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Learn how this school district in a small farming community has used the resources and tools available in the Educator Effectiveness System to improve the experience for their teachers and students.
“Our district is the poorest in the state and that is a key block to teacher development but the Educator Effectiveness System is cost-effective and supplies everything we need.”
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Our first case study in Artesia, New Mexico was done in 2008. This case study updates their PD 360 use, plus the addition of Common Core 360 and Observation 360, components of the Educator Effectiveness System. Read about how their continued use has improved differentiated instruction and created effective questioning.
“When I am asked about PD 360, Common Core 360, and Observation 360, I only say ‘Let me show you the data.’ The Educator Effectiveness System speaks for itself and the word is getting around.”
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Educators play an important role in recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect. But they also play a vital role in working to prevent maltreatment from ever occurring at all. Because of their unique leadership position in the community, educators can be the link to making meaningful connections with children, their families and the community.
This webinar will take a look at National Child Abuse Month and how educators can make a difference in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
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In light of the 2014 State of the Union address, School Improvement Network surveyed educators nationwide to find out the state of education in the US. Over 2,100 educators responded, revealing that while 95% of educators believe they are effective, 52% believe the public education system is failing. 89% also said parents are not doing enough to help their children be successful in school.
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In January 2013, School Improvement Network conducted a national survey of educators to find out educator perceptions about pay, work hours, and opportunities for increased educational opportunities and salary increases. 5,068 educators responded from 46 states. On average, educators reported working an average of 12 hours a day, with 70% feeling they were fairly compensated for their work. 81% of educators said they have pursued additional training or certification to increase salary. Only 23% of educators state that they would alter their teaching methods if a bonus were given for improved student performance.
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This independent study, conducted by EdNexus Advisors, LLC, was sponsored by School Improvement Network to better understand each state policy on providing and funding meaningful teacher professional development tied to teacher evaluations. Further states were surveyed on the state relationship with districts on requiring or recommending professional development and to what extent districts were providing professional development tied to state mandated evaluations.
Learn how this school district in a small farming community has used the resources and tools available in the Educator Effectiveness System to improve the experience for their teachers and students.
“Our district is the poorest in the state and that is a key block to teacher development but the Educator Effectiveness System is cost-effective and supplies everything we need.”
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Our first case study in Artesia, New Mexico was done in 2008. This case study updates their PD 360 use, plus the addition of Common Core 360 and Observation 360, components of the Educator Effectiveness System. Read about how their continued use has improved differentiated instruction and created effective questioning.
“When I am asked about PD 360, Common Core 360, and Observation 360, I only say ‘Let me show you the data.’ The Educator Effectiveness System speaks for itself and the word is getting around.”
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This webinar will take a look at National Child Abuse Month and how educators can make a difference in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
View the recording at: http://www.schoolimprovement.com/resources/webinars/child-abuse-prevention-month-webinar/
Learn more online at http://www.schoolimprovement.com/child-abuse-neglect-prevention-month/
In light of the 2014 State of the Union address, School Improvement Network surveyed educators nationwide to find out the state of education in the US. Over 2,100 educators responded, revealing that while 95% of educators believe they are effective, 52% believe the public education system is failing. 89% also said parents are not doing enough to help their children be successful in school.
Educator Pay Survey
In January 2013, School Improvement Network conducted a national survey of educators to find out educator perceptions about pay, work hours, and opportunities for increased educational opportunities and salary increases. 5,068 educators responded from 46 states. On average, educators reported working an average of 12 hours a day, with 70% feeling they were fairly compensated for their work. 81% of educators said they have pursued additional training or certification to increase salary. Only 23% of educators state that they would alter their teaching methods if a bonus were given for improved student performance.
The School Improvement Formula : Four simple steps for spurring educator growth.
From improved student achievement to lowered dropout rates to fewer discipline issues, districts across the US are using the School Improvement Formula to improve almost everything in their schools.
This independent study, conducted by EdNexus Advisors, LLC, was sponsored by School Improvement Network to better understand each state policy on providing and funding meaningful teacher professional development tied to teacher evaluations. Further states were surveyed on the state relationship with districts on requiring or recommending professional development and to what extent districts were providing professional development tied to state mandated evaluations.
In October 2012, School Improvement Network surveyed educators from across the nation to find out the use and effects of technology in classrooms. 6,929 educators from all 50 states shared how technology is being used in their classroom and how it’s affecting students. Among the findings, 48% of educators say they allow students to bring and use technology devices in their classroom, and 80% of educators believe technology in the classroom increases student performance. One in 3 educators email students as part of their learning platform, and of those, 75% say it affects their homework return rate.
