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Professional Development Models

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Created on June 7, 2023

Topic 1 - EDU 585

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Professional Development Models

Single Session

Community of Learners

Inquiry Based

Site-Based Training

Individualized

Used for professional learning goals created by teachers

Training presented by an expert.

Long-term data based plan used for permanent change

Schools or districts can implement new things

Groups of educators come together with similar concerns

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Individualized PD

Teachers select a personal professional problem to work on

Disadvantages

Advantages

Effectiveness for virtual Teaching

Staff at a virtual school spend a lot of time alone, this type of PD would be extremely effective. There would be a lot of data to collect since all work is turned in online and viewing other classrooms would be easy!

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Single Session

The outcome of these sessions is awareness, knowledge, or skill development.

Disadvantages

Advantages

Effectiveness for virtual Teaching

These sessions will be more effective if the staff has choice in what they learn. All staff sessions can be facilitated in a way that requires collaboration.

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Community of Learners

Department based, ongoing, collaborative and self-directed by the group. (Fogarty & Pete, 2017)

Disadvantages

Advantages

Effectiveness for virtual Teaching

These types of sessions are extremely important at a virtual school. Teachers don't see each other often so this is their chance to share good things and bad things, discuss what they have tried, and learn from others.

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Site Based Training

Long-term professional development planning or improvement. Specific to school demographics or district needs.

Disadvantages

Advantages

Effectiveness for virtual Teaching

This type of learning in an online environment works well if it's asynchronous. It's beneficial if everyone can regroup once in a while, but not necessary.

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Inquiry Based Training

Meant to support a very specific problem identified by the school or district. Ongoing and structured training that could be long-term. Data is collected to answer questions. (Cetin & Bayrakci, 2019)

Disadvantages

Advantages

Effectiveness for virtual Teaching

Data based learning is extremely effective in an online environment because the platforms being used make it easy to collect and track data.

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References

Cetin, C., & Bayrakci, M. (2019). Teacher professional development models for effective teaching and learning in schools. The Online Journal of Quality in Higher Education, Volume 6(1), 32 – 38. https://tojqih.net/journals/tojqih/articles/v06i01/v06i01-04.pdf Fogarty, R. J., Pete, B. M. (2017). From staffroom to classroom. Corwin a Sage Publishing Company. ISBN 9781506358277 SERC Consultants. (n.d). Models of professional development. SERC news. https://ctserc.org/news/2013-2000/models-of-professional-development