student work and finding out what best supports the needs of their students. What is needed to make this work stronger.

Then the teachers have the opportunity to apply the strategies to their students. Later, they can evaluate this to see if improvement (depth of knowledge) was improved.

Jessica Rodman

2026-01-14 18:54:59 UTC

They provide a structured process for teachers to collaborate and develop each other and their skillsets while improving implementation in the classroom.

Clarissa Mangrum

2026-01-14 18:55:05 UTC

How will this plan work when other teachers on your team are not open and willing to try new things? Every thing about their job overwhelms them; therefore, they are not open-minded and feel stuck no matter how much I model and support them.

Claire Martin

2026-01-14 18:55:33 UTC

How do we ensure that students are appropriately using success criteria to develop student ownership?

Eileen Parham

2026-01-14 18:58:07 UTC

Both work with collaboration and continuous improvement. They give direction and positive feedback using student data to drive the growth of both the teachers and students.

Rolana Lee

2026-01-14 18:58:44 UTC

The five steps are designed to be a process for structured growth and development. Following these steps will build teachers who are confident and equipped with best practices and the belief that they have the tools to meet their student needs. They also know what to do when things aren't going like they need to. There is a structure in place to help you improve. This all improves collective teacher efficacy.

Jessica Downs

2026-01-14 18:59:05 UTC

Effective professional development ensures that effective learning protocol is occurring. There must be a goal, and a set structure to obtain a goal in all elements of learning. That goal must be able to be tracked and data-driven. These components go hand in hand to ensure that efficacy is obtained.

Carmen Bell

2026-01-14 19:01:56 UTC

The Five Steps help us work together and feel confident about teaching. We plan lessons collectively, look at student work, and practice strategies as a team. Then we reflect and make changes if we need to based on the data. When we see students grow, it shows that what we do together really counts.

Kaitlin Moore

2026-01-14 19:04:55 UTC

The five steps for Effective Learning aligns with Professional Development impacts Collective Efficacy by building an awareness of our ability to work together to meet our schools goals accurately and effectively!

Tonniesha Reynolds

2026-01-14 19:05:31 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning allows teachers and leaders to be clear on the need of how to enhance student learning. The modeling is very necessary to give teachers other avenues and ways to teach skills. The modeling is a PLUS! The data collected helps to drive the instruction in the right direction. This cycle is necessary because it does not stop. It's a circle of reflecting and impact students learning. This is ongoing and structured to meet the needs of the students which is grounded in students work and teacher thinking.

Jennifer Richard

2026-01-14 19:06:13 UTC

The 5 steps help teachers new and old work together to make a plan that is relevant (looking at your actual student data), and effective (using researched backed strategies). If teachers believe that the strategies will work (because they are research based) and they are confident they can implement them (because they have seen them modeled) then they will have more efficacy in their teaching; and teacher efficacy ALONE increases student learning more than nearly any other circustances.

Lutonya Rauls

2026-01-14 19:33:05 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol builds collective efficacy by creating shared clarity, responsibility, and success among educators. When teachers learn, act, and reflect together, they strengthen their shared belief that their collective efforts can positively impact student learning.

Jocelyn Balagot

2026-01-14 21:10:21 UTC

The Five Steps for Effective Learning aligns closely with how PD builds collective efficacy by creating the conditions that strengthen shared belief, shared responsibility, and shared success around student learning.

Deborah Lutz

2026-01-14 21:19:24 UTC

It is so cool to see that the five steps are aligned to what we do with our students---good teaching is just good teaching. I heard it said that adult learning is different than student learning, but this clarifies that not really---good learning occurs with good teaching and the five steps in the protocol offer a seamless way of operation.

Jessie Lorimer

2026-01-15 14:22:02 UTC

The five steps for effective learning protocol aligns with professional development and efficacy because it helps leadership make professional growth opportunities that are truly relevant and immediately applicable for teachers. It helps educator communities meet those they serve at the fulcrum of their needs so that they can make the most appropriate and effective adaptations. Rather than throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks, the five steps are a good way to ensure that growth and learning and transferrence actually happen.

Megan Hensley

2026-02-18 18:41:00 UTC

Professional development impacts collective efficacy when it is structured, collaborative, and focused on measurable student learning. The Five Steps for Effective Learning protocol supports this by guiding educators through a cycle of identifying student needs, learning together, applying new strategies, and evaluating results - ultimately strengthening the shared belief that teachers, working collectively, can improve student achievement.