KSP 639 Scholarly Conversation Leadership for Professional Development (PD) Programs by Melissa Melby https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk Melissa Melby, Matt Lawrence, and Frederick Ballew en-us 2018-07-15 17:15:05 UTC 2018-07-16 02:08:43 UTC hello@padlet.com In light of the adult learning theories and models (pp. 93-102), how would you motivate your employees to participate in PD programs to development technology skills that enhance their teaching? missy_melby https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270238139
]]> 2018-07-15 18:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270238139 Ones Simple Way to Get Teachers to Use New Tech ballewedtech https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270239204 2018-07-15 18:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270239204 Effective Professional Development should include: ballewedtech https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270241644 1) a match to existing teacher needs.
2) a match to existing school needs.
3) teacher involvement in the design/planning of professional development activities
4) active participation opportunities
5) long-term engagement.
6) high-quality instructors.
Bayar, A. (2014). The Components of Effective Professional Development Activities in Terms of Teachers' Perspective. Online Submission, 6(2), 319-327.]]> 2018-07-15 20:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270241644 Google For Education Teacher Center ballewedtech https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245162 2018-07-15 21:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245162 Apple Teacher Learning Center ballewedtech https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245222 2018-07-15 21:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245222 Microsoft Educator Community ballewedtech https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245254 2018-07-15 21:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245254 ISTE U ballewedtech https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245291 2018-07-15 21:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270245291 The research done suggests that effective PD for teachers and student outcomes includes the following... missy_melby https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257139
  1. Modeling instruction: Instructional specialists who lead the PD sessions model the instructional techniques that are presented in the sessions.
  2. Community building: Instructional specialists engage participants in activities that support collaborative learning and community building.
  3. Technology utilization: Instructional specialists use technology to support their instruction, and participants use technology to work on projects during PD sessions.
  4. Connection to practice: In discussions and project work, instructional specialists and participants make connections between the PD-session content and participants’ instructional practice.
  5. Inquiry-based learning (IBL): Instructional specialists discuss how to integrate IBL into instruction. Participants engage in IBL techniques, such as formulating research questions, planning research, gathering data, analyzing data, and presenting findings.
Martin, W., Strother, S., Beglau, M., Bates, L., Reitzes, T., & Culp, K. M. (2010). Connecting Instructional Technology Professional Development to Teacher and Student Outcomes. Journal of Research on Technology in Education,43(1), 53-74. doi:10.1080/15391523.2010.10782561

]]> 2018-07-16 01:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257139 Teacher Buy-in https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257476 Meaningful PD requires teacher involvement from the beginning.  Papa (2017) said, “Adults need to participate: plan and evaluate their instruction.  Experiential learning activities should be provided.  Topics must be relevant to their jobs or personal life.”  This is supported in the other resources we investigated as well.  I have personally been to countless training sessions that were thrown together last minute and seemed to have no connection to my classroom, or my colleagues’ classrooms.  In my experiences, many IT leaders have shown a lack of understanding of content teaching and just assume teachers need their product.  They put the work of adapting software on the teachers’ shoulders.  This often reduces or completely loses teacher buy-in.


]]> 2018-07-16 01:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257476 Learning Communities https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257532 Training opportunities and learning communities should continue after the initial training session.  I have found lasting change when I continue to implement and learn alongside other teachers.  The friendly atmosphere enables a questioning and risk taking environment that fuels growth.  It is easier to get answers from the teacher next door than a stranger’s email.  Continued collaboration also creates responsibility to another professional.


]]> 2018-07-16 01:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257532 Lead by Example https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257593 Leadership of professional development should practice what they preach.  If teachers are expected to utilize new technologies and continue seeking new knowledge, leaders in the school and district should lead by example.


]]> 2018-07-16 01:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270257593 Mentoring https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270260133
  • Adults are motivated to learn as they develop needs and interests that learning will satisfy. An adult’s (protégé’s) needs and interests are an appropriate starting point for mentoring.
  •  Adult orientation to learning is life or work centered. The appropriate frameworks for organizing mentoring are life- or work-related situations rather than theoretical subjects.
  • Experience is the richest resource for adult learning. The approach for mentoring involves active participation in a planned series of experiences, the reflection of those experiences, and their application to work situations.
  • Adults have a deep need to be self-directing. The role of the mentor is to engage in a process of inquiry, reflection, and decision making with the protégé rather than transmit knowledge and then evaluate the protégé’s conformity to it.
  • Individual differences among adult learners vary with age, gender, culture, language, and experience. Mentoring must make optimum provisions for differences in style, time, setting, and pace of learning.

    • ]]>     2018-07-16 01:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270260133     Are there any existing technology-related PD programs or models you find successful? What are they? ballewedtech https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270260311 Yes, below are a few that I have found to be successful.]]> 2018-07-16 01:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/missy_melby/ufhmj6d5enyk/wish/270260311