A new professional development series offered at the Northwest Educational Service District (NWESD) is giving educators the chance to reframe the way they approach challenges and work together for student success.

Collective Efficacy with Jenni Donohoo is aimed specifically at leaders within a district, including administration and teacher leaders. 

“Collective teacher efficacy refers to a staff’s shared belief that through their collective action they can positively influence student outcomes, including those of students who are disengaged,” it reads in Leading Collective Efficacy by Donohoo and Stefani Arzonetti Hite.

This series offers the chance to create a larger leadership network. Attendees will work to bridge theory to practice, to strengthen individual and collective efficacy, and to measure and document impact.

The sessions will take place over several months, with three full-day, in-person meetings and three 90-minute Zoom meetings. The cost for all sessions is $125 per person, with a $25 discount for multiple attendees from the same district. Team members must register together to receive the discount.

Information on registration: https://www.pdenroller.org/nwesd/catalog/163832.

The full day meetings, all of which take place at NWESD from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., are: 

  • Leveraging Collective Efficacy on Monday, Dec. 11; 
  • Supporting Quality Implementation on Thursday, Feb. 22;
  • and Sustaining Effective Collaboration to Realize Collective Impact on Wednesday, May 15. 

The shorter Zoom meetings each run from 10-11:30 a.m. They are:

  • Mind Your Mindset on Wednesday, Jan. 17; 
  • Mindframes for Leaders on Wednesday, March 13; 
  • and a final session on how to sustain continuous learning and achieve quality implementation of evidence-based strategies on June 5.

About the instructor

Jenni Donohoo, Ph.D., is a five-time, best-selling author and professional learning facilitator with more than 20 years’ experience in leading school change. Jenni’s five books include: Collaborative Inquiry for Educators: A Facilitator’s Guide to School Improvement, The Transformative Power of Collaborative Inquiry: Realizing Change in Schools and Classrooms (co-authored by Moses Velasco), Collective Efficacy: How Educators’ Beliefs Impact Student Learning, Quality Implementation: Leveraging Collective Efficacy to Make ‘What Works’ Actually Work (co-authored by Steven Katz), and Leading Collective Efficacy: Powerful Stories of Achievement and Equity (co-authored by Stefani Hite).

Recently, Donohoo has been involved with leading workshops at many organizations and agencies, like the Washington Association of School Administrators Next Level Leaders group (formerly the Instructional Leadership Network) and the Washington Educational Research Association.

Video transcript:

Please join me and the NWESD for a leadership learning series about how leaders create the conditions for adult collective efficacy.

Efficacy beliefs impact how individuals and teams think, feel, motivate themselves and behave. It’s an important mindset for educators.

I’m Jenni Donohoo and I will lead three in-person sessions and three Zoom sessions for system leaders and school leaders who are aiming to improve the quality of professional learning and collaboration in schools on behalf of student achievement.

According to John Hattie’s Visible Learning research, collective teacher efficacy is the number one factor in raising student achievement.

Let’s learn together and from one another about creating the conditions for collective efficacy.

Please join us.