This document outlines the professional development program for Lenoir County Public Schools. It discusses the vision and mission for professional development which is to engage all employees in continuous learning to facilitate improvement. It reviews the North Carolina professional development standards and characteristics of high-quality professional development. Finally, it summarizes past professional development offerings and their impact on at-risk student subgroups, and outlines planned offerings for future years focusing on supporting new teachers, special education teachers, implementing common core standards, and developing 21st century skills.
1. Lenoir County Public Schools
Professional Development Program
For
Professional Growth and Development
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2. Vision and Mission
for Professional Development
Our Vision…
that all employees will engage in
continuous learning to facilitate continuous
improvement
Our Mission…
to provide opportunities for all
employees to engage in high quality professional
learning experiences that support them in
preparing all students to become competitive and
productive citizens in a global economy.
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3. Professional Development
1. Professional Development Standards
• Goals & Characteristics of High Quality
Professional Development
• Highlights from- 2011 – 2012, PD Plan
• Impact on at-risk NCLB Subgroups
• Planned offerings for 2012 – 2013
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4. NC Professional Development
Standards
STANDARDS-AT-A-GLANCE…
The North Carolina professional
development standards begin with the
premise that a primary goal of professional
development is to help educators develop the
knowledge, skills, behavior, and insights
needed to become effective classroom
teachers and school leaders in 21st Century
Classrooms
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5. The standards are organized according to the
context/process/content schema:
• Context Standards (the organization, system, culture)
– Learning Communities
– Leadership
– Resources
• Process Standards (the “how”)
– Data Driven
– Evaluation
– Research-Based
– Design
– Learning
– Collaboration
• Content Standards (the “what”)
– Equity
– Quality Teaching
– Family Involvement
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6. High Quality Staff Development
Goals:
2. To positively impact student achievement through
high quality professional development and
collaboration.
3. To attract, retain, and develop 21st Century
Professionals
4. To support professional educators as they address the
NC Professional Teaching Standards, their licensure
renewal requirements, and the Common Core and
State Standards
5. To support teachers in providing engaging learning
environments for all students
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8. Elements That Guide Our Work
• Current national, state, local, and
requirements & standards
• Data (surveys, student needs)
• Best Practice (High-Quality PD)
• Collaboration (IET)
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9.
10. 21st Century Skills Framework
Standards and Assessments
Curriculum and Instruction
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Professional Development
Learning Environments
11. CEU Requirements
Renewal and Reinstatement Guidelines
During the 2011 session, the General Assembly reduced the
number of renewal credits required to renew a Standard
Professional 2 license from 15 to 7.5. As a result, the State
Board of Education approved the following requirements to
renew the Standard Professional 2:
Professional Educators:
1 renewal credit for literacy
1 renewal credit for the specific academic subject area and
5.5 general credits (as determined by the LEA, if employed), not to include
years of experience
12. THE DAILY NEWS
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New Requirements for Educators
Associated Press…
CEU Literacy Component - Literacy applies to all educators including Student Service Personnel and
is not meant to limit or restrict the renewal credit process. Students who are College and Career Ready
in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language (located in the ELA Common Core State
Standards, CCSS, page 7) defines and offers a portrait of a literate graduate. It is critical to note that
although the description is taken from the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, they are
applicable and taught to every student at every grade level, and all teachers and student service
personnel share in the development of literate graduates. Skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening,
and language undergird and are prerequisites for all forms of 21st century literacy, including:
· Informational Literacy
· Media Literacy
· Information, Media, and Technology Literacy
· Visual Literacy
· Civic Literacy
· Financial, Economic, and Entrepreneurial Literacy
· Health Literacy, and
· Environmental Literacy
This came form the StateBoard notes.
