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Our coaching and professional learning coordinators have really Vrain Valley School District, particularly on our coaching School District are very strong partners with us, and we’ve also partneredĬlosely with St. Greeley-Evans School District 6 and Thompson Scalability, our district has a lot in common with some of the schoolsĭistricts on the front range. Student-centered culture supported by advisory programs.
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Good collaboration between our high schools, particularly around how to create Redesign network has given us opportunities to share ideas, so there’s been STEM summer institute that we held last summer.Ī district that we’ve shared particular commonįocus with, has been Delta County School District, particularly with ourĮmphasis on social emotional learning. We have connected on some smaller projects, suchĪs our Problem Based Learning we also invited some western slope schools to a Do you collaborate with other districts on Years ago, the first time since 2004, and Professional Learning has beenīuilding out a runway that those resources can be folded into. We were able to pass our first bond/mill two Professional Learning now partners closely with our curriculum department, as Had all been separate departments prior, and so that’s been really powerful. Strategic compensation all under the umbrella of Professional Learning. Induction, administrator induction, coaching, district inservices, and For example, professional learning now has teacher Siloed were able to be organized with a common focus on our teaching and Reorganization about two years ago that created some challenges, but one of theīig opportunities was that a number of departments that had been traditionally Interdependence and building strong leadership across teams.
The big opportunity in D51 has been in developing What are some of the unique opportunities you We have four kids, so it was also a decision to be able to put the emphasis on It wasĪlso a good move for my family we knew we needed to kind of slow things down District support inĭPS was what really helped us do good work at the high schools I was at before,Īnd I saw an opportunity to be that support to the 43 schools in D51. Innovative high schools was that district support matters. Learning framework, and a strong vision to support a learner-centeredĮnvironment as a whole district. There wereĪ lot of great structures already in place, such as the district’s teaching and Opportunity work with a strong team to scale competency-based practices. Learning and help move the D51 learning model forward. Me to the possibility of moving to the western slope to advance professional Three years ago, some team members at D51 team introduced What brought you to the western slope and Mesa County From there I had the opportunity to be a part of leadership teams at other small, innovative high schools in DPS. It was a competency-based environment kids ranged in age from ages 13 to 20, and it was an opportunity for them to get social emotional support, a strong emphasis on exercise and good health, and accelerated credit recovery. It was a passion of mine to support at-risk adolescents, so I started teaching in an alternative charter setting that was for adolescent young men.
Over the course of 10 years, I worked in three different high school settings in Denver Public Schools. I entered education as a second career after working in business and the outdoor rec industry. His desire to bring an all-encompassing district level of support for learner-centered school environments led him to the district three years ago.
Danny Medved is the Director of Professional Learning at Mesa County Valley School District 51 in Grand Junction.
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