Professional Development

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Professional Development

• Secrets of Success
• How Teachers Learn Technology Best
• Jamie McKenzie

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10 Secrets of SuccessLesson 1

• 25 of technology budget
• TAGLIT (1c.1 2c.2)
• 15-60 hours annually
• TAGLIT (2c.1)

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TAGLIT NC State Report 1.C.1 Technology Funding
Expenditures
1.7 Professional Development
83 network hardware
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TAGLIT NC State Report 2c.2 Technology-Related
Professional Development Expenditure Compared
to All Other Technology Expenditure (Leaders)
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TAGLIT NC State Report 2c.1 Technology
Professional Development Participation in One
School Year (Teachers)
Only 25 of schools spent 15-60 hours
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10 Lessons2

• Clarify the purpose for Professional Development
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Focus shifts to learning instead of teaching
• Focus adult learning on issues that matter

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The World is Different

• Work is different..
• Tools are different..
• Communication is different.
• Information is different..
• Kids are different..
• Learning is different.
• Leading is different

Don Knezek - ISTE
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10 Lessons3

• Replace Staff Development and Training with Adult
  Learning
• Choice is cardinal design concept behind adult
  learning
• Professional Development supports primary goal
  effective teaching for effective learning
• Training does not focus on student learning

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10 Lessons4

• Student learning is the purpose
• Model Information Literacy
• Inference
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Interpretation

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10 Lessons5

• Deal with the emotions
• Confidence
• Comfort
• Calm
• Competence

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10 Lessons6

• Create community of support
• Help when needed
• Adult learning culture
• Mutual support
• Stress teachers strengths

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10 Lessons7

• Use assessments to guide planning
• Anonymous assessment (TAGLIT 2c.3)
• Preferences
• Interests
• Styles
• Skill levels

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10 Lessons8

• Provide Time (TAGLIT 2d.2)
• Invention
• Individualized Professional Development
• Discussion
• Group Professional Development
• Collaborative Teaching
• Lesson development
• Collaborative Lesson Development

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3 Key Elements

• Program Development
• Professional Development
• Effective Teaching

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10 Lessons9

• What is the Hook for your school?
• Invoke passions
• Dispel fears
• Choices
• Available resources
• Incentives
• Follow-Up

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10 Lessons10

• Dont give up!
• 3-5 years
• Several Models

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What Does It Look Like?

• Technology in all Professional Development
• Encourage Teachers to visit
• Personally Model!
• Display Student work
• Share with the community

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NSDC Components of Effective Staff Development

• Staff development that improves the learning of
  all students
• Organizes adults into LEARNING COMMUNITIES
• Requires LEADERSHIP which guides continuous
  instructional improvement
• Requires RESOURCES to support adult learning and
  collaboration

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• As we connect our students to the world, we need
  to focus much more of our staff development on
  preparing teachers to help students manage
  relationships and learn cultural negotiation.
  The technical training is necessary but trivial
  compared to the critical thinking skills.
• - Alan November

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• The planning challenge is to imagine doing
  things that we have never been able to do in
  education, not simply improve upon what we are
  doing today.
• - Alan November

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•   It is not the computer or convergence
  technology resource that teaches the child. It is
  the way in which technology is used as a tool in
  creating a learning landscape.
• - Bonnie Bracey

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"The genie is out of the bottle. No matter what
we do, technology is out there. The challenge is
how to use it effectively." - Frank Withrow
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Resources

• Teacher Tap
• Web for Teachers
• How Teachers Learn New Technologies
• T.H.E. Institute
• Classroom Connect
• Teacher Universe