This document discusses professional development for teachers. It emphasizes that professional development should drive high standards, excellence, and teacher quality. It should provide teachers with ongoing support and tools to implement new instructional strategies. Effective professional development includes face-to-face training, customized collaborative modules, and blended online and in-person options. Challenges include transitioning to a data-driven approach, changing teaching practices, and engaging teachers in ongoing professional learning communities. Professional development is a process, not an event, that develops collaborative communities for teachers to provide feedback and share resources.

1. I*TEACH PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
DENISE WILLIAMS

2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• DRIVES THE QUEST TOWARDS HIGH STANDARDS, PERFORMANCE,
EXCELLENCE, AND TEACHER QUALITY.
• PD CAN IGNITE A REVOLUTION IN THE WAY WE TEACH AND LEARN.
• SHOULD PROVIDE OPTIMUM LEARNING ENVIRONMENT GIVES THE TEACHERS
ALL THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.
• ACCESS TO ONGOING SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT THE INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES GAINED FROM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

3. TYPE OF TRAINING
• FACE –TO-FACE INSTRUCTION - MAKE IT MEANINGFUL, ENGAGED TEACHING,
PROMOTES ACTIVELY PARTICIPATION IN THE LEARNING PROCESS.
• CUSTOMIZED AND COLLABORATIVE - DEVELOPED CUSTOM HIGH QUALITY
TRAINING MODULES.. TEACHERS CAN TAILORED PREBUILT MODULES BY MAKING
THEM THEY OWN ( MATH, ENGLISH, ETC.)
• BLENDED PD APPROACH (FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONLINE COURSES)
• ONLINE LEARNING OPTIONS
• LIVE TRAINING
• ARCHIVE

4. CHALLENGES
• TRANSITIONING YOUR SCHOOLS VISION –ASSIST TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS , EDUCATORS, TO CREATE CUSTOMIZED
PD WORKSHOP AND CLASSROOM CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTING A DATA-DRIVEN, PAPERLESS ENVIRONMENT.
• HEIGHTEN TEACHERS AWARENESS OF THE PRACTICES THEY NEED TO CHANGE TO HELP EVALUATE WHETHER THEIR
PROCESS(ES) HAVE HAD THE INTENDED IMPACT ON LEARNING.
• LEARNING DESIGNS THAT OCCUR DURING THE WORKDAY AND ENGAGE PEERS IN LEARNING, ONGOING
COMMUNICATION ABOUT LEARNING, DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE CULTURE WITH PEER ACCOUNTABILITY, FOSTER
PROFESSIONALISM, AND SUPPORT TRANSFER OF THE LEARNING TO PRACTICE.
• PURCHASING CUSTOMIZED ONLINE PD TOOLS (TEACHSCAPE KL, ITEACH, WIMBA, IMPACT MODEL, NCLTI FRAMEWORK
ARE KEYS TO THE SUCCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

5. CONCERNS
• MOVING OUR SCHOOL TOWARDS DATA-DRIVEN, PAPERLESS ENVIRONMENT.
• ASSIST TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS , EDUCATORS, TO CREATE CUSTOMIZED
WORKSHOP AND COURSEWORK.
• PROVIDING TEACHERS ADDITIONAL WORKDAYS AND/OR TIME TO COMPLETE AND
IMPLEMENT TEACHING… PERHAPS PROVIDE CONTINUING CREDITS.

6. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AN EVENT
• IT IS A PROCESS OF DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES,
WHERE MEMBERS EXCHANGE FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR PRACTICE WITH ONE
ANOTHER, VISIT EACH OTHER’S CLASSROOMS OR WORK SETTINGS AND SHARE
RESOURCES.
• DEVELOP NORMS OF COLLABORATION AND RELATIONAL TRUST AND EMPLOY
PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES THAT UNLEASH AND STRENGTHEN CAPACITY
TO ANALYZE, PLAN, IMPLEMENT, SUPPORT AND EVALUATE PRACTICES.

7. THANK YOU
• DO-IT-YOURSELF PROFESSIONAL - SONJA ALEXANDER AND ALEIGHA
HENDERSON-ROSSER
• LEARNING & LEADING WITH TECHNOLOGY (JUNE/JULY 2010)