We conducted a survey in March 2013 to find out how schools and districts were affected by school closures and budget shortfalls.
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In January 2012, School Improvement Network surveyed educators nationwide about the rising pressure of teacher evaluations and high-stakes student testing. More than 4,000 educators responded and overwhelmingly agreed that teacher evaluations help them grow as professionals (91%), but including high-stakes student test scores in evaluations is unfair (85%). 60% of educators also supported using evaluations as criteria for firing or tenure decisions.
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With the highest dropout rate in central Virginia, the Staff Development Coordinator at Petersburg City Public Schools needed a resource to help struggling teachers. Read about what they did to their professional development program to improve the quality of teaching and learning using PD 360.
In October 2012, School Improvement Network surveyed educators from across the nation to find out the use and effects of technology in classrooms. 6,929 educators from all 50 states shared how technology is being used in their classroom and how it’s affecting students. Among the findings, 48% of educators say they allow students to bring and use technology devices in their classroom, and 80% of educators believe technology in the classroom increases student performance. One in 3 educators email students as part of their learning platform, and of those, 75% say it affects their homework return rate.
We conducted a survey in March 2013 to find out how schools and districts were affected by school closures and budget shortfalls.
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In January 2012, School Improvement Network surveyed educators nationwide about the rising pressure of teacher evaluations and high-stakes student testing. More than 4,000 educators responded and overwhelmingly agreed that teacher evaluations help them grow as professionals (91%), but including high-stakes student test scores in evaluations is unfair (85%). 60% of educators also supported using evaluations as criteria for firing or tenure decisions.
Learn more here: http://www.schoolimprovement.com/voices-of-education/teacher-evaluation/
Professional Learning Communities and Collaboration as a Vehicle to School Transformation - presented by Partners in School Innovation and Alum Rock Union Elementary School District at the California Department of Education Title 1 Conference in March 2014.
With the highest dropout rate in central Virginia, the Staff Development Coordinator at Petersburg City Public Schools needed a resource to help struggling teachers. Read about what they did to their professional development program to improve the quality of teaching and learning using PD 360.
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Learn how this high-achieving school district in Mississippi uses PD 360 and Observation 360 to improve teacher effectiveness and help teach to the new Common Core State Standards.
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With an existing professional development program that used a "one size fits all" format, Lamesa Independent School District Assistant Superintendent Scott Davis wanted to find a different program that could offer individualized training for his district's teachers. Read about how PD 360 helped the district customize their training as well as save them money and find a better way to help train new teachers.
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IPDC was developed in 2000. Since then we grow becoming one of the leading and well-recognized training and people development firm in Indonesia. Presently, we are supported by dozens of experienced and skillful full-time staff to support our daily operation and more than 100 part-time experienced training facilitators and lead consultants. We are also supported by some of representatives staff at Bandung,, Jogyakarta and Denpasar.
At Indonesia Professional Development Center (IPDC), we offer over 350 different training programs year-round in each year. Individuals participating in these programs benefit from working with a cross-section of peers from different industries. They are also able to share common problems and experiences that enhance their learning and expand their know-how.
IPDC's programs are offered in various formats to suit individual schedules and needs, from intensive 2-4 day classroom sessions to a customized sessions. At IPDC, we believe that all learning should be of direct, practical business use, which is why we deliver everyday skills and processes that can be taken back to the workplace and applied immediately.
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Indonesia Professional Development Center (IPDC) - a subsidiary of PT. IPDC Consulting & Advisory
IPDC was developed in 2000. Since then we grow becoming one of the leading and well-recognized training and people development firm in Indonesia. Presently, we are supported by dozens of experienced and skillful full-time staff to support our daily operation and more than 100 part-time experienced training facilitators and lead consultants. We are also supported by some of representatives staff at Bandung,, Jogyakarta and Denpasar.
At Indonesia Professional Development Center (IPDC), we offer over 350 different training programs year-round in each year. Individuals participating in these programs benefit from working with a cross-section of peers from different industries. They are also able to share common problems and experiences that enhance their learning and expand their know-how.
IPDC's programs are offered in various formats to suit individual schedules and needs, from intensive 2-4 day classroom sessions to a customized sessions. At IPDC, we believe that all learning should be of direct, practical business use, which is why we deliver everyday skills and processes that can be taken back to the workplace and applied immediately.
