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Crystal Adams

Created on July 6, 2023

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five (5) professional development models

Whole Group Delivery

Small Group Delivery

Web Based Training

Coaching & Mentoring

Peer Learning

Key Characteristics

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Activity Examples

Advantages

Disadvantages

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Coaching & Mentoring

Activity Examples: self-reflection activities; different teaching strategies; lesson planning strategies; active listening
  • Key Characteristics: formal or informat process carried out within the context on ongoing, caring, relationship with an person considered as a role model teaches, coaches, sponsors, encourages, counsels, and helps those less experienced with the mutual reflection that results in growth and personal development for both parties (SERC, n.d.).
  • Effectiveness: being able to have meaningful classroom instruction through observations and providing helpful feedback.
  • Advantages: develop new skills / teaching methods
  • Disadvantages: not being receptive to the honest feedback

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Whole-group Delivery

Key Characteristic:Collaboratively coming together as group to learn different learning styles for students.
  • Effectiveness: Same message being devlivered at the time to ensure consistency (Hopping, L. & Stevenson, R., 2014).
  • Advantages: Allows the the educators with the same learning goal to come together.
  • Disadvantage: Not everyone on the same page or the risk of failure within the classroom

Activity Examples:

  • Attending other PD sessions; visitations of different classrooms; attend different retreats or seminars
  • Brainstorming activities; team building activities

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Peer Learning

Advantages: Bouncing ideas off one another for opnions that can be helpful
  • Key Characteristics: continuous growth process in which individuals purposefully discuss, observe, and share suggestions in order to help one another grow, reflect, and produce instructional or inrervention decisions (SERC, n.d.).
  • Effectiveness: sharing ideas omongst those educators
  • Disadvantages: those who do want to accept the advice and change from others.

Activity Examples:

  • Think/Pair/Share; Braininstorming; Attending PDs, and other retreats and seminars together
  • Role Playing; Buddy System; Switching / trading teaching ideas

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Small-Group Delivery

Effectiveness: reinforces the planning and communication skills
  • Key Characteristic: bringing together a small group who have the same wants and needs and addressing their concerns (Hopping, L & Stevenson, R., 2014)
  • Advantages: More engagment and highly motivated to voice concerns
  • Disadvantage: No participation or one person uses their voice

Activity Examples:

  • Creating a SMART goal for grade-level or content-subject educators; active listening; attending other PDs, seminars or retreats
  • Role playing; buddy system; brainstorming activities

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Web-Based Training

Disadvantages: must have time management and self-discipline
  • Key Characteristics: Learning / Training that ocurs online through interactive learning materials with the usage of discussion forums (SERC, n.d.).
  • Effectiveness: educators are more self-effecient/self-relant on their knowledge and gives eductors a chance to explore the interactiviy of technology.
  • Advantages: Learning that is shared on the educators own time and convenience.

Activity Examples:

  • Use of learning videos/webinars
  • Online activities/ discussion groups / role playing

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