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Small Rural Utah District Embraces Research-Based Instruction

Case StudySchool Improvement Network

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ldquoPD 360 content is research based and classroom proven The programs cover every area of profession-al development and with real classroom examples show how to implement best practicesrdquo Kirk Sitterud Superintendent Emery County School District Utah

Emery County School District (ECSD) is a small rural sys-tem located in east-central Utah It serves 2320 students in ten widely spread out sometimes remote schools It has long been a district with a strong learning ethic Providing excellent education is a priority that starts with comprehen-sive teacher professional development (PD)

ECSD is presently addressing several teacher challenges that will significantly boost student success

bull Professional skills bull Instructional strategiesbull Curriculum mappingbull Interpersonal skills

Kirk Sitterud Superintendent of Emery County School District became interested in School Improvement Net-workrsquos The Video Journal of Education (VJE) twenty years ago as an elementary school principal Impressed with the research-based content he bought the VJE programs and

then continued to use them as district PD director and later as superintendent Already familiar with the productrsquos out-standing value Superintendent Sitterud was happy to pur-chase the new online resource PD 360 four years ago and make the VJE library of videos directly accessible to teach-ers and administrators even those in isolated schools

ldquoI already trusted the high-quality programs and liked that they were now available online to teachers for independent study I felt very confident making the decision to add PD 360 to our teacher developmentrdquo

Kirk Sitterud Superintendent Emery County School District Utah

PD 360 is the multi-award winning leading online on-demand professional learning resource for schools and dis-tricts With 1800 videos on 117 topics from 120 experts PD 360 has the largest online community of educators with over 720000 subscribers It is the most compre-hensive web-based library of professional development resources available Teachers administrators professional

PROFILE

FOCUSES

SOLUTION ABOUT PD 360

EMERY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT UTAH

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ECSD principals and teachers are seeing the value of PD 360 Principals are happy with its many uses and teachers are eager to utilize it on their own time to address their own questions

ECSD teachers can follow their own growth curve by using PD 360rsquos integrated tracking and reflection questions at the end of each segment while administrators use the tracking tools and follow-up to ensure that teacher development is happening consistently

Superintendent Sitterud has found PD 360 to be very economical for the district The expense is much less than traditional conferences and it can be purchased with a va-riety of funding sources available to districts Also because educators have unlimited access to PD 360 and can view programs as many times as they wish and as often as they need it is never one-shot training

ldquoBudget cuts have made it difficult to send a teacher to conferences but PD 360 has reduced that expen-diture with cost-effective online availability It is there to train teachers in relevant areas with the real experts in educationrdquo Kirk Sitterud Superintendent Emery County School District Utah

Emery High School Principal Larry Davis truly enjoys using PD 360 in his schoolrsquos PD training He likes the wide variety of topics the real classroom examples the format of the programs and the short segments that hold attention and allow time for discussion

Every Monday after school he facilitates a PD training ses-sion that all teachers are encouraged to attend though it is not mandatory Occasionally teachers are asked to attend because of issues in their evaluations Some of the topics they have chosen to address are bull Classroom managementbull Professional Learning Communitiesbull Differentiated instructionbull Instructional strategies

During the meetings a video segment is shown followed with an open discussion by attendees who are required to participate Principal Davis feels that these discussions are very positive creating an intimacy generated by shared

learning communities coaches mentors instructional lead-ers and paraprofessionals have available at their fingertips hundreds of indexed and searchable video segments that present real best-practice classroom examples and feature respected education experts such as Michael Fullan Rick DuFour Doug Reeves Rick Stiggins and many others Educators can instantly find the help they need on nearly every topic including differentiation assessment English language learners leadership and more It can be used to create a structured learning experience for an individual teacher a PLC or even an entire school PD 360 bridges the gap between training and classroom implementation with job-embedded follow-up tracking and reflection tools See a demonstration at wwwpd360com

ECSD teachers are able to apply their PD 360 usage to-wards license renewal They are required to complete 100 points over a five-year period (one point for each hour of approved professional or curriculum development) Together with other PD resources ECSD authorizes one point for every hour of PD 360 viewing approved and tracked by the employeersquos immediate supervisor

After principals do a classroom observation they email specific PD 360 segment links that are relevant to the instructional needs of the teacher providing easy and effec-tive job-embedded follow-up The ability to provide instant remediation on many issues is beneficial to both ECSD principals and teachers

ECSD principals are excited to have collective viewing read-ily available They show PD 360 videos in small groups large groups and faculty training meetings to illustrate instructional strategies and learning

