Patrick W. Flynn
Patrick Flynn has worked as a teacher, teacher leader, curriculum director, and executive program director in K-12 settings in over eleven different states. As the Executive Director of High Schools for Edison Schools and the Chief Academic Officer for Great Schools Workshop in Sacramento, CA, Patrick worked with building and district administrations in nine states to implement systemic high school reform. He has provided professional learning in the areas of transformational leadership, performance management systems, standards-driven instruction, and data-driven decision-making. Patrick is Founder and Executive Director of ReVISION Learning Partnership, providing professional development and support to districts and educational organizations in CT, NY, NJ, and LA since 2010. He has led several school improvement initiatives in rural and urban settings and internationally in the United Arab Emirates with the Abu Dhabi Education Council. He has presented nationally and internationally, including as a keynote speaker at the Forum on Big Data at the Tianjin University of Technology, in Tianjin, China. Patrick and ReVISION Learning is highly sought after for its leadership in providing the highest quality professional learning opportunities for teacher, administrators, and district personnel.
Workshops
- Building Your Capacity as Instructional Leaders: Creating Feedback that Feeds Forward: During these sessions observers/coaches will work with Patrick to build capacity and improve practice in a) observation and evidence collection, b) analysis of educator effectiveness, and c) methods for providing effective feedback, all towards a calibration of practice.
- Collegial Calibrations: Through this embedded, small group model, evaluators are given specific guidance on how to collect quality evidence of teacher performance and practice, communicate opportunities for teacher growth through written and verbal feedback, and design professional development to support high leverage skill development.