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Polk County Public Schools, FL Case Study
1. Case Study
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“We purchased PD 360 because it is user friendly, has
access 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and helps both
teachers and administrators with their professional
development. The staff enthusiasm for the rich
content that PD 360 offers and the presentations by SOLUTION
experts in his or her field has been enormous.”
When PCPS purchased PD 360, the School Improvement
Kerryn Bowden
Sr. PD Coordinator
Network’s online and on-demand professional learning
Polk County Public Schools, FL solution, it knew it had discovered what it was looking for:
an individualized, job-embedded, and superior product with
plenty of content.
DISTRICT PROFILE
ABOUT PD 360
Polk County Public Schools (PCPS) is a big district with
big needs and big plans. It is the eighth-largest district in
Florida and among the 40 largest nationally. It has 160 PD 360 is an on-demand library of professional teacher
school sites with more than 92,000 students enrolled. It is development resources that leverages technology to make
the largest employer in PCPS with nearly 13,000 employees professional learning more effective, convenient, and
of which more than half are teachers. The Polk County sustainable. With over 200 hours of research-based video
School Board’s goal is to “ensure rigorous, relevant learning content, plus tools for follow-up, tracking, reflection, and
experiences that result in high achievement.” group training, PD 360 is the most comprehensive solution
to your professional teacher development needs.
DISTRICT CHALLENGES
More than 700,000 educators across North America
already use PD 360 to access individualized support on
As an already strong program, the PCPS Professional the most relevant topics such as differentiation, minority
Development (PD) Center had been using traditional student achievement, English language learners, classroom
methods but was looking for a solution that could further instruction that works, leadership, assessment, and many
the department mission to “provide quality professional more. PD 360’s content is divided into hundreds of indexed
learning opportunities for all employees to enhance student and searchable segments that make it easy for teachers,
learning.” It wanted a high quality, easy to use product that administrators, aspiring leaders, coaches, mentors,
would meet the individual professional growth needs of paraprofessionals, and professional learning communities
every teacher and administrator. In a district this large, that to find the answers they need. New content is continually
could be a daunting task. added to keep educators up to date. See a demonstration
at www.pd360.com.
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2. DRIVING USAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION Educational Timeline (TARGET). By using PD 360, teachers
earn in-service points that go into their files for certification
and advancement.
No matter how good the solution, if teachers, staff, and
administrators don’t use it, then the desired outcomes will
For each total hour of viewing = 1 hour of seat time
not occur. PCPS knew from the beginning that a deliberately
planned implementation of PD 360 was needed to drive
• Must have at least 30 minutes or more of overall
maximum usage and benefits. The PD department planned
viewing time to count for first hour of seat time.
to keep it in front of teachers consistently with focus on the
Example: overall viewing total 37 minutes = 1 hour;
following:
overall viewing total 15 minutes=will not count for any
points resulting in no points for reflection/follow-up
PD 360 Training
questions
• May round up total minutes to next hour. Example:
The district started by giving free access to a few principals
overall viewing total 154 minutes= 154/60=2.56
and administrators for a three-month trial after which
hours=3 hours
presenting it to all principals at a Professional Learning
Communities (PLCs) conference. At a later date, it was
For each video segment: (video segments vary in length)
shown to the PD staff. All were trained to coach and
support the teachers.
• 30 minutes for 3 Reflection Questions (1/2 point)
• 30 Minutes for Implementation Progress Questions
“I think the one thing that has been helpful for us
(1/2 point)
is that we did a PD 360 overview with each staff
• Total Follow-up for each video segment is one (1) hour,
member to show them the basic ways to maneuver
if Reflection Questions and Implementation Progress
through the site, how simple it was to use, and
Questions are completed for each video segment
everything it provided in terms of their individual
• 1 hour= 1 in-service point
needs. We also set some realistic expectations about
what we wanted to focus on as a school and set
Teachers and administrators can access PD 360 reports
some due dates and guidelines on what needed to be
to see the total number of hours of viewing time and the
accomplished.”
completion of Reflection Questions and Implementation
Progress Questions for each video segment.
Christopher L. Roberts
Principal
Highland City Elementary Each teacher who would like to be awarded in-service
Polk County Public Schools, FL points for PD 360 use can print out his or her Individual
User Report and submit the report, along with one school
Professional Development Newsletter Accountability Report: Reflections and Outcomes of Work
(ARROW) form, at the end of the year. The report will serve
The professional development department releases a as documentation of follow-up. Up to 60 in-service points
quarterly newsletter to all staff members encouraging PD can be earned by PD 360 usage during one school year.
