Slides for Beg, Borrow and Steal: A Professional Development Working Session at VSS 2012,

1. Beg,
Borrow
and
Steal
…a
professional
development
working
session
Virtual
Schooling
Symposium
2012
New
Orleans,
LA
Jay
Bennett,
Michigan
Virtual
University
Jeff
Simmons,
Idaho
Digital
Learning
Academy
Jason
Neiffer,
Montana
Digital
Academy
Michele
Nickels,
Wisconsin
Virtual
School
Amanda
Williamson,
Georgia
Virtual
School

2. Paperless Handouts
http://workshophandouts.com/vss12pd

4. Format

5. Content
-­‐
Michele

6. Legislation
Related
to
Professional
Development
¤ Example:
Wisconsin
Act
222,
enacted
in
April
of
2008,
states
that,
"Beginning
July
1,
2010,
no
person
may
teach
an
online
course
in
a
public
school,
including
a
charter
school,
unless
he
or
she
has
completed
at
least
30
hours
of
professional
development
designed
to
prepare
a
teacher
for
online
teaching.”
[Wisconsin
State
Statute
118.19(13)

7. Foundational
Course
¤ Orientation
to
Online
Learning:
Standards
¤ Technology,
Tools
&
Online
Activities
¤ Online
Facilitation:
Supporting
Meaningful
Interaction
¤ Assessing
&
Evaluating
Online
Student
Performance
¤ Managing
Online
Learning
Environments
¤ Social,
Ethical,
and
Legal
Issues
in
Online
Teaching
&
Learning

8. Example
from
Wisconsin
http://bit.ly/vsspdexample1

9. Specific
Training

10. Example
from
Wisconsin
http://bit.ly/vsspdexample2

11. Mentor
Training

12. Evaluation:
Teachers
¤ iNACOL
National
Standards
for
Quality
Online
Teaching
(http://bit.ly/inacolteaching)
¤ State
Evaluation
Systems
or
Requirements

13. Evaluation:
Content
¤ iNACOL
National
Standards
for
Quality
Online
Courses
(http://bit.ly/inacolcourses)

14. Program
and
PD
itself
¤ Example
course
for
¤ iNACOL
National
Standards
for
administrators:
Example of Quality
Online
Programs
Course for Administrators
(http://bit.ly/inacolquality)
(http://bit.ly/vsspdexample3)

15. Ongoing
PD
• Best Practices
SVSLA
• Hot Topics/Tech Summer
Tools and Tips
• New Initiatives:
Online
Wiki:
Common Core http://bit.ly/
• Trends svslasummer

16. Delivery
-­‐
Jeff

17. Multiple
Modalities

18. Multiple
Perspectives

19. Ongoing
Opportunities

20. Policy
and
Procedure
-­‐
Amanda

21. Important because

22. We encourage

24. Points us in the right direction

25. Professional Learning Opportunities
• Face
to
face
• Online
• Learning
management
system
• Technology
• New
tools

26. Preparation and continuous support

27. Moving in the same direction

28. Expectations
of
Professional
Development
Instructors
and
Participants
-­‐
Jason

29. Partnership
for
High
Expectations

30. Mind
the
Time

31. Expectations
of
Workshop
Instructors

32. Expectations
of
Participants

33. Topics
and
Trends
-­‐
Jay

34. Blended/Flipped
Common
Core
Common
Classroom
Assessment
Assessments
Full
Time
Online
Supplementary
Build
Your
Own
Online

35. SVSLA
Panalists
¤ Jay Bennett, Michigan Virtual School, jbennett@mivu.org
¤ Jason Neiffer, Montana Digital Academy,
jason.neiffer@montanadigitalacademy.org
¤ Michele Nickels, Wisconsin Virtual School, mnickels@cesa9.k12.wi.us
¤ Jeff Simmons, Idaho Digital Learning Academy,
jeff.simmons@idla.k12.id.us
¤ Amanda Williamson, Georgia Virtual Learning,
awilliamson@doe.k12.ga.us

36. Other
SVSLA
Members
¤ Virginia Padilla, Innovative Digital Education and Learning – New
Mexico, virginias.padilla1@state.nm.us,
¤ Cindy Hamblin, Illinois Virtual School, chamblin@ilvirtual.org
¤ John Brim, North Carolina Virtual Public School,
john.brim@ncpublicschools.gov
¤ Debbie Kenny, The Virtual High School Consortium,
dkenny@TheVHSCollaborative.org

37. Paperless Handouts
http://workshophandouts.com/vss12pd