"Feels Like Learning"
Jeff Burgard of J.J. Burgard & Associates, Inc. facilitates professional development in GATEWAY TO MASTERY®. Workshops are primarily site-based and offer a comprehensive approach to school improvement by addressing the structural, cognitive and affective domains of learning and organizational progress through three disciplines: Culture Mastery™, Knowledge Mastery™ and Performance Mastery™. All workshops begin by applying Systems Thinking to the district, school or classroom and establishing Management with Knowledge: a non traditional management style that removes blame and puts the focus on improving the system.
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Each workshop is custom-tailored to your school improvement plan.
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Workshops combine modeling, practice, lecture, discussions, group work and activities.
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Individual workshops are available as one or two-day sessions and combinable into multi-day sessions.
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In-depth analysis of the training and the information needed to move your staff forward is provided:
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Participant learning data and feedback is collected during the workshop to demonstrate the training's effectiveness and perceived barriers to implementation.
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Pre and post workshop surveys are conducted to establish current reality, evaluate implementation, indicate barriers and identify improvements.
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"Millions have read/studied Danielson's 'Framework for Teaching' (ASCD) and many districts have even built their teacher evaluation and certification programs on that book. But GTM can actually help teachers achieve the distinguished levels identified by Danielson."
Matt Saferite
Principal
Arkansas
"This is an awesome philosophy…It has significantly changed my attitude about my classroom, state standards and time flies!"
Teacher
Minnesota
"…you made REAL connections between theory and practical application and you kept it simple on the theory and simple on the practical."
Teacher
Texas
Knowledge Mastery
From the time students take their first spelling test until they graduate from college, they experience the pervasive educational structure of "Teach, Test and Forget." Educators, parents and students know this structure achieves only mediocre, temporary results - so why does it continue?
Performance Mastery
When it comes to student performance, educators are faced with these five questions
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What should students be able to do?
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What will indicate if students have met standard?
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What does high quality look like?
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How will student performance be evaluated and measured?
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How will students and teachers use data and feedback to drive instruction?