Linking Working Systemically to Research On Effective Professional Development

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Linking Working Systemically to Research On
Effective Professional Development
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Session Questions

• How does the systemic work connect to the
  classroom level?
• What does research indicate about the
  characteristics of effective professional
  development?
• What is a systemic approach for implementing
  effective professional development?

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Working Systemically
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Your Experiences with Effective Professional
Development

1. Form table groups of six.
2. Select a partner and discuss the most effective
   professional development experience you have had.

3. Identify what it was about this experience
that made it effective.
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Research on Characteristics of Effective
Professional Development

• Copies of three different articles are on your
  table, printed on tan, gray, or white paper.
• As a pair, select one article to read.
• Each pair should have a different article from
  the others at their table, so that each article
  is being read by one of the pairs.
• Discuss the important points in the article with
  your partner.
• 10 minutes for reading and discussing with partner

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Research on Characteristics of Effective
Professional Development

• Return to your group of six each pair spend a
  minute or two reporting on important ideas from
  your article.
• As a group, create a list of the top five
  characteristics of effective professional
  development.
• One characteristic on each sentence strip
• Post sentence strips on the wall with painters
  tape

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Research on Characteristics of Effective
Professional Development

• Although the lists of the characteristics of
  effective professional developmentare valuable,
  they provide only a starting point in efforts to
  improve the quality of professional development
  programs and activities.

Guskey, T. R. (2003). Analyzing lists of the
characteristics of effective professional
development to promote visionary leadership.
NASSP Bulletin, 87(4).
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Linking Professional Development, Teacher Growth,
and Student Achievement
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NSDC Staff Development Standards

• Teachers
• meet regularly with colleagues during the school
  day to plan instruction,
• work with colleagues to use data to establish
  professional learning goals,
• demonstrate a deep understanding of subject
  matter that helps students to meet rigorous
  standards, and
• use educational research when making
  instructional decisions.
• Roy, P. Hord, S. (2003) Moving NSDCs staff
  development standards into practice Innovation
  configurations. Oxford, OH National Staff
  Development Council.

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What is the Profession Teaching and Learning
Cycle?

• The Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle is a
  six-step process for collaboratively planning,
  implementing, and refining lessons aligned to
  state standards.
• PTLC was developed by SEDL and the Charles A.
  Dana Center.

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What is the Professional Teaching and Learning
Cycle?

• Focused
• Job-embedded
• Continuous
• Research-based

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The Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle As a
Strategy

• Connects systemic work to classroom level
• Promotes alignment of curriculum, instruction,
  and assessment to standards

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The Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle
Data Analysis
Standard Identified
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Key Ideas

• High-quality professional development
• focused
• job-embedded
• continuous
• research-based
• responsive to student and teacher needs
• Framework for collaborative inquiry about
  teaching and learning
• ? Context for building professional relationships
  through collaborative inquiry

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