school
year?
We schedule four PD days (90 minutes each) throughout the year. These =
are for the entire staff. I design these as "show and tell" type things =
as there are so many levels. For example, this year, I asked my =
Smartboard teachers to share, then I did a second one where teachers got =
to do hands on time looking through lessons from Smart Exchange. I did =
one on the online subscription services we have available, and the last =
one this year will be time for teachers to select 1-2 of the online =
tools (DIscovery Education, Brainpop, Britannica, Digital Math, etc.) =
and play with it.
For specific skills, it is on a teacher requested basis. I schedule =
time to teach skills they need, when they need it. Sometimes it is only =
one teacher, but also it can be 2-3 (rarely larger than this). Since it =
is requested, it meets a need, teachers are motivate, and it is a good =
use of time.
- How do you determine what to offer? Four times a year, input from =
teachers on a survey I send out. Small ones, by teacher request
- Do you mandate all teachers attend? The four times a year is our =
mandatory Tuesday after school days, so yes all attend. (Every Tuesday =
for 90 minutes, it is required to attend something - meeting, PD, etc.)
- How successful is your program? It works well since teachers get to =
see what we have, then request training individually when they want to =
learn more.
- How many of your teachers take advantage of this opportunity? About =
half my teachers request training each year on something.
- Who conducts the training - Internal staff or is it out-sourced? =
Usually I do the training, but I will also ask my teachers to be mentors =
in areas that I know they excel at.
- Is it offered before, during or after school? After school four =
times a year, individual based on teacher schedules usually prep time.
Thanks in advance for all insight
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A. Popoola
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