13. Survey
Monkey
Data
1. Kagan Cooperative
Learning
• Common Core
• 21st Century
Framework
• Differentiation of
Instruction
• Bullying
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15. Purpose of Our Surveys
• To address the needs of the most at-risk
NCLB subgroups in our district
• To guide the use of funds
• To involve principals, assistant principals,
teachers, counselors, and media
specialists in the decision-making process
• Provide feedback to guide our planning for
PD needs
• To provide data needed for audits
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21. Professional Development Impact on NCLB Subgroups
Lenoir County Public Schools 2011 - 2012
New Teachers EC Teachers All Teachers Administrators other
Includes: Includes: •Thinking Maps – Includes: Includes:
•SIOP Leadership LEP Counselors,
Beginning teachers EC Teachers, OT, PT, Principals, Assistant Teacher Assistants
Speech, Compliance Kagan –SIOP Schools Principals, Central Interns, Support
Specialists, TA’s
•SIOP LEP, Bl, ED, All – Office Directors, Staff, Bus Drivers
Type of Support: Type of Support: Southeast, Frink, LaGrange,
Specialists
Media Specialists –
Dynasty
Opening Session Southwood)
PBIS Support – All Type of support: Type of ,
•Monthly meetings •EC Contact meetings/
RttT – All Monthly Sessions: Support:
Collaboration with trainings
•Quarterly meetings/ Common Core/ Essential meetings, PLCs, •Opening Day
peers Webinars •As announced
trainings Standards - All
•Trained mentors •Focus Groups •21 Century IT Literacy
st
•Scheduled
Technology Island Grant
•Classroom visits •Autism
Project (MS math, HS – core) Sustaining activities
•Behavior
•New IEP Forms
•Project Tomorrow (Northeast)
•LCPS workshops
Effective Leaders Participation is
_ Law Issues Optional for after
• Evaluation System •Technology tools (SMART, Offered by Curriculum, IET & PD _ EVAAS school workshops for
IPads) •Road Show Workshops
for all teachers •Class Scape-formative assessment
_ Class Scape Teacher
Trainings(continued) _ 21st Century Framework Assistants
•NC FALCON
For Reading Foundation •Reading Foundation
_ Gang Awareness
_ NC FALCON
Experienced Math Foundation •Power of Math
_Common Core/ State •Project LEAP!-
Teachers DIBELS (follow up and
•Targeted PD
Standards
•WiDA - LEP
(TBA) support) •Revised Bloom”s
_ Policy Review
Mentor Training + Behavior Support Summer
Mentor Project LEAP!-ECU - LEP Curriculum Work
CECAS
•Ipod /Ipad Project – i21 All & Planning for
Refresher (New Language! Online PD Offerings-All Common Core
Mentor CPI Training Learn NC Implementation
Standards) SST/ Section 504 Atomic Learning All
EC Math Programs School- based activities
2/10/11 All RTI SWD
•Road Shows (as requested)
All
22. Professional Development Impact on NCLB Subgroups
Lenoir County Public Schools 2012 - 2013
New Teachers EC Teachers All Teachers Administrators other
•Thinking Maps – Includes:
Includes: Includes: Includes:
•SIOP Leadership LEP Counselors,
Beginning teachers EC Teachers, OT, PT, Principals, Assistant Teacher Assistants
Speech, Compliance Kagan –SIOP Schools &
Specialists, TA’s others
Principals, Central Interns, Support
Staff, Bus Drivers
•SIOP LEP, Bl, ED, All – Office Directors,
Type of Support: Type of Support:
Specialists
Media Specialists –
Southeast, Frink, LaGrange,
Opening Session
Southwood)
Type of support: Type of ,
