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Take a Bite Out of Professional Development!
Professional Development Programs That Work
Wendy Heller – ITCHeather Hurley – ITC
Arlington Public Schools
Goals
• Learn what is needed to implement a realistic professional development program
• Learn effective professional development strategies that we have used.
• Learn how to access free and low cost online professional development resources
The Question?
• If I Won the Lottery...
• How replicable is my work by someone other than me?
• Why or why not?
Understanding the Context
• Why doesn’t everyone just do this?
• Barriers:– Time– Money– Resources– Administrator Support– Type of Adopter
Adopter TypesAdopter Type Characteristics % in
Population Innovator Eager to try new ideas
Open to change Not necessarily integrated in social structure
8%
Leader Open to change Thoughtful re. involvement Trusted for advice and opinions
17%
Early Majority Cautious and deliberate re. innovations Follower vs. leader
29%
Late Majority “Set in their ways” Can be won over by peer pressure and administrative expectations
29%
Resister Suspicious and opposed Low in influence Isolated from mainstream
17%
Rogers, 1971
Assess Your Needs
• You need to assess needs and create the means for on-going assessment and review.
• Use this knowledge to create your professional plan and influence your choice of appropriate professional development strategies.
Tech Survey
• Wendy’s Survey
• Heather’s Online Form
• Poll Daddy
• Content Management System
• LOTI Scale
LOTI STEPS• Level 0 Non-use
– No visible evidence of computer access in the classroom
• Level 1 AwarenessClassroom computers used exclusively for teacher productivity
• Level 2 Exploration– Technology used in student
projects focus on lower level thinking skills
• Level 3 Infusion– Technology used in student
projects focus on higher level thinking skills
• Level 4a Integration (Mechanical)– Teachers use existing or
prepackaged materials to aid in technology integration
• Level 4b Integration (Routine)– Teachers create their own
integration lessons with little or no outside help
• Level 5 Expansion– Technology is expanded beyond
classroom walls. Global use of technology
• Level 6 Refinement– Student use of technology is
used to solve “authentic real-world problems”
LOTI Lesson Evaluation
The Missing LinkVision Skills Incentives Resources Action Plan Change
Skills Incentives Resources Action Plan Confusion
Vision Incentives Resources Action Plan Anxiety
Vision Skills Resources Action Plan GradualChange
Vision Skills Incentives Action Plan Frustration
Vision Skills Incentives Resources False Starts
Enterprise Management, Ltd. 1987
Bite, Snack, Meal• Bite: Small bits of information that can be used
immediately. Less then 15 minutes. (Isolated Skills)
• Snack: More substantial amount of information usually has curriculum implications. Can also be used immediately. 45 minutes or less. (Integrated Skills)
• Meal: The most information over a longer period of time. (Workshops, Institutes, Inservices, Mentoring, Study Groups) (Long Term, Ongoing Skill Development)
Bites• Tech Blog Podcasts
– Audacity– GCast
• Handbook• Newsletters
– Wendy– Heather
• Blackboard Resources– del.icio.us
Snacks
• Modeling• Technology Training Sessio
ns• Tech Breaks• Newsletter – Lessons
– Technology Integration for Teachers
• Staff Meetings• Discovery Educator Networ
k
Meals
• In-services• Float Day• Modeling• Discovery Educator
Network • Study Group
Grant Funded Professional Development
• Work Smarter Not Harder!
• Summer Tech Camp! Kids Shouldn’t Have All the Fun
• The World Outside My Window
• Tech Club
3 Things You Need to Know About Grants
• Read the Request for Proposals (RFP)
• Specifically State Your Project's Impact on Teaching and Learning
• Collaborate!
More tips can be found athttp://www.sun-associates.com/resources/10tips.html
Maximizing Your Bites, Snacks and Meals
• Schedule dedicated staff development days and time
• Think about stipends or incentives for anything that goes beyond scheduled hours
• Create your schedule way in advance
• Use a combination of outside and in-house trainers– Use new faces to
build upon known expertise
• Assign follow-up tasks (meals)
Benefits to Us and Our Program
• Collaboration – for ITC and Teachers
• More seamless integration• Enhanced technology skills• More consistent integration
across the grade levels
Summary• You need a strong
professional development plan that is rooted in a strong vision for technology’s role in education– This role needs to be
centered around the anticipated and desired student impacts (SOL’s)
• Training must be adapted to the various needs of your staff at different stages in their technology “development.”– Understand the stages,
and then pick the appropriate strategy
– Think about your range of strategies
– Maximize your strategies... One size will not fit all!
Remember...• Utilize strategies that build
confidence and comfort– Mentoring– Modeling– Close support
• Combine support and pressure– Support = peer and bottom-up– Pressure = top down administrative
requirements– Pressure = competition
• Create rewards and responsibilities– Accountability is the key!
• Meal type activities should produce concrete products!– Sample/Outlined lessons– Templates– Examples of actual student or teacher
work
• Distribute the products– Produce a guidebook or facilitators guide– Publish materials on the web
Reasonable Expectations
• You will not have 100% adoption– Remember the 17% resister population
• At least try to move people to LOTI level 4 a/b
• This takes time: 3 -5 years on the average
Other Free – Low Cost • Thinkfinity
– http://www.thinkfinity.org• Atomic Learning
– http://www.atomiclearning.com• Lynda.com
– http://www.lynda.com• Education World
– http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/• LOTI
– http://www.loticonnection.com/freeloti.html• SMART Tech
– http://www.smarttech.com• Constant Contact
– http://www.constantcontact.com• Sun Associates
– http://www.sun-associates.com
Contact Information• Wendy Heller – ITC – Key School
– [email protected]– 703-228-8922
• Heather Hurley – ITC – Arlington Traditional School– [email protected]– 703-228-2061
•http://www.techstoup.edublogs.org