This document discusses designing engaging professional development opportunities for teachers. It suggests that effective professional development allows teachers to be active participants, determine important content, and collaborate with others. Some specific engagement strategies mentioned include TeachMeets, which are informal conferences where teachers lead short sessions; EDcamps, which are conferences where session topics are determined the day-of; professional learning networks on Twitter; and job-embedded opportunities like coaching, reflection time, and lunch sessions. The goal is to move from traditional PD to active professional learning.

1. Designing Engaging PD
Opportunities
For Teachers
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2. William King
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Freshman Principal at Bowling Green HS
Co-Founder TeachMeet Kentucky
TeachMeet Nashville & New Jersey
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6. Out with professional
development and in
with professional
learning
Lyn Hilt
@lynhilt
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7. We Need Teachers to:
• Be active participants in the learning process
• Determine what content is important to learn
• Decide how they will best learn and implement
this content
• Collaborate with others in communities of
learning
• Assume leadership roles in the learning process
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8. What Professional
Learning Looks Like...
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10. TeachMeets
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Free to attendees
Short Sessions (2, 7, 15, 20 minutes)
Volunteers to lead sessions (scheduled)
Anyone can present!
Encourage the rule of two feet
Shorts and T-shirts
SmackDown (2 min to share a tool/strategy)
Teachers pick their sessions to meet their PD
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11. EDcamp
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Free to attendees
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Anyone can present!
Sessions are usually one hour or more
Sessions are determined the day of the
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Informal attire
Teachers pick their sessions to meet their PD
needs
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12. Professional Learning
Network
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13. Get your teachers on
Twitter!
• 24/7 access to educators
• 24/7 opportunities for professional learning
• Get ideas for your classroom
• Stay current in your field
• Collaborate with professionals
• Involve your students
• Backchannel during class, meetings
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14. Twitter Chats
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15. • Instruction via video, podcast, webpage
• Job embedded coaching
• Face to face support
• Time for reflection
• Teacher directed (via Google Forms)
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17. Tools for Flipped
Learning
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18. Other ideas for JobEmbedded PD
• Lunch and Learn
• Apps and Appetizers
• Release Time
• Tech Tuesday
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