4a. Conduct needs assessments to inform the content and delivery of technology-related professional learning programs that result in a positive impact on student learning.
Professional Development Plan
Artifact: The attached document is a professional development workshop that highlights the website Illuminations. At the end of the professional development, there is a final survey at the end.
Rationale: This professional development highlights a specific content area (math). In it we see how the website works and how teachers can use it. Most importantly, at the end there is a survey to provide feedback of the content and delivery of tool. With this information, it can be determined if effective professional development was delivered to result in positive impact on student learning.
4b. Design, develop and implement technology-rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning and assessment.
Professional Development Course Development
Social Media Professional Development
Artifact: The attachment's purpose is to show teachers how to incorporate blogs into their daily plans and how to use it to transform learning. It is a complete plan that walks the coach through the professional development workshop. Also included is a professional development for using internet tools like screencasting. This tool includes a rationale on how the professional development works and also an interactive Smore flyer.
Rationale: These tools meet the standard by providing a plan on how to design and implement a "technology-rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning and assessment". Teachers can take these tools and learn how to use them in their own classrooms for teaching and assessments. It caters to the 21st century learner as well as the teacher.
4c. Evaluate results of professional learning programs to determine the effectiveness on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning.
Professional Development Evaluation
Instruction Effectiveness Evaluation
Artifact: The attachment is an evaluation plan for professional development. The evaluation plan is a workshop outline for training teachers to find, evaluate and use instructional technology resources for mathematics, science and technology instruction.
Rationale: The artifact meets the standard because it evaluates the results of a professional development by providing an evaluation to determine the "effectiveness on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning". It provides resources and and an implementation plan, but it also provides an evaluation that will rate the effectiveness of the professional development. The evaluation will rate from 1-5 the presentation based on the needs of the evaluator.
Professional Development Plan
Artifact: The attached document is a professional development workshop that highlights the website Illuminations. At the end of the professional development, there is a final survey at the end.
Rationale: This professional development highlights a specific content area (math). In it we see how the website works and how teachers can use it. Most importantly, at the end there is a survey to provide feedback of the content and delivery of tool. With this information, it can be determined if effective professional development was delivered to result in positive impact on student learning.
4b. Design, develop and implement technology-rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning and assessment.
Professional Development Course Development
Social Media Professional Development
Artifact: The attachment's purpose is to show teachers how to incorporate blogs into their daily plans and how to use it to transform learning. It is a complete plan that walks the coach through the professional development workshop. Also included is a professional development for using internet tools like screencasting. This tool includes a rationale on how the professional development works and also an interactive Smore flyer.
Rationale: These tools meet the standard by providing a plan on how to design and implement a "technology-rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning and assessment". Teachers can take these tools and learn how to use them in their own classrooms for teaching and assessments. It caters to the 21st century learner as well as the teacher.
4c. Evaluate results of professional learning programs to determine the effectiveness on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning.
Professional Development Evaluation
Instruction Effectiveness Evaluation
Artifact: The attachment is an evaluation plan for professional development. The evaluation plan is a workshop outline for training teachers to find, evaluate and use instructional technology resources for mathematics, science and technology instruction.
Rationale: The artifact meets the standard because it evaluates the results of a professional development by providing an evaluation to determine the "effectiveness on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning". It provides resources and and an implementation plan, but it also provides an evaluation that will rate the effectiveness of the professional development. The evaluation will rate from 1-5 the presentation based on the needs of the evaluator.