•Monthly meetings •EC Contact meetings/ PBIS Support – All Retreat (princ./direct/SS) Support:
Collaboration with trainings
RttT – All Monthly Sessions:, •As announced
•Quarterly meetings/
peers trainings
Common Core/ Essential meetings, PLCs •Scheduled
Standards - All
•Trained mentors •Focus Groups •21st Century IT Literacy activities
•Classroom visits •Autism Technology Island Grant Project
(MS math, HS – core)
Sustaining
•Behavior
•IEP Forms
•Project Tomorrow (Northeast) Effective Leaders Participation is
•LCPS workshops _ Law Issues Optional for after
• Evaluation System •Technology tools (SMART, Offered by Curriculum, IET & PD _ EVAAS school workshops for
IPads) •Road Show Workshops
for all teachers •Class Scape-formative assessment
_ Class Scape Teacher
Trainings(continued) _ 21st Century Framework Assistants
•NC FALCON
For Reading Foundation •Reading Foundation
_ Gang Awareness
_ NC FALCON
Experienced Math Foundation •Power of Math •Project LEAP!-
_Common Core/ State
Teachers DIBELS (follow up and
•Summer Splash! 4
Standards ECU -
•WiDA - LEP
(TBA) support) •Revised Bloom”s _ Policy Review
Mentor Training + Behavior Support
Project LEAP!-ECU - LEP
Mentor Language! •Ipod /Ipad Project – i21 All
Refresher (New CPI Training Online PD Offerings-All
Mentor SST/ Section 504 Learn NC
Standards) EC Math Programs Common Sense Media
All
June, All RTI
SWD
School- based activities
•Road Shows (as requested)
All
2012 All
23. Road Show
Introducing…
2011 – 2012
Road Show
Workshops for
Schools
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24. Overview of Professional Development for
Lenoir County Public Schools 2010 - 2011
New Teachers EC Teachers All Teachers Administrators other
Includes: Includes: •AVID - Includes: Includes:
•Thinking Maps – Counselors,
Beginning teachers EC Teachers, OT, PT, Principals, Assistant
Speech, Compliance •SIOP Leadership – Kagan Principals, Central
Teacher Assistants
Specialists, TA’s Interns, Support
Cooperative Learning
Office Directors, Staff, Bus Drivers
Type of Support: Type of Support: (Woodington, MH, PH, SLHS)
Specialists Media Coordinators
Opening Session •SIOP – Southeast, ,
•Monthly meetings •EC Contact meetings/ Frink, LaGrange, Type of support:
Collaboration with trainings Southwood) Monthly Sessions:, Type of
peers •Quarterly meetings/ PBIS - Behavior Support meetings, small groups Support:
trainings
•Follow up - Project Tomorrow •Opening
•Trained mentors •Focus Groups
(Northeast) Sustaining •As announced
•Classroom visits •Autism
•21st Century IT Literacy •Scheduled
•Behavior
Technology Island Grant Effective Leaders
_ Evaluation Instrument for activities
Project (MS math, HS – core) Teachers – Follow up
•Online Evaluation Trainings Participation is
•LCPS workshops _ Online System for Evaluation
System for all Reading Foundation Law Issues
Optional for
teachers Offered by Curriculum & PD _ EVAAS
Teacher
DIBELS (follow up and •Road Show workshops
_ Class Scape Assistants
support) •Class Scape- formative assessment
For •Reading Foundation
_ 21st Century Framework
PBIS - Behavior _ Gang Awareness
Experienced •Power of Math
Support •WIDA •Project LEAP!-
Teachers
CECAS •Summer Splash ! 3 ECU
Mentor Training •SMART Notebook, Slate & Board Partnership
Language!
Mentor •Lift Off Lenoir!
CPI Training
Refresher (New Ipod Project Leadership Matters – Partnership
SST/ Section 504 APs and future admin.
