Edward Rock Associate Executive Director NSTA

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Professional Development with the NSTA Online
Learning Center

• Edward RockAssociate Executive Director NSTA
• Marsha Winegarner
• Florida Coordinator, NSTAs Building a Presence

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Agenda for sessionDialog with Florida Science
Supervisors

• Learn how you select, deliver and evaluate PD
• Share some research on effective PD and overview
  of NSTAs Online Learning Center
• Showcase several resources and opportunities
  within ourOnline Learning Center

• Share our findings and how we partner
  with other states and districts

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Seek to Understand BeforeYou Want to be
Understood
Questions for Audience

• How do you select and deliver professional
  development for your teachers now?
• Which groups of teachers do you feel are in the
  greatest need of PD?
• How do you determine the impact (effectiveness
  and efficiency) of the PD you provide?

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The NationalScience Teachers Association
The NSTAs MissionTo promote excellence and
innovation in science teaching and learning for
all
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The NeedIncreased Content Knowledge

• Significant numbers of teachers do not have
  degrees or coursework in the science they are
  teaching (NCES, 1996 Weiss et al, 2001)

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Largest Professional Development Need Increased
Content Knowledge
A positive correlation exists between student
achievement and teachers content
knowledge(Cochran-Smith and Zeichner, 2005
Darling-Hammond and Bransford, 2005 Goldhaber
and Brewer, 1998 Goldhaber and Brewer, 2000
Grossman, 2005 Ma, 1999 Monk, 1994 Wenglinsky,
2002 Wilson, Floden and Ferrini-Mundy, 2001)
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March 2008

• Roughly 25 Free and80 free or under 1.00
• 707 products free (0)
• 1406 products (1)
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• 0 products (3-5)
• 244 products (5-10)
• 97 products (10-20)
• 132 products (20)

• Over 2,586 e-PD Resourcesand Opportunities
  Available
• 1857 Journal Articles
• 211 NSTA Press Books
• 15 NSTA Press e-books
• 326 NSTA Book e-Chapters
• 24 SciGuides
• 20 Web Seminars
• 63 Archived Web Seminars
• 7 Symposia
• 52 Science Objects
• 13 SciPacks

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NSTAs Solution for Scalable, Sustainableand
Customized Professional Development
University Online Affiliates
NSTA Journal Articles
Regional/State Face-to-Face PD
NSTASciGuides
NSTA SciPacks and Science Objects
NSTAe-Books and online Chapters
NSTA Symposia PD Institutes
NSTA Web Seminars
NSTA OnlineShort Courses
Professional Development Resources and
Opportunities
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• 1-2 hour discrete online learning experience in a
  particular topic
• Incorporates engaging interactive simulations of
  phenomena in an
• Embeds questions to promote interaction and
  learning via 5E inquiry strategy
• Based on the science literacy goals in the
  science education standards
• Correlated to Florida Sunshine State Standards
  and FCAT (finalizing database NOW)

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NSTAs e-PD Solution
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• 5-10 Hour Interactive On-line Learning Experience
• 3-5 free Science Objects, plus
• Individualized content tech email support
• Pedagogical Implications component
• Final assessment
• NSTA Certification

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NSTAs SolutionScience Objects
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NSTAs SolutionScience Objects
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• Support Components for SciPacks
• System Check Wizard (check system for Flash,
  QuickTime, Javascipt, pop-ups enabled)
• Orientation/Navigation Support(how to navigation
  SciPack)
• Technical Support Help Desk(issues accessing
  content)
• Subject Matter Expert Wizard(intelligent coach
  via email)

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District PilotEvaluation Data

• Participant Feedback very confident in their
  abilities to teach the subject matter
• 7 Before completing FM SciPack
• 60 After completing FM SciPack
• 98 Found SciPack content relevant to their
  needs
• 96 Would recommend SciPack to their colleagues
• 98 Found interactive sims worthwhile to their
  learning
• Pre/Post Assessment and Final Assessment Results
• Horizon Research, Inc. Instrumentpositive
  significant gains in learning between pre/post
  test
• Final Assessment 92 passed the final assessment

