Professional Development For Your Teachers. For Yourself. For Your Students.

Information Power Program Administration - Principle 8. Ongoing staff development - both to maintain professional knowledge and skills and to provide instruction in information literacy for teachers, administrators, and other members of the learning community - is an essential component of the library media program. (p. 100, 111)

Information Power

Program Administration - Principle 8. Ongoing staff development - both to maintain professional knowledge and skills and to provide instruction in information literacy for teachers, administrators, and other members of the learning community - is an essential component of the library media program. (p. 100, 111)

Professional Development You Should Have Support of Administration Funding

You Should Have

Support of Administration

Funding

Prof. Dev. for Teachers Must Be: Authentic & Relevant Practical Scaffolded Active Learning

Must Be:

Authentic & Relevant

Practical

Scaffolded

Active Learning

Topics Make a list of your teachable talents Technology Special Needs Literacy Information Literacy Collection Resources

Make a list of your teachable talents

Technology

Special Needs

Literacy

Information Literacy

Collection Resources

Times for Teaching In-Service Days Faculty Meetings Before or After School Lunch “ Teachable Moments”

In-Service Days

Faculty Meetings

Before or After School

Lunch

“ Teachable Moments”

Format Self-instructional guides (handouts or computer based) Webpage links Professional collections Workshop Collaborative teaching “ Play time”

Self-instructional guides

(handouts or computer based)

Webpage links

Professional collections

Workshop

Collaborative teaching

“ Play time”

Format Online courses Courses through local universities Public library professional collections Public library classes

Online courses

Courses through local universities

Public library professional collections

Public library classes

When you teach a course… Relate content directly to classroom activities, curriculum, and standards. Keep school-wide goals in mind. Keep activities practical. Have teachers actively create a product. Keep essential questions in mind. Scaffold – especially with technology.

Relate content directly to classroom activities, curriculum, and standards.

Keep school-wide goals in mind.

Keep activities practical.

Have teachers actively create a product.

Keep essential questions in mind.

Scaffold – especially with technology.

The School Librarian and Professional Development

PDPs Standard Certificate Renewal PDPs Required 150 PDPs for primary area Minimum of 120 points must be in the content/pedagogy of primary area and a minimum of 90 points of that 120 must be in content Minimum of 10 hours in a topic Each additional area must have 30 points in content http://www.doe.mass.edu/recert/2000guidelines/appa.html PDPactivityrecord.doc PDPtemplate.doc

Standard Certificate

Renewal PDPs Required

150 PDPs for primary area

Minimum of 120 points must be in the content/pedagogy of primary area and a minimum of 90 points of that 120 must be in content

Minimum of 10 hours in a topic

Each additional area must have 30 points in content

http://www.doe.mass.edu/recert/2000guidelines/appa.html

PDPactivityrecord.doc

PDPtemplate.doc

How does the library fit in?

Support literacy learning Language essentials for teachers of reading and spelling (LETRS) training (K–3) Early steps in writing to support reading comprehension (GR K–3) Looking Inside the Classroom: What administrators need to know about effective literacy instruction Applying and acquiring storytelling skills in the classroom and library

Support literacy learning

Language essentials for teachers of reading and spelling (LETRS) training (K–3)

Early steps in writing to support reading comprehension

(GR K–3)

Looking Inside the Classroom: What administrators need to know about effective literacy instruction

Applying and acquiring storytelling skills in the classroom and library

Support your local library Boston Public Library: Art, Architecture and the Public Square

Support your local library

Boston Public Library: Art, Architecture and the Public Square

Learn to reach out to your school community

Sheltering Instruction in Middle School Mathematics An Introduction to the Education of Advanced, Talented and Creative Learners Multicultural Interactions in the Classroom Enriching Content for English Language Learners Reading and Writing in Secondary Sheltered Content Classrooms Wilson Reading System Intensive Model

Sheltering Instruction in Middle School Mathematics

An Introduction to the Education of Advanced, Talented and Creative Learners

Multicultural Interactions in the Classroom

Enriching Content for English Language Learners

Reading and Writing in Secondary Sheltered Content Classrooms

Wilson Reading System Intensive Model

Technology and Professional Development Training Courses

VoyagerU … professional development programs combine group interaction and online technology to produce an effective and convenient training model . Intended Audience : a team of 9–10 teachers, including involvement of the literacy coach and principal Training of Trainers Course for Category I SEI PD: Introduction to Second Language Learning and Teaching This course will train trainers to provide teachers with basic knowledge regarding key factors affecting second language acquisition, and implications of these factors on classroom organization and instruction, as well as the implications of cultural difference for classroom organization and instruction.

VoyagerU

… professional development programs combine group interaction and online technology to produce an effective and convenient training model .

Intended Audience : a team of 9–10 teachers, including involvement of the literacy coach and principal

Training of Trainers Course for Category I SEI PD: Introduction to Second Language Learning and Teaching

This course will train trainers to provide teachers with basic knowledge regarding key factors affecting second language acquisition, and implications of these factors on classroom organization and instruction, as well as the implications of cultural difference for classroom organization and instruction.

Engaging Students with Interactive Technology Desktop Publishing with Microsoft Word Introduction to iMovie and Digital Video Cameras in the Classroom Intro to Web 2.0: Harness the Education Power of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, YouTube and More.

Professional Literature Review Journals School library/library magazines Books on school culture Books on school libraries Blogs PUBLISH!

Review Journals

School library/library magazines

Books on school culture

Books on school libraries

Blogs

PUBLISH!

Conferences and Workshops & Grants

Looking outside the Box Explore other subject areas Explore special needs areas Explore professional development training

Explore other subject areas

Explore special needs areas

Explore professional development training

We are in an exciting position in terms of Professional Development! We can be a teacher and a learner. We can cross curriculum. We can be creative with program development.

We are in an exciting position in terms of Professional Development!

We can be a teacher and a learner.

We can cross curriculum.

We can be creative with program development.

Some Useful Websites Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html Program Administration: Professional Development. http:// eduscapes.com/sms / administration/ profdevelop.html Dept. of Education Classes http:// www.doe.mass.edu /pd/ Massachusetts Teacher’s Association MTA.pdf EDCO edcocollab.org

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html

Program Administration: Professional Development. http:// eduscapes.com/sms / administration/ profdevelop.html

Dept. of Education Classes http:// www.doe.mass.edu /pd/

Massachusetts Teacher’s Association MTA.pdf

EDCO edcocollab.org