WELCOME

PBS TeacherLineAnnual Fall Station Meeting

October 27-28, 2008Arlington, VA

Introductions

• Your name, station and station location

• How long you have been working with PBS TeacherLine

• And one piece of information that you are hoping to gain from this meeting.

Buckle Your Seat Belts

… And, Blast Off!

Meeting Goals

• Share lots of information about the TeacherLine service that will be useful when you are back in your home state working to promote PBS TeacherLine;

• Engage you in our new paradigm – that is – that we are now a service with two incredibly valuable products – PBS TeacherLine online courses and PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection; and

• Reunite you with your TeacherLine colleagues across the system so that you have full access to the whole TeacherLine network for ideas, support and collaboration.

• Answer any questions that you might have about TeacherLine and achieving success.

Brand Study

PBS TeacherLine is the benchmark among online professional development providers. While educators are favorable towards most online PD providers, PBS TeacherLine is the top-rated provider with 8 in 10 believing it to be “good” or “excellent” – more so than competitors such as Scholastic RED, Pearson LessonLab, and Teachscape.

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16%

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7% 62%

64%

68%

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80%PBS TeacherLine

Scholastic RED

Pearson LessonLab

Teachscape

OnlineLearning.net

ClassroomConnect–Connected

University

Annenberg

Laureate Education

Perceptions of “Excellence” – Online PD Providers

Q5. And, thinking specifically about online professional development for teachers (e.g., online workshops, online courses, online training, etc.), how would you rate the following providers?

Elementary School

Middle School

80% 81% 79%

74% 71% 69%

71% 69% 64%

70% 72% 62%

70% 70% 61%

69% 67% 67%

63% 62% 66%

62% 65% 61%

High School

Significantly higher than at least one other subgroupBOLD = higher than all other subgroups

Believe Online PD Brand is “Excellent” or “Good”Among Those Aware of Brand (based on a 4-point scale), Base Sizes Vary

Overall, educators are favorable to most online PD providers, but PBS TeacherLine is rated highest, followed closely by several providers all rated very similarly (suggesting perhaps little differentiation in the minds of educators).

ExcellentExcellent GoodGood

GPRA Review

PBS TL Peer Connection

• “Coaches using this tool will be able to find the content they need.”

• “There is strong evidence that the product accesses and uses the latest research-based content in the module presentations.”

• “Strong search interface.”

• “Teachers can practice new pedagogical skills upon reading the articles suggested by coaches.”

ELL Online Course

• “Well designed interface with redundancy and attention to detail.”

• “There were vast webs of additional links and research.”

• “Best practices employed to allow teachers to demonstrate mastery.

Capstones Moving the Needle!

• JRTE Article – efficacy study proving a positive difference in teacher competence and teacher confidence in tech integration

• PBS TeacherLine is the ONLY organization to have earned both the ISTE Seals of Alignment

Partnerships

Around the Courses

• ISTE – HP

• National School Boards Association

Around Peer Connection

• New Teacher Center at Santa Cruz

• National Staff Development Council

• Just Ask Publications

• School Improvement Network

Around Education

• Council of Chief State School Officers

• National Education Association

• National Commission on the Teaching of America’s Future

Global Climate Change Education

(GCCE)

PBS Proposal:

Teaching Climate Change (TCC):K-12 Online Professional Development from PBS and NASA

Sharon J. HarrisProgram Manager, Ready to Teach U.S. Department of Education, OII

Technology in Education Programs (TEP)

Station News!

ILLINOIS

WSIU, Carbondale –Vicki Devenport

WEIU, Charleston – Jeni Huckstep, Michelle Lassak

FLORIDA

WSRE, Pensacola – Jill Hubbs

WEDU, Tampa – Sartura Smith

MICHIGAN

WKAR – East Lansing – Susie Elkins

PENNSYLVANIA

WITF, Harrisburg – Marnie Johnson

WVIA, Pittston – Andrea O’Neill

New Local Course Provider:

WQLN, Erie – Traci Teudhope

CALIFORNIA

KQED, San, Francisco – Robin Mencher

WASHINGTON, DC

WHUT – Jennifer Lawson, Lena Jackson, Luma Haj