Design - ALP

Competency Modeling

Strategic Planning

Learner Profile and Progressions

Content Design and Curation

Curriculum Design

Designing Learner-Centered Experiences

Words from our partners

I think that this is the beginning of what will be a great path for our school. As we strive for equity among our learners, facilitators and leaders we will have a great impact on the entire community as the effects will send ripples through our 'pond' that will move on and on.

Principal

Mesa Public Schools (AZ)

Thank you, this was amazing! I panicked about the complexity of the Look Fors document and its use with classified leaders. I underestimated the power of your facilitation to make the magic happen- you made it relevant, meaningful, and actionable. Big learning for me today!

District Administrator

Winchester County Schools (VA)

[The ALP consultant] practiced what she preached. She modeled the effective use of blended learning practices and the participants actively demonstrated exemplars and solved problems. She was also very articulate, analytical, personable, authentic, and relevant. Products were created and goals were accomplished throughout the day. I don't feel like I am leaving here with more work to do; I was able to learn while I was here.

School Administrator

Chatham County Schools (NC)

Students are more highly engaged in the classroom curriculum. Learning activities have grown to include digital platforms where students have "voice and choice" to allow for creativity in learning.

5th Grade Teacher

Pinellas County Schools (FL)

The concept of learning walks and coaching practice will help me in working with teachers in my building as we continue to provide opportunities for meaningful learning experiences through student engagement and purposeful use of technology.

School-Based Technology Specialist

Fairfax County Public Schools (VA)

The Computational Thinking Concept is becoming more familiar and I now understand how computational thinking applies to all mathematical processes. With the use of technology, I know students will be engaged in the learning process without them realizing they are applying all computational thinking principles in solving math problems.

4th Grade Teacher

Pflugerville ISD (TX)

I feel like I can now take a "typical" teacher-centered notes/lecture lesson and turn it into a valuable learning experience. I feel confident that I can provide students with opportunities for active learning and critical thinking.

Math Teacher

Davis School District (UT)

[The Professional Learning Facilitator] has done an outstanding job of pushing our admin/coaching team to really dig in and think about our practice as we move into a fuller implementation of our learner-centered model. I can see real growth and understanding in our admins and in our teachers from where we started a few years ago.

Director of Elementary Learning & Teaching

Lake Travis ISD (TX)

Going from the overview of what Strategic Planning is, to seeing the process unfold has been a learning experience. While it may seem simple in nature when looked at from a distance, there are several key components to the actual groundwork that gets done. The ability to have the work groups findings readily available led to deep conversations about where we are and where we want to go.

School Administrator

Mesa Public Schools (AZ)

Through open-ended questioning and discussion, my team interacted with each competency to gain a deeper understanding of how competencies pertained to our work. As a team, we discussed scenarios, shared examples of practice, and reflected on experiences. The component of the professional learning session that best supported my learning experience was the development piece of the PL, presenting to peers and participating in other presentations.

TTIS

Cobb County School District (GA)

Strategic Planning

ALP facilitates protocols that empower leaders to discover, identify, and refine a concrete vision for a school, department, district, or organization. Our collaborative planning processes integrate community voices in discovering their strengths and needs and envisioning possibilities based on that capacity.

In close partnership with teams, charged with leading and implementing strategic change, we design a plan that is clear, measurable, and realizable.

“Finding the North Star” and Other Guidance in Strategic Plan Design for Education Systems

Learner Profile and Progressions

Leveraging over a decade of competency-based learning design experience, ALP leads educators in creating a customized district learner profile with aligned learner progressions. This multi-phase process begins with building a shared vision and leads to an iterative design partnership with district and community stakeholders. With these resources, educational leaders are poised to communicate a clear vision for student success. Through clearly scaffolded progressions, leaders make learning visible and accessible to educators integrating change in their instructional practices. This service directly and positively impacts learner-centered curriculum, assessment, and professional learning frameworks.

The What, Why, and How of Learner Profiles and Progressions

Competency Modeling

ALP combines a thorough review of district strategy, vision, and values with one-on-one interviews and subject matter expert focus groups into a validated competency model. Competency model development is customized for various positions within a district and aligns job functions with the district vision. ALP facilitates a process where role incumbents and supervisors translate organizational vision into behaviorally-anchored and observable competency descriptions with corresponding proficiency progressions. ALP’s approach integrates a scientific validation process to design the competency model. This foundation can then be leveraged to build a common language across role incumbents and their supervisors as well as develop related human resources systems (e.g., selection processes, orientation/mentoring, performance and talent development, etc.) aligned with district vision.

Innovation & Learning Coach

The IDEA drivers INSPIRE, DESIGN, EMPOWER and AMPLIFY, are at the core of all ALP work, including the domains for our coaching competencies.

Content Design and Curation

ALP creates custom resources designed to meet the unique facilitation and instructional goals of our partners. Leveraging a network of experts and research, ALP provides tangible guides that help leaders scale initiatives within their teams and organization. ALP designs a custom portfolio of resources including protocols, playlists, or toolkits as well as guides for leveraging the resources to scale initiatives across teams, departments, and organizations. Through a facilitated learning experience, ALP works with educators to build their capacity to understand and deploy the new resources.

Factors that Influence School-wide Change

The journey these schools have gone on has not been easy, but it has been worthwhile. The benefits of these initiatives were demonstrated through data and in learning environments that were joyful, inviting, and empowering.

Curriculum Design

ALP leads educators in creating, redesigning and/or implementing curriculum resources. This multi-phase process begins with building a shared vision and leads to an iterative design partnership with district stakeholders. Following the design of new resources, ALP consultants will partner with educational leaders to implement rigorous curriculum. This service directly and positively impacts learner-centered curriculum, assessment, and professional learning frameworks.

Designing Learner-Centered Experiences

ALP subject matter experts and learning designers collaborate with partners to create courses, learning modules and/or micro-credential pathways built in the platform of choice. Learner-centered experiences wrap content in an authentic user experience specifically designed for the unique needs of its target learners: students, teachers, professors, coaches and organizational leaders. ALP designs to actively engage learners in authentic experiences tailored to partner priorities and intended to accelerate growth toward identified learning goals. ALP works with leaders to develop strategies that implement and scale learner-centered experiences.