360 usage and offering informative articles about it.
BENEFITS
PD 360 Usage Contest
The quarterly PD newsletter has announced an ongoing Teacher response to PCPS’s well-planned PD 360 rollout
incentive contest. The purpose of the contest is to has been extremely enthusiastic.
recognize a school and teacher with the most monthly PD
360 use. The winning school is awarded a monetary gift • Usage of PD 360 in PCPS continues to go up, improving
and the winning teacher is awarded a gift for classroom weekly. In less than seven months, the district’s viewed
use. monthly minutes went from 3,000 to 42,433.
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) • Teachers feel that PD 360 is a superior product, user-
friendly, flexible, and accessible anytime.
To foster learning and an attitude of shared team effort,
PCPS encourages educators to use PD 360 as a support in • Long-time teachers find that it reminds them of
PLCs and Early Learning Coalition training. concepts they have been previously taught, reinforcing
and broadening what they already know.
Professional Growth Plans / In-Service Points
• Teachers enjoy communicating with other educators in
PCPS has an individual professional growth plan for the interactive learning communities.
teachers called Teachers’ Action Research Goals and
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3. • Teachers like seeing real, best-practice examples in Lee Strain
actual classrooms. Fourth Grade Teacher
Highland City Elementary School
Read what PCPS educators are saying about PD 360. Polk County Public Schools, FL
“The teachers have enjoyed being able to go on and
find examples for their needs and their students’ “One of my favorite features on the PD 360 is that
needs and then implement these strategies I do not have to complete whole assignments in
immediately. The fact that they do not have to one sitting. With such a busy schedule at school
constantly meet and take away from their precious and home, I have the freedom to take my time and
time has also been a motivator.” organize my sessions on PD 360 in a more effective
way to suit my life.”
Christopher L. Roberts
Principal Stacy Teston
Highland City Elementary Third Grade Teacher
Polk County Public Schools, FL Highland City Elementary School
Polk County Public Schools, FL
“I found that watching video of actual teachers
completing the thinking maps with their students
“PD 360 is a strong resource for educators. It
and showing different examples of how they can be
reminded me to continue to utilize best teaching
brought into all subject areas was a more effective
practices. Just being able to converse with other
way of learning for me than just reading a book or
colleagues and sharing ideas was a win-win situation
manual on this strategy. I find it useful that I can
too.”
stop, rewind, or even go back, to previous material
I have viewed. I am a note taker and I find it very Jessie Peterson
helpful to be able to take notes and pause sections Intensive Reading Teacher
of the video as I feel needed.” Lake Gibson Middle School
Polk County Public Schools, FL
Stacy Teston
Third Grade Teacher
Highland City Elementary CONCLUSION
Polk County Public Schools, FL
Polk County Public Schools quickly and successfully
introduced PD 360 as an integral part of its PD program.
“Teaching on a block schedule where I see my Consequently, teachers are responding positively, rewards
students for 90 minutes every other day poses a are coming in, and students are winning.
challenge to plan activities that high school students
enjoy as well as keep their focus. I was encouraged
to see teachers modeling many of these strategies Polk County Public Schools
on PD 360 and it prompted me to try out several of Proficiency Scores
them I had learned about but not attempted before. 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
I was inspired to test some the very week I had seen READING 52 54 55 57
the videos. Students learn differently today than
MATH 56 59 60 62
when I first began my career and PD 360 has shown
me how to expand and improve my craft.”
Robin Pack
English Teacher
“PD 360 has proven to be a great return on our
Lake Gibson Senior HS
Polk County Public Schools, FL investment!”
Kerryn Bowden
Sr. PD Coordinator
“I like being able to join groups and communicate Polk County Public Schools, FL
with other educators. I have found some great links
that these teachers shared. PD 360 is very easy to
use and I have been able to implement some of the
practices in my classroom. I also find the ones on
technology very helpful because that is where I want
to grow.”
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4. ABOUT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT NETWORK
School Improvement Network is the leading provider of
teacher education and teacher training, specializing in
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Education, PD 360, Observation 360 and the Learning
360 Framework, School Improvement Network’s education
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as classroom management, minority student achievement,
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Reeves, and show how to put theory into practice. With its
focus on long-term improvement, sustainability, and greater
internal capacity, School Improvement Network helps its
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