The Changing Landscape of Professional Development

Robert Ryshke

Information

• Robert Ryshke

• Center for Teaching http://www.westminster.net/center-for-teaching

• http:\\rryshke.wordpress.com (blog)

• @centerteach (Twitter)

• Conference hastag is #micon12

What I hope to achieve!• Describe Center for

Teaching’s work.

• Share standards & models for professional development.

• Engage in conversation and reflection about effective professional development.

InnovativeRespond to needs of all

learners.

Technology aiding in PD

delivery.

What are criteria for effective professional development?

Guskey, 2003

• Studied 13 lists of criteria for effective PD

• 21 characteristics identified

• enhancement of teachers’ content knowledge & expertise was most frequently cited.

• “time” was frequently cited

Guskey, 2003

• Using analyses of student learning data to guide professional development was RARELY cited as an important criteria.

Guskey Concludes

There is little agreement on criteria for effective professional development

Guskey concludes

Most criteria are too complicated and lack a foundation in strong research

Guskey concludes

Teacher effectiveness within schools varies. It seems to be tied to their commitment to professional growth.

Standards for professional learning

Survey: Thoughts on PD

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Types of Professional Development

Types of Professional Development

• Any time, anywhere

• Real time and ongoing

• Access experts

• Spans great distances

• Increase learning options

• Community of learners

Advantages of Online Learning

Online Learning

Professional Networks

School-based Professional Development

• Professional learning communities

• Teachers doing action research

• Curriculum development projects

• Teacher-led workshops

Action Research Project

Video

What do we really know about the relationship between professional development and improvements in student learning?

Yoon, 2007• 9 of 1,343 studies met standards of

What Works Clearinghouse

★ Workshop & summer institutes

★ Outside expert

★ Time-30 + hrs shows positive correlation

★ Follow-up

★ Activities

★ Content

Implications of Yoon• Assess & evaluate

effectiveness

• Demand evidence new strategies & practices work

• Begin small-scale, controlled, pilot the work

• Pursue greater rigor in study of PD’s effectiveness

Yoon & Guskey, 2009

Effective professional development requires considerable time, and that time

must be well organized, carefully structured, purposefully directed and

focused on content or pedagogy or both.

Needs Assessment

Center for Teaching

Center for Teaching

Center for Teaching

Center for Teaching

Center’s Cohort ProgramFACULTY COHORT PROGRAM

✦collaborate on action research projects✦meet twice monthly for the school year✦exchange information on school issues✦discuss current educational topics✦interact with educational experts✦share their professional development

experiences, learning new strategies from peers.

PAT BASSETT 21ST CENTURY PD✦collaborative✦ongoing✦site specific to address local issues✦focused on deepening a teacher’s

content knowledge✦reflective of educational research✦provide time, support, and resources to

enable teachers to master new content and pedagogy, and integrate this knowledge and skills into their practice.

Where are we headed?

Concluding Thoughts

Planning✤ Big picture

✤ Tie PD to strategic plan

✤ Use adult learning theory

✤ Research best practices in PD

✤ Make the case for PD

✤ Use data to select PD

✤ Decide on PD outcomes

Implementation✤Differentiate PD

✤Provide ongoing support after PD

✤Model practices you expect from PD

✤Gather feedback on implementation of PD

✤Keeping the fires burning

Evaluation✤ Determine fidelity of

implementation

✤ Collect data about effort and effect

✤ Analyze and share data

✤ Evaluate best PD opportunities for faculty that improves student learning

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