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e-PD Products and Services
Sites, Lesson Plan Solutions, Classroom Success
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• Valuable classroom resources for science teachers
  interested in integrating the web into
  theirteaching
• Each SciGuide consists of
• Approximately 100 standards-aligned
  web-accessible resources
• customized lesson plans using selected web
  resources
• teacher media vignettes describing and showcasing
  the lessons
• samples of student work

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Simulations within SciPacks will appear linked
with lesson plans and video vignettes
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Sample of Student Work from Organisms SciGuide
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SciGuide Unsolicited Awards

• National Association of Elementary School
  Principals
• Best of the Web Learn NC, University of North
  Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Education
• The School Library Journal
• KLRU TV's Special Pick for Internet resources for
  teachers

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Additional AWARDS

• 2007 Learning Content Management Project of the
  Year Training Magazine
• 2007 Learning Leader Excellence implementing
  unique and innovative approaches to learning and
  development.

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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING _at_ YOUR DESKTOP

• Interact with leading scientists, engineers,
  education specialists and colleagues from
  around the world
• Since 2003 we have done over 90 free web
  seminars to over 5,000 participants

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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING _at_ YOUR DESKTOP
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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING _at_ YOUR DESKTOP
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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING _at_ YOUR DESKTOP
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• Five Week Online Facilitated Experience
• Synchronous Web Sessions
• Asynchronous Discussion
• Bundling of NSTA high quality resources
• SciPack
• SciGuide
• NSTA Press Book
• NSTA Journal Articles

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NSTA e-PDProducts and Services

• Where do you accessthese resources?

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NSTAs SolutionThe e-PD Portal
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NSTA e-PDProducts and Services

• Value AddedSupporting Professional Development
  Tools

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PD Indexer Tool

• Diagnose gaps in content understanding
• Recommend targeted PD resources for
  individual users

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My Library Tool and Notes

• Ability to access digital content from any
  computer
• Ability to annotate resources with notes
• Ability to create custom categories
• Ability to share library with colleagues

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Teachergeneratednote with ability to share your
library and noteswith others
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My PD Plan and Portfolio

• Ability to create a Professional Development
  Plan over multiple years
• Define customized growth goals and evidences
  of attainment
• Upload demonstrable artifacts to support
  growth (you own students work)
• Ability to export PDF with embedded URLS to
  share with others

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Back-end Administration

• Ability to track usage by individuals and
  resources utilized
• Ability to track progress, usage logs
• Ability to track pass/fail final assessment
  reports

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Professional DevelopmentState/District Evaluation

• Data Sources and Evaluation Report Summaries
• Content Pretest/Posttest
• SciPack Performance i.e. time, completion rate
• Participant Attitudes
• PD Coordinator Attitudes/Insights
• Impact on Student Learning
• Personal Professional Goal Reflections

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State, District and Organizational Partnerships

• Existing Partnerships
• West Virginia Department of Education
• Hawaii Department of Education
• Nebraska Department of Education
• Jefferson County Public School District,
  Louisville, KY
• Stamford County Public School District, Stamford,
  CT
• Lincoln County School District, Lincoln, NE
• Zero-G Flight Initiative
• New Hampshire State Department of Education
• Oregon MSP
• Texas (Odell)
• Washington State Department of Education (in
  process)

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Enhancing PD for TeachersPotential Uses of
Information Technologies

• National Research CouncilReport of a Workshop
  2007 Opening Preface Remarks
• Flexibility is of primary concern for teacher PD.
  Different teachers have different needs,
  depending on such factors as
• the schools in which they teach,
• the students in their classes,
• their career stage,
• their previous experiences, and
• their individual preferences and learning styles.
• Information technologycan deliver what teachers
  need, when they need it, and where they need it.

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NSTAs e-PD SolutionThe NSTA Learning Center
University Online Affiliates
Online Journal Articles
Regional/State Face-to-Face PD
NSTA SciPacks and Science Objects
SciGuides
NSTABooks and online Chapters
Symposia PD Institutes
WEB SITE http//learningcenter.nsta.org
FLASH http//institute.nsta.org/learningcenter/fl
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Questions?
Edward RockEmail erock_at_nsta.orgPH 703-312-9201
Marsha WinegarnerEmail equscied_at_defuniak.comPH
850-892-4888
Sylvia Fumero NSTA Press Emailsylvia_at_vistaschoo
lresources.com PH 1-866-380-9820