JUNE 2002 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER
Planning high-quality professional development programs is a
challenge that all schools and districts face. Many excellent
resources for professional development planning are available online,
and are included in this edition of the Professional Development
Newsletter. All of the resources below provide information and
guidance on professional development planning; many are comprehensive
resource kits that include multiple planning tools, and descriptions
of effective practices. These resources can help schools create
high-quality professional development plans that enhance professional
learning.
THEME: PLANNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Designs For Learning
2. Learning From the Best
3. Achieving Your Vision of Professional Development
4. The Knowledge Loom
5. Professional Development Action Planner
6. Designing Powerful Professional Development
7. Technology Professional Development
8. Teacher Recruitment Centers
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1. DESIGNS FOR LEARNING
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“Designs for Learning” is a research-based system for planning and
implementing professional development. Developed as part of the
California Professional Development Reform Initiative, “Designs for
Learning” is a joint venture of the California Department of
Education, the California Professional Development Consortia,
Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, and the California
Staff Development Council. “Designs for Learning” leads educators
away from "one-shot" inservice training toward a deeper, more
comprehensive approach that leads to improvement in teaching and
student learning. An overview of “Designs for Learning” that outlines
the ten design elements correlated with high quality professional
development is available online; ordering information for the
complete kit is provided.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/pdf/designsintro.pdf
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2. LEARNING FROM THE BEST
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“Professional Development: Learning From the Best” is a toolkit
for schools and districts based on the National Awards Program for
Model Professional Development published by the North Central
Regional Educational Laboratory. This toolkit provides resources and
planning tools for designing, implementing, evaluating and improving
professional development. The entire toolkit is available online.
http://www.ncrel.org/pd/toolkit.htm
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3. ACHIEVING YOUR VISION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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“Achieving Your Vision of Professional Development: How to Assess
Your Needs and Get What You Want” is a "how-to" document that
provides resources for building an effective professional development
system. Developing a vision, creating a context for change,
planning, investing resources, providing ongoing assistance, and
assessing and monitoring progress are all addressed. Winning programs
from the 1999 National Awards Program for Model Professional
Development sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education are
featured. This document is published by SERVE, the regional
educational laboratory that serves the southeastern states. The
entire publication is available online.
http://www.serve.org/publications/htayv.pdf
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4. THE KNOWLEDGE LOOM
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“Using the Knowledge Loom: Ideas and Tolls for Collaborative
Professional Development” is a resource for beginning a collaborative
professional development process. This guidebook uses The Knowledge
Loom: What Works in Teaching and Learning Web site as a content
resource. Resources are included on selecting a professional
development theme, reviewing best practices, analyzing success
stories, identifying support resources, and action planning. The
entire guidebook is available online. URLs for both the Knowledge
Loom Web site and the guidebook are provided below.
http://knowledgeloom.org/
http://knowledgeloom.org/guidebook/pdf/KLoom_Guidebook.pdf
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5. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLANNER
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The Action Planner on page 24 of the Learning Point (Spring, 2000)
publication is a short and concise checklist of steps to take in
designing, implementing, evaluating and improving, and sharing
professional development.
http://www.ncrel.org/info/nlp/lpsp00.pdf
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6. DESIGNING POWERFUL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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The National Staff Development Council’s (NSDC) new book by NSDC
Executive Director Dennis Sparks is titled “Designing Powerful
Professional Development for Teachers and Principals”. The entire
book can be downloaded from the NSDC Web site.
http://www.nsdc.org/sparksbook.html
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7. TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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“Professional Development: A Link to Better Learning” includes a
variety of resources, including principles and resources that can
assist schools to design and implement their own plans for effective
technology professional development. The CEO Forum on Education
and Technology, a partnership of business and education leaders,
released this report in 1999.
http://www.ceoforum.org/downloads/99report.pdf
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8. TEACHER RECRUITMENT CENTERS
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Six Teacher Recruitment Centers throughout California provide
assistance to school districts in seeking, screening, referring, and
supporting potential new teachers. Districts seeking new teachers
and teachers looking for employment are encouraged to contact
their Teacher Recruitment Center. Information for all six Centers
is available on the Web site.
http://www.calteach.com/centers/
This electronic newsletter is sponsored by the Region 8 California
Professional Development Consortium (CPDC) administered by the
Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office.
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or Middle Schools, email, call or fax Christina Doyle:
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