Mentor Online PD Offerings with Morehead
Standards) Planetarium &
School- based activities
Updated 2/10/11 •Road Shows (as requested) UNC School of
•State Conferences Government -
25. Professional Development Impact on NCLB Subgroups
Lenoir County Public Schools 2010 - 2011
New Teachers EC Teachers All Teachers Administrators other
Includes: Includes: •AVID – Includes: Includes:
Beginning teachers EC Teachers, OT, PT, •Thinking Maps – Principals, Assistant Counselors,
Speech, Compliance •SIOP Leadership LEP Teacher Assistants
Specialists, TA’s
Principals, Central Interns, Support
(Woodington, MH, PH, SLHS) Office Directors, Staff, Bus Drivers
Type of Support: Type of Support: •SIOP LEP, Bl, ED, All – Specialists
Opening Session
Southeast, Frink, Type of support: Type of ,
•Monthly meetings •EC Contact meetings/
LaGrange, Southwood) Monthly Sessions:, Support:
Collaboration with trainings
•Quarterly meetings/
Behavior Support - All meetings, small groups •Opening
peers trainings
•Project Tomorrow (Northeast) •As announced
•Trained mentors •Focus Groups •Scheduled
•21st Century IT Literacy Sustaining
•Classroom visits •Autism Technology Island Grant activities
•Behavior Project (MS math, HS – core)
Effective Leaders
_ Online Evaluation System Participation is
•New IEP Forms
•LCPS workshops _ Law Issues Optional for after
•Online Evaluation Trainings(continued) Offered by Curriculum & PD _ EVAAS school workshops for
System for all Reading Foundation •Road Show Workshops _ Class Scape Teacher
•Class Scape-formative assessment _ 21 Century Framework
st
teachers Math Foundation Assistants
For •Reading Foundation _ Gang Awareness
Experienced DIBELS (follow up and •Power of Math
support) •Summer Splash! 3 •Project LEAP!-
Teachers •WiDA - LEP ECU -
+ Behavior Support
(TBA) •Revised Bloom”s Partnership LEP
CECAS •Lift Off Lenoir! –
Mentor Training
Language! Project LEAP!-ECU - LEP Partnership with
Mentor Ipod Project - All
CPI Training Morehead
Refresher (New Leadership Matters
SST/ Section 504 Online PD Offerings-All Planetarium & UNC
Mentor School- based activities APs and future admin. School of
Standards) EC Math Programs •Road Shows (as requested) Government - All
RTI •State Conferences
2/10/11 All SWD All
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 My name is Tezella Cline and I serve as Professional Development Specialist for Lenoir County Public Schools
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 Today I will share the current Professional Development Standards, the goals and characteristics of High-Quality Professional Development and I will highlight the key initiatives for that we are focusing on this school year. I will also provide examples of how our Professional Development offerings support our most at-risk NCLB Subgroups and provide information about how we offer district-level funding for teachers to attend key state conferences. I also wish to note that planning for Professional Development is ongoing and we are currently in the process of planning for the 2011 – 2012 school year .
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 The NC Professional Development Standards state that the goal of Professional Development is to help educators in developing the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and insights needed to become effective teachers in the 21 st Century. The Instructional Effectiveness Team supports this premise and uses the NC Professional Development Standards and the 21 st Century Framework to guide district-level decisions concerning professional development for Lenoir County Public Schools. The Standards are organized according to Context Standards (the organization, system, culture), Process Standards (the how), and content Standards (the What)
Based on research by the Professional Development Organization, Learning Forward … formerly the National Staff Development Council, the standards provide the vision and framework for making professional development more responsive to the learning needs of both educators and students. *********Background notes: Do Not Read******** DO NOT READ…… CONTEXT STANDARDS Learning Communities: Staff development that improves the learning of all students organizes adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school and district. Leadership: Staff development that improves the learning of all students requires skillful school and district leaders who guide continuous instructional improvement. Resources: Staff development that improves the learning of all students requires resources to support adult learning and collaboration. PROCESS STANDARDS Data-Driven:Staff development that improves the learning of all students uses disaggregated student data to determine adult learning priorities, monitor progress, and help sustain continuous improvement.Evaluation:Staff development that improves the learning of all students uses multiple sources of information to guide improvement and demonstrate its impact. Research-Based:Staff development that improves the learning of all students prepares educators to apply research to decision making. Design:Staff development that improves the learning of all students uses learning strategies appropriate to the intended goal. Learning:Staff development that improves the learning of all students applies knowledge about human learning and change. Collaboration:Staff development that improves the learning of all students provides educators with the knowledge and skills to collaborate. CONTENT STANDARDS Equity:Staff development that improves the learning of all students prepares educators to understand and appreciate all students, create safe, orderly, and supportive learning environments, and hold high expectations for their academic achievement. Quality Teaching: Staff development that improves the learning of all students deepens educators’ content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. Family Involvement:Staff development that improves the learning of all students provides educators with knowledge and skills to involve families and other stakeholders appropriately. Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 Here you see the goals of HQ PD. We intend to support teachers, administrators and others so that they can positively impact student achievement and prepare students to be successful in the 21 st Century and beyond.