Superintendent Sitterud is looking forward to involving teachers in PD 360rsquos interactive Learning Communities In the communities teachers learn from one another and ex-perience less classroom isolation by way of communication and collaboration within the district and around the country

Educators have confidence in PD 360 as its programs are always research based and classroom proven dealing with every educational initiative of the past two decades

EMERY HIGH SCHOOL

DRIVING USAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION

BENEFITS

License Renewal

Evaluations

Faculty Training

Interactive Learning Communities

Research Based

Educator Enthusiasm

Tracking

Cost Effective

wwwschoolimprovementcom | wwwPD360com | 8005721153

ECSD principals and teachers are seeing the value of PD 360 Principals are happy with its many uses and teachers are eager to utilize it on their own time to address their own questions

ECSD teachers can follow their own growth curve by using PD 360rsquos integrated tracking and reflection questions at the end of each segment while administrators use the tracking tools and follow-up to ensure that teacher development is happening consistently

Superintendent Sitterud has found PD 360 to be very economical for the district The expense is much less than traditional conferences and it can be purchased with a va-riety of funding sources available to districts Also because educators have unlimited access to PD 360 and can view programs as many times as they wish and as often as they need it is never one-shot training

ldquoBudget cuts have made it difficult to send a teacher to conferences but PD 360 has reduced that expen-diture with cost-effective online availability It is there to train teachers in relevant areas with the real experts in educationrdquo Kirk Sitterud Superintendent Emery County School District Utah

Emery High School Principal Larry Davis truly enjoys using PD 360 in his schoolrsquos PD training He likes the wide variety of topics the real classroom examples the format of the programs and the short segments that hold attention and allow time for discussion

Every Monday after school he facilitates a PD training ses-sion that all teachers are encouraged to attend though it is not mandatory Occasionally teachers are asked to attend because of issues in their evaluations Some of the topics they have chosen to address are bull Classroom managementbull Professional Learning Communitiesbull Differentiated instructionbull Instructional strategies

During the meetings a video segment is shown followed with an open discussion by attendees who are required to participate Principal Davis feels that these discussions are very positive creating an intimacy generated by shared

learning communities coaches mentors instructional lead-ers and paraprofessionals have available at their fingertips hundreds of indexed and searchable video segments that present real best-practice classroom examples and feature respected education experts such as Michael Fullan Rick DuFour Doug Reeves Rick Stiggins and many others Educators can instantly find the help they need on nearly every topic including differentiation assessment English language learners leadership and more It can be used to create a structured learning experience for an individual teacher a PLC or even an entire school PD 360 bridges the gap between training and classroom implementation with job-embedded follow-up tracking and reflection tools See a demonstration at wwwpd360com

ECSD teachers are able to apply their PD 360 usage to-wards license renewal They are required to complete 100 points over a five-year period (one point for each hour of approved professional or curriculum development) Together with other PD resources ECSD authorizes one point for every hour of PD 360 viewing approved and tracked by the employeersquos immediate supervisor

After principals do a classroom observation they email specific PD 360 segment links that are relevant to the instructional needs of the teacher providing easy and effec-tive job-embedded follow-up The ability to provide instant remediation on many issues is beneficial to both ECSD principals and teachers

ECSD principals are excited to have collective viewing read-ily available They show PD 360 videos in small groups large groups and faculty training meetings to illustrate instructional strategies and learning

Superintendent Sitterud is looking forward to involving teachers in PD 360rsquos interactive Learning Communities In the communities teachers learn from one another and ex-perience less classroom isolation by way of communication and collaboration within the district and around the country

Educators have confidence in PD 360 as its programs are always research based and classroom proven dealing with every educational initiative of the past two decades

EMERY HIGH SCHOOL

DRIVING USAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION

BENEFITS

License Renewal

Evaluations

Faculty Training

Interactive Learning Communities

Research Based

Educator Enthusiasm

Tracking

Cost Effective

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experiences and ideas This training time is used towards their required relicensure points

ldquoI encourage administrators to go to the PD 360 website get a free trial and check it out It has been valuable for our school and we are getting a lot out of this all-inclusive program I believe it is really the best bang for the buckrdquo

Larry Davis Principal Emery High School Emery County School District Utah

Superintendent Sitterud and Principal Davis are dynamic leaders who have caught the vision of PD 360 As they have utilized and explored its many capabilities it has become a trusted addition to the ECSD program

ldquoIf student success is going to be affected it goes back to what happens in the classroom Providing outstanding teacher development improves instruc-tion and increases student achievementrdquo Kirk Sitterud Superintendent Emery County School District Utah

CONCLUSION

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