Professional Development Update

Cambrian School DistrictNovember 7, 2013

Overview

• Essential Questions

• Effective PD model

• Plan for 2013-2014

What are we doing to support the evolution

of systematic implementation of

initiatives?

What are we doing to support teachers?

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Research shows that…

the only professional development programs that

impacted student achievement were lengthy, intensive

programs

Gulamhussein, A. (2013). Teaching the Teachers Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability. Alexandria, VA: Center for Public Education

One time workshops assume the only challenge facing

teachers is a lack of knowledge of

effective teaching practices

Gulamhussein, A. (2013). Teaching the Teachers Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability. Alexandria, VA: Center for Public Education

…teachers change their underlying beliefs about how to teach something only after they

see success with students

Gulamhussein, A. (2013). Teaching the Teachers Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability. Alexandria, VA: Center for Public Education

WorkshopWorkshop

and modeling

Workshop,modeling

and practice

Workshop,modeling,

practice, andfeedback

Workshop,modeling,practice,

feedback, andpeer coaching

10%12-13%

14-16%

16-19%

95%

RATE OF TRANSFER INTO CLASSROOM PRACTICE

Types of Professional Development

Sources: "Effective Staff Development" by Robert N. Bush. In Far West Laboratory (1984), Making Our Schools More Effective: Proceedings of Three State Conferences. San Francisco: Author. This bar graph reflects Joyce and Showers’ original research in 1980. Joyce, B. R. (2002). Student Achievement through Staff Development (3rd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Cambrian PD Alignment

District Strategic Plan

Local Education Agency Plan (LEAP)

Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

Making the Shift—The “How”

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

Implementation PD

2013-2014

Principal Strand

PD Content Includes:• CCSS Instructional Shifts and Unit writing• SMARTER Balance Assessment• CCSS/ExCel Integration (elementary)• Effective use of data• English Learner support• Recognizing and supporting rigor• 21st Century Skills development• PBIS• GLAD

Essential Question: What do I do differently as an instructional leader to support CCSS implementation in the classroom and the community?

Goal: Empower principals to be effective instructional leaders and coaches with CCSS implementation.

Teacher Strand

PD Content Includes:

ELA• CCSS Instructional Shifts, Science/Literacy Integration.

GLAD, Unit writingMath• CCSS Instructional Shifts, Standards of Mathematical

Practice, Unit WritingOther areas supporting CCSS• Overall: PBIS, ELD strategies, 21st Century Skills,

Digital Media and iPad Academies, GATE Cohort, SVMI Lesson Study

• Elementary: Jr. Great Books, Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)

• Middle School: Gradual Release of Responsibility, Kagan support

Essential Question: What do I do differently in my classroom today (tomorrow)?

Goal: Empower teachers to make the instructional and curricular shifts needed with the CCSS to effectively provide a dynamic learning environment.