Through research and active engagement in our District Leadership Team Professional Learning Community, (IET team) we are focusing our work and decisions about professional learning on what research says High Quality Professional Development should look like. This slide shows the characteristics of High-Quality Professional Development. Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008
As you know there are many documents that have been developed to support the transition. One important one is the Standards document… The Common Core is made up of the English and Math Curriculum Standards.
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 Today, we are faced with many changes. This visual shows the 21 st Century Skills Framework. Professional Development must now be focused in these areas for our educators. In addition to these skills, teachers have been trained on their new evaluation instrument . This instrument is based on the new North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards as well as the 21 st Century Framework. So, as you can see, with so many changes, supporting our teachers and others in High Quality Professional Development is more important now than ever before and professional development is what drives every other initiative. In order to be considered High Quality, PD experiences must be clearly designed to address student academic needs. It must engage teachers to a level that will allow them to return to their classrooms and infuse the new skills, knowledge, and tools into their curriculum. In addition, there must be meaningful follow up after the professional development experience. The training or experience must occur over an extended period of time (such as a full semester or a full year) rather than be a one-time event. Finally, we must strive to collect data to address how the training impacts student achievement.
Along with the new focus on literacy and the graduation rate, comes additional requirements for educators.
Workshops and trainings for teachers, administrators and others may be presented in various formats and locations. We participate in Out-of –district activities, District activities, webinars, and online courses and workshops… Our largest group of workshops fall under the category of “district activity”. In Lenoir County Public Schools, we use the SEA System. This is an internet -based system that allows us to organize, advertise and track workshops that we offer employees at the district level. This system also allows us to electronically send CEU data for teachers and others to our Human Resources Department for posting. In addition, this system also provides us with professional development data that we use for planning and evaluation of workshops. Here you can see a sample report. This is the Activities-at-a-Glance report which shows all of the activities for the year thus far. Currently this is a 12 page document. Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008
We determine our PD based on information from a variety of sources. These Data Sources include: Student Test Data Surveys (principals, teachers (counselors, media specialists), Federal Programs, PD Surveys, Technology Surveys, SEA System Data) DPI Initiatives School Needs as indicated by principals and by teachers IET Recommendations Observation data AdvancED Recommendations Data from the surveys and from all of the other sources help to guide our decisions about PD. The Professional Development and Federal Survey for this year was sent out Feb. 3, so we are currently collecting data. Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008
Our Professional Development Handbook was revised this year to reflect the new standards and the requirements of High-Quality Professional Development . Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 This chart outlines the offerings for next school year and shows which NCLB Subgroups are impacted by the particular training initiative.
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 This chart outlines the offerings for next school year and shows which NCLB Subgroups are impacted by the particular training initiative.
Examples of our District Activities include all workshops offered within the district as well as our Road Show workshops which schools may request. Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 This chart outlines the offerings planned for this school year. The items in red are the newly added ones.
Lenoir County Public Schools - Federal Programs Meeting Tezella Cline - Professional Development - May 29, 2008 This chart outlines the offerings for this school year and shows which NCLB Subgroups are impacted by the particular training initiative.