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School Profile

Lincoln Elementary School is the first Jefferson County Public Schools elementary performing arts concept school of its kind. It is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves 292 students with 19 teachers. Lincoln’s aim is to provide excellence in education in a cultur-ally diverse environment through developing creativity in the performing arts and to inspire students in their quest for knowledge. Lincoln strives to promote success and self-confidence through teamwork, critical thinking, and self-discipline.

Lincoln’s curriculum offers students vocal music experi-ences and an exploration of instrumental music (includ-ing band and orchestral instruments, piano, and assort-ed rhythm instruments). The curriculum also provides an exploration of dance (ballet, modern, and creative move-ment) and of drama (including improvisation, mimicry, pantomime, role-playing, storytelling, dramatic perfor-mances, and presentations). Lincoln graduates (visual and performing arts students) will receive “first right of review” in the application process for the JCPS middle school performing arts programs. In addition, students receive instruction in literacy, social studies, science, and math. Lessons in these subjects are integrated with the performing arts instruction. Students are offered bal-let lessons taught by instructors from the Louisville Bal-let Company. Lincoln also offers the advance program, extended school services, a family resource center, and a range of student activities, including basketball, cheer-leading, and a jump rope team.

School Profile

As Lincoln was looking for a professional development (PD) system, it specifically wanted a resource that would be:

Accessible for administrators and teachers anytime and >anywhere. More Convenient and Accessible Professional Development

Job-embedded to answer the individual needs of the >person or group.

Solution

Lincoln Elementary School has been using PD 360 for one year and has renewed for another. Principal Sonya Unseld feels the school is ready to further its implementation.

About PD 360

PD 360 is the leading on-demand professional learning resource for educators with over 600,000 subscribers. Teachers, administrators, professional learning commu-nities, coaches, etc., have access to over 1,400 indexed and searchable video segments that present real, best-practice classroom examples. Each segment includes content from respected educational experts such as Michael Fullan, Rick DuFour, Doug Reeves, Rick Stig-gins, and many others. PD 360 can be used to create a structured learning experience for an individual teacher, professional learning community, or entire school. It bridges the gap between training and classroom imple-mentation with job-embedded follow-up, tracking, and reflection tools. PD 360 also gives educators access to

This case study is part of a series featuring elementary schools in Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky. Each individual school is implementing PD 360 as a pro-fessional development solution without being part of a district program.

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an online community of teaching professionals that al-lows interaction and collaboration either within a district or across the United States and around the world. See a demonstration at www.pd360.com

Driving Usage and Implementation

Principal Unseld is looking forward to deeper usage and implementation of PD 360 by Lincoln’s educators. She is planning to:

Learn to use tracking and follow-up features. Tracking >teacher responses to reflection questions allows ad-ministrators to follow growth and application of users after each segment.

Become a Professional Learning Community and use >the Facilitator Guides available with each segment to engage everyone more fully.

Meet school and district objectives by customizing PD >360 to align with state, district, and school goals and initiatives. As teachers view the aligned segments, they will actually see what the initiatives look like in real classroom settings.

Benefits

Lincoln Elementary School has found many benefits in PD 360 and will continue to experience numerous more as it implements more usage.

Online and On-Demand >Lincoln teachers no longer have to wait for workshops to get answers and individualized help. Everything they need to improve their teaching and implement best practices is instantly available in one place.

Job-Embedded >PD 360 empowers Lincoln teachers of every experi-ence level to immediately find answers to their own questions and concerns in each individual situation.

Large Video Library > Over 1,400 video segments with classroom examples of best practices are available on PD 360’s most current and complete professional development library. New content is continually being added for the most up-to-date PD and all content is proven and research-based.

Common Need Discussions > Teacher Groups with a common interest can use PD 360 to find answers and to start candid discussions about improving their skills. Facilitator Guides accompany each segment and provide engaging content for learn-ing groups with group activities, discussion questions, lesson plans, and graphic organizers. Many include

handouts that can be printed on-demand.

“PD 360 creates a personal venue of learning for staff at Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts School.”

Sonya Unseld Principal Lincoln Elementary School, KY

About School Improvement Network

The School Improvement Network is the leading provider of teacher education and teacher training, specializing in on-demand, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, and the Leadership and Learning Framework, School Improvement Network’s education training resources focus on the most relevant topics such as classroom management, feature top experts such as Michael Fullan and Douglas Reeves, and show how to put theory into practice. With its focus on long-term improvement, sustainability, and greater internal capacity, the School Improvement Network helps its clients close achievement gaps, meet high standards and increase student learning for both elementary education and secondary education. To learn more about School Improvement Network’s dynamic resources, visit www.schoolimprovement.com