Rejuvenating Professional Development: A shot in the arm!

1. Rejuvenating Professional Development: A shot in the arm! Jenny Alyn Key: scottje@surry.k12.nc.us Jill Reinhardt: reinhardtj@surry.k12.nc.us Jennifer Scott: scottj@surry.k12.nc.us Surry County Schools

2. Symptoms……. • Teachers = more responsibilities/same time • coaches • teacher leaders • new curriculums/assessments • We were “meeting-ing” our teachers into potential burnout • Implementation not always what was intended Everything else has moved forward with technology...why not PD?

3. What Does the Research Say? Thomas Guskey says that there must be a formative and summative component of professional development and that a strong evaluation is vital. These five levels must be included: 1. Participant Reaction 2. Participant Learning 3. Organizational Support and Learning 4. Participant use of knowledge and skills 5. Learning Outcomes

4. Our Treatment Plan • Haiku LMS allows for online instruction • Best practices without being face-to-face • Hybrid PD/Online Courses for PD

5. First Shot: Cooperative Learning Hybrid Model: 3 Face-to- Face meetings and 3 online modules

6. Best Practices Used Through Online Instruction • Flipped Instruction (Participants read articles/watched videos before F2F meetings) • Collaboration (Discussion Boards, Gallery Walks) • Instructional Rounds

7. What we LEARNED from Hybrid Pilot • Instructor and Participants actually interactMORE than in traditional PD • More accountability for participants than a “sit and get” version • Stellar reviews from participants on the hybrid model

8. Increased Participant Interaction • Flipped Instruction • Participants are interacting before they even know each other (get out of comfort zone) • Introverts can voice opinions better online. • District-Wide PLC • Academic conversations

9. Increase of Accountability

10. Participant Reflections What did you gain from the online collaboration such as discussion boards, google docs, and online gallery walk? “I got to experience working with technology on a team, which gave me an insight on what can be done with technology and what students should be capable of doing.” What impact did the classroom coaching have toward helping your implementation? “Classroom coaching helped me because the teacher was able to tell me what things I was doing right or what things needed to change to make my application of cooperative structures more successful.”

11. Participant Reflections What did you gain from the online collaboration such as discussion boards, google docs, and online gallery walk? “It allowed for independent study, getting to know our whole class rather than just my table, and allowed me to reflect upon what I was learning through online discussions with others.” What impact has this course taught in a hybrid environment made on your instruction? “I enjoyed the hybrid cooperative learning class because I only had to travel to Surry on three occasions and was still able to benefit fully from the class. I like the online section of the class because it gave me the opportunity to complete activities on my time and incorporate the new strategies in my classroom.”

12. Moving Forward with Online PD • “Literacy at the Core” Course • new CC literacy standards • subject specific • completely online • Flexible Instruction • District Wide OR School Staff Development • Guided PLC OR work for struggling teachers

13. Let’s take a look...

14. Enhanced PD Benefits • Participant Flexibility • Self-pacing within time constraints • Instructional Coaching • Reflection Time • Collaboration

15. The bottom line... We must learn to adjust our Professional Development as education evolves.