Comprehensive

job-embedded

professional

development

system

Robust, online

(blended) learning

system

Effective professional development considers: (Desimone, 2009)

• Content focus

• Active learning

• Coherence

• Duration

• Collective participation

1. Engage in Reflective Dialogue

2. Make Practice Public

3. Collective Focus on Quality Improvement

4. Collaboration

5. Shared Norms and Values

6. Inquiry, Analysis, and Reflection

Appreciative/Facilitative Leaders:

Make connections and help others make meaning. Provide direction without totally taking the reigns. Balance managing content and process. Invite disclosure and feedback to surface

unacknowledged or invisible beliefs, assumptions, thoughts, and patterns.

Focus on building the capacity of individuals to accomplish more on their own.

Operate from a position of restraint. "The Art of Facilitative Leadership: Maximizing Others' Contributions" by Jeffrey Cufaude

Appreciative Stance

Appreciative Leadership by Diana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom, and Kae Rader.

• Pockets of excellence throughout the state

• Quality varies, with most PD described as “poor”

• Content limited and often repetitive

• Few opportunities to improve practice

• Scaling exceptional professional development not

possible given limited funding

• Too many needs, too little funding, and too few

opportunities to reach most early childhood

professionals for traditional training models to work in

Florida

• High-quality training on content

they desire at a location and time

that is convenient for them

• Professionals with real world

experience in early childhood

readily available to help answer

questions and solve problems

• Career advancement opportunities

• Ready access to content, coaching,

and peer support

Office of Early

Learning

Early Learning

Coalitions and Provider Associations

Florida Legislature

and Governor’s

Office

National Head Start Expertise

Different Ways to Take Early Learning Florida Courses

Courses Available Now:

1. Preschool Language

Development

2. Infant/Toddler Social

Emotional Development

3. Setting the Stage for

Learning: Organizing the

Preschool Classroom

Course Development Update

Courses Under Development

Courses for professionals working with children birth to three:

4. Engaging Families of Infants and Toddlers

5. Developmental Stages of Infants and Toddlers

6. Child Observation to Inform Care for Infants and Toddlers

7. Building Attachment and Guiding Behavior with Infants and Toddlers

8. Language Development for Infants and Toddlers

Courses for directors:

9. Directors Renewal I

10. Directors Renewal II

11. Directors Renewal III

Engaging, Interactive Courses

Courses for professionals working with preschoolers:

12. Preschool Learning Environments

13. Using Observations to Inform Preschool Instruction

14. Instructional Support in Preschool: Quality of Feedback

15. Engagement: Planning for a Successful Preschool Year

16. Refining Practice: Designing Strategies for Success in Preschool

17. Supporting Dual Language Learners I

18. Supporting Dual Language Learners II

19. Supporting Dual Language Learners III

20. Building Preschool Literacy and Language

21. Guiding Preschool Behavior and Building Community

22. Developmental Stages of Preschoolers

Outcomes of Pilot

• 226 participants in four communities • Miami-Dade • Duval (Jacksonville) • Broward (Fort Lauderdale) • Rural counties in the panhandle

• Total completers determined by next week • Local support/leadership varied

Feedback from Pilot

“There are no words for how excited we are about Early Learning Florida. We are deeply grateful to be partners with UF and are so eager to launch the system with you in the coming months.” Coalition ED “This initiative is the 1st in my career from this state to be so well thought-out, linked to quality practices, and so well packaged – I am so excited to implement this and proud to represent this initiative in my district.” TA provider “I got great ideas that really worked.” Teacher

Feedback from Pilot

“I learned good tools that will help me today. Thank you.” Teacher “I think this would be a great way for me to take a next step in MY professional development. The idea of collaboration on an equal footing with an early childhood educator is exciting to me.” TA provider “Early Learning Florida is a wonderful framework for the state of Florida to build professional development among early learning professionals. Florida will have some consistency among the state.” Director of Training at Coalition

Outcomes of Pilot

• Strengths: o Quality of content o Tech support provided o Blended model o Local support

• Areas for improvement

o Recruitment resources: expectations o Registration and enrollment o Instructor interface on LMS o Planning and structuring of communities of

practice o Local support

Scale Up Timeline

• Depends on outcome of special session • Best case scenario:

o 8,000 participants year 2 o Scaled ramp up starting with 10 coalitions in

summer up to 30 by end of calendar year o Continued capacity building of TA providers

and COP facilitators

Questions: What strikes me? Why? Implications for my practice?