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Effective Teacher Professional Development

This document discusses professional development for teachers and school leaders. It defines professional development as supporting understanding of one's work environment and improving skills over a career. Successful programs involve teachers in planning, focus on teaching and learning, and are job-embedded with administrative support. Programs should be ongoing and integrated into the school culture. Evaluation of professional development can assess participants' reactions, learning, organizational support, application of skills, and impact on student outcomes. The goal is to continuously improve based on evaluation data.

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Effective Teacher Professional Development

This document discusses professional development for teachers and school leaders. It defines professional development as supporting understanding of one's work environment and improving skills over a career. Successful programs involve teachers in planning, focus on teaching and learning, and are job-embedded with administrative support. Programs should be ongoing and integrated into the school culture. Evaluation of professional development can assess participants' reactions, learning, organizational support, application of skills, and impact on student outcomes. The goal is to continuously improve based on evaluation data.

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  • Professional Development Overview
  • Characteristics of Successful Professional Development Programs
  • Integrating Professional Development
  • Alternative Professional Development Formats
  • Examples of Effective Professional Development Programs
  • Stages of Professional Development
  • Teachers as Objects or Agents in Professional Development
  • Five Levels of Professional Development Evaluation

PROFESSION

AL
DEVELOPMEN
T

Professional
Development

Professional Developmentis quite


simply a means of supporting people in the
workplace to understand more about the
environment in which they work, the job
they do and how to do it better. It is an
ongoing process throughout our working
lives.
Professional Development opportunities
provide a means whereby we can keep
abreast of these changes, broaden our skills
and be more effective in our work.

Every school leader mustshare the


responsibility forhis or herown
professional development.

The first step in any successful


professional development initiative is
to identify your existing strengths
and weaknesses.

Characteristics of Successful
Professional Development
Involvement of teachers inPrograms
planning,
implementing, evaluating their own
professional development.
A focus on teaching and learning.
Integration of professional development
goals with school improvement goal.
Coherence of individual, group, and
school wide professional development.

Characteristics of Successful
Professional Development
Programs (cont..)

Administrative support.
Relevant, job embedded professional
development.
Collegiality and collaboration
Active learning
Inquiry
Self-reflection

Characteristics of Successful
Professional Development
Programs (cont..)

Inclusion of content on diversity and


cultural responsiveness.
Follow up to support application of
learning.
Ongoing, data-based program
assessment.
Continuous professional development
that becomes part of the school culture.
Development of leadership capacity.

Integrating Schoolwide,
Group, and Individual
Professional
Development
All the
members of the school
community

provide input into schoolwide professional


development goals.
The schoolwide goals should be broad
enough to allow groups and individuals to
set their own goals, consistent with
school goals.
Example:
Improved student discipline

Alternative Professional
Development Formats

Alternative Professional
Development Formats
(cont..)

Examples of Effective
Professional Development
Programs

Stages of Professional
Development

Orientation stage

Benefits, responsibilities, personal concerns about


involvement in staff development are addressed.
Participants engage in learning necessary for initial
real-world application.

Integration stage
Learning to adapt general learning to specific
situations

Refinement stage
Teacher move from basic competence to expertness
through continuous experimentation and reflection.

Teachers as Objects or
Agents in Professional
Professional Development
Session
Development
Evaluation

Evaluation
Level

Five Levels of
Professional
Development
What Q are
What is
How will
addressed?

Measured or
Assessed?

information be
used?

1.
Participants
Reactions

- Did they like it?


- Will it be useful?
- Was the leader
knowledgeable?
- Did the material
make sense?

Initial satisfaction To improve


with the
program design
experience
and delivery

2.
Participants
Learning

Did participants
acquire the intended
knowledge and skills?

New knowledge
and skills of
participants

To improve
program content,
format, and
organization

Five Levels of Professional


Development (cont..)
3.
Organization
Support &
Change

- Was implementation
advocated,
facilitated, and
supported?
-What was the impact
on the organization?
- Were successes
recognized and
shared?

The
organizations
advocacy,
support,
accommodation,
facilitation and
recognition.

To document and
improve
organization
support
To inform future
change efforts

4.
Participants
use of new
knowledge
and skills

Did participants
effectively apply the
new knowledge and
skills?

Degree and
quality of
implementation

To document and
improve the
implementation
of program
content

5. Student
learning
outcome

- What was the


impact on students?
-Did it affect student
performance or
achievement?
-Are dropouts

Student learning
outcome:
-Cognitive
-Affective
-Psychomotor

- To focus &
improve all
aspects of
program design,
implementation
and follow-up

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PROFESSION AL DEVELOPMEN T
Professional Development • Professional Development is quite simply a means of supporting people in the workplace to under
Every school leader must share the responsibility for his or her own professional development. The first step in any succes
Characteristics of Successful Professional Development Programs • Involvement of teachers in planning, implementing, evalu
Characteristics of Successful Professional Development Programs (cont..) • Administrative support. • Relevant, job embedded
Characteristics of Successful Professional Development Programs (cont..) • Inclusion of content on diversity and cultural
Integrating Schoolwide, Group, and Individual Professional Development • All the members of the school community provide i
Alternative Professional Development Formats
Alternative Professional Development Formats (cont..)
Examples of Effective Professional Development Programs

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