Professional Learning
Galileo collaborates with leaders in each school
division to develop plans for the ways in which building the capacity of
individuals enhances and extends system-wide school improvement implementation.
Our focus is on assisting teachers and principals design and implement 21st century inquiry-based approaches to teaching and leadership. Improving competencies in 21st century pedagogies is a complex process that requires long-term commitment and
support for meaningful school improvement.
Galileo
has developed strategies and expertise for on-going, job-embedded professional
learning for educators that is informed by, and informs, the most current
research. Galileo has proven
ability to:
- impact student learning
through high quality mentoring relationships with teachers and
instructional leaders
- turn professional learning
into professional practice
- strengthen professional
learning cultures within schools and across school divisions through
professional learning opportunities and support for learning leaders and
administrators
- support teachers to find and
use quality resources in the classroom
- maximize the effectiveness
of personalized, responsive onsite and online classroom-based mentorship
- demonstrate evidence of
teacher and student learning, and
- use this evidence